Mayer, Marianna

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

A soldier on his way home from the wars helps out a mysterious old man who rewards him by telling him where to find the magic blue light.

When the king's twelve daughters, under an evil spell, wear holes in their dancing slippers every night and grow pale and mysterious, Peter the gardener's boy discovers their secret and breaks the spell.

Princess Turandot asks three riddles of her suitors, and only the one who answers them correctly can become her husband.

A poor Irish prince wins the love of the Princess of the Mountians afeter helping her to escape the wicked Sea King with magical aid of a mysterious black horse.

A retelling of the Bohemian fairy tale about the prince who frees a lovely princess from the powers of a wicked wizard with the help of three talented companions.

Retells the well-known tales of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the Little Red Hen, the Three Billy Goats Gruff, the Three Little Pigs, and the Gingerbread Man.

The Brambleberry family of animals introduce young readers to the numbers one through ten as they try to capture a floating red balloon.

A collection of recipes for such goodies as Peter Pumpkin's Pumpkin Muffins, Mother Goose's Pease Porridge Hot, and Peter Piper's Best-ever Pickle Recipe, each accompanied by the related nursery rhyme.

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.