Because she is not invited to the christening of the princess, the King's sister casts a spell depriving the child of gravity and the ability to weep tears.

Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen is indeed an amazing tale, the story of the magical adventures of two children, Kai and Gerda. It all begins with the shattering of a demon mirror. A splinter from it lands in Kai's eye and holds the secret of the Snow Queen's power, enabling her to spirit Kai away to her ice palace at the top of the world. There, deep in her thrall, he soon forgets his beloved playmate, Gerda. But Gerda does not forget. Carrying...

Fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Scotland, England, and Scandinavia from such collections as those of Perrault,the Grimm brothers, or Asbjornsen and M_oe.

The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

A collection of thirty-eight fairy tales by Andersen, including "The Mermaid," "The Red Shoes, " and "The Swineherd."

Forty-two fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, andother countries, including The Three Little Pigs, The Fishermanand his Wife, The Clever Tailor, and The Story of the Three Bears.

"Sister and brother Jorinda and Joringel fight to keep their promise to stay together throughout a new series of gruesome, twisted, Grimm-inspired stories"--

An innkeeper's chore boy discovers that a visitor's stories hold the key to returning the moon to the Starry River of the Sky.

Thirty-seven fairy tales from the folklore of Scandinavia, France, Germany, and Russia, including Soria Moria Castle, Rapunzel,and Jack and the Beanstalk.

Companion to: A tale dark & Grimm. Frog joins cousins Jack and Jill in leaving their own stories to seek a magic mirror, encountering such creatures as giants, mermaids, and goblins along the way. Based in part on fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen.