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The Firebird The Firebird Demi With the aid of his magical horse, Ptitsa, a young archer fulfills the increasingly difficult requests of Tsar Ivan and wins the hand of Princess Vassilissa. OL103634W
Sobranie sochinenii v dvadtsati dvukh tomakh Sobranie sochinenii v dvadtsati dvukh tomakh Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoy Translation from various works on Idealism. OL10413840W
The flight of Bembel Rudzuk The flight of Bembel Rudzuk Russell Hoban The squidgerino squelcher, created by Bembel Rudzuk, the wizard, annoys the princess. OL10588736W
Guleesh and the King of France's daughter Guleesh and the King of France's daughter Neil Philip A simple peasant boy marries a beautiful princess after rescuing her from a cruel fate at the hands of wicked fairies. OL10625059W
The tale of Johnny Town-Mouse The tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Wendy Rasmussen,Beatrix Potter,H.Y. Xiao PhD When the country mouse and the town mouse visit each other, they each conclude that there is no place like home OL108764W
Hereafterthis Hereafterthis Joseph Jacobs When Farmer Jan begins to ask his new wife what she can do, a series of disasters follows. OL1117798W
More Celtic fairy tales More Celtic fairy tales Joseph Jacobs Leprechauns, fairies, and medieval heroes figure in the strange events related in this paperback reprint of twenty Celtic folk and fairy tales. OL1117832W
The Wonder Dog The Wonder Dog Richard Hughes A collection of thirty short stories. OL112616W
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye A. S. Byatt A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn a… OL115631W
The Loyal Cat The Loyal Cat Lensey xzo Namioka In ancient Japan, a loyal cat uses his magic powers to help his friend, a poor and humble priest. OL11636749W
The Cajun cornbread boy The Cajun cornbread boy Dianne De las Casas A freshly baked cornbread boy escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of hungry animals as well as having a spicy encounter with an alligator in this Cajun version of the Gingerb… OL11970451W
The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea Tony Johnston In this adaptation of "The Princess and the Pea," the wealthy daughter of a Texas rancher devises a plan to find a real cowboy among her many suitors. OL134506W
The fairy's mistake The fairy's mistake Gail Carson Levine In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, the fairy Ethelinda rewards one twin sister for good behavior and punishes the other for bad, only to discover that her punishment is more pleasing than… OL14374W
Snow White and the seven dwarfs Snow White and the seven dwarfs Joan Aiken Retells the story of a princess who escapes her wicked stepmother by hiding out in the home of seven hospitable dwarfs. OL14851378W
Cinderella Cinderella Patricia McKissack An easy-to-read retelling of Cinderella's trip to a ball at the palace. OL14860453W
The birthday of the infanta The birthday of the infanta Oscar Wilde A grotesque dwarf falls in love with the beautiful Infanta. OL14877845W
The goblin baby The goblin baby Berlie Doherty After nine-year-old Tam's baby sister is stolen away by faeries and replaced by a goblin baby, he must journey to the land of the faeries to retrieve her and bring her back home. OL14963077W
The naughty Nork The naughty Nork Bruce Coville,Katherine Coville Edward, Fireball, Moongobble the magician and his faithful toad, Urk, travel to Flitwick City, the Forest of Night, and Bogfester Swamp on their quest to break the curse that turned their new friend,… OL15025764W
The Bully Brothers trick the Tooth Fairy The Bully Brothers trick the Tooth Fairy Mike Thaler When Bubba and Bumpo find out that they can get money from the Tooth Fairy for any teeth they put under their pillows, they hatch a scheme to make themselves rich. OL15039903W
Seven at one blow Seven at one blow Eric A. Kimmel Relates how a tailor who kills seven flies at one blow manages to become king. OL15044884W
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