A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.

A young woman journeys to a distant castle on the back of a great white bear who is the victim of a cruel enchantment.

In this Cajun version of "Little Red Riding Hood," the big bad gator is no match for a sharp young duck and her quick-thinking cat.

When a savage beast attacks in Eurona, the king proclaims that whoever kills the creature will win the hand of his daughter, Princess Aerity, but things get complicated when Aerity grows fond of a specific, royals-eschewing hunter, Paxton Seabolt.

Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.

The three Billy Goats Gruff were leaving their farm to look for food. After being warned about the Terrible Troll they set out to cross a river and came face to fang with the Terrible Troll himself.

Twenty-seven newly translated fairy tales from Grimm including many old favorites as well as such lesser-known tales as "The Juniper Tree, " "Many-Fur, " and "Brother Gaily."

A simplified version of the familiar tale featuring a little duckling who meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother. Includes a note on the history of the tale.

Classic European fairy tales are familiar to many, but fewer readers are acquainted with tales from faraway lands. This charming anthology of thirty tales and legends from Japan are as unique and delightfully intriguing today as they were when first published. Author Grace James selected the stories from many sources-the Ko-ji-ki, or Record of Ancient Matters, which contains the mythology of Japan, as well as tales told from memory and handed down...

Famous' adventure began with fairytales of monsters, witches and wizards. The fairytales her mother had told her as a child. One day she asked her mother where she came up with such fantastic stories. She told Famous that they were stories from her journey to finding her and one day she too would take the same journey. Her Mother's dying wish was for Famous to take the journey she had taken years before. The journey to where she had found Famous....