fairy tales

Filomena Jefferson-Cho and her friends, Jack Stalker, Alistair, and Gretel are once again in Never After, to help Gretel fulfill a promise to her father to recover the glass slipper he made for her cousin, Hortense, which was stolen by the cunning and manipulative Cinderella, who is determined to become Princess of Eastphalia--to do that the friends will have to infiltrate the castle, and, of course, avoid being eaten by monsters.

"Clifford and Emily Elizabeth are visiting their new neighbors, the three little pigs. There's just one problem: Clifford has a cold! As Clifford visits each little pig, he huffs and he puffs until he sneezes their houses down. Can Clifford find a way to make it up to his new neighbors?"--Page [4] of cover.

"Cinderella dreams of going to the prince's ball, but she doesn't have a beautiful dress or fancy carriage to take her there. Luckily, she does have Clifford, her fairy dogfather, to help!"--Page [4] of cover.

In this version of "Little Red Riding Hood," set in Ghana, a young girl fails to heed Granny's warning about the dangers of talking to strangers.

Princess Crystal is given a magical locket for her birthday, and the wicked witch kidnaps Crystal, hoping to steal the locket and use it for her own gain, but Crystal, who used the locket's powers to help her friends, finds her kindness repaid as the prince helps her escape.

Aladdin is a ragged, street smart youth who dreams of a better life and a chance to win the heart of the sultan's daughter, Princess Jasmine.

"In this updated adaptation of a classic Latin American folktale, Blancaflor, a young ogre with magical powers, decides to secretly help a charming prince who has made a foolish bet with her father. Through saving the prince and the kingdom, she learns to be honest with herself and others about the things that make her special"--.

Practically-perfect twelve-year-old Victoria Wright must lie, sneak, and break the rules when her investigation of the disappearance of her best--and only--friend, Lawrence, reveals dark secrets about her town and the orphanage run by the reclusive Mrs. Cavendish.

In this version of the classic tale, a girl climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where she uses her quick wits to outsmart a giant and make her and her mother's fortune.

"The Little Mermaid lives in an underwater kingdom with her father, the sea king; her grandmother and her five elder sisters. When a mermaid turns 15, she is allowed to swim to the surface to watch the world above, and as the sisters become old enough, one of them visits the surface every year. When the Little Mermaid's turn comes, she ventures to the surface, sees a ship with a handsome prince, and falls in love with him from a distance"--Amazon.