fairy tales

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Jamie O'Rourke and the pooka

2002
While his wife is away, a lazy man relies on a pooka to clean up the messes that he and his friends make.

Yo, hungry wolf!

a nursery rap
1993
A retelling in rap verse of "The Three Little Pigs," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf.".

The king's fountain

1971
A poor man tries to find someone wiser, stronger, and more clever than himself to persuade the king not to build a fountain that will cut off the city's water supply.

The Hobyahs

1994
Five faithful dogs save their mistress from the dreadful Hobyahs.

The emperor Penguin's new clothes

1995
Two rascally weavers sell a vain emperor an invisible suit of clothes.

Princess Smartypants

1987
Not wishing to marry any of her royal suitors, Princess Smartypants devises difficult tasks at which they all fail, until the multitalented Prince Swashbuckle appears.

Fairy tale jokes

1993
A collection of jokes and riddles featuring such fairy tale characters as Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, King Arthur, and Pinocchio.

The dwarf giant

1991
Prince Mainichi and Princess Ichinichi are visited by a rude dwarf, who inflicts upon them evil and dangerous games before revealing his true self.

Aladdin and the enchanted lamp

2005
Presents an illustrated retelling of the tale of a poor tailor's son who becomes a wealthy prince with the help of a magic lamp he finds in an enchanted cave.

Mufaro's beautiful daughters

an African tale
1987
Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

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