Ray, Jane

Retells, in six dioramas with accompanying text, the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.

An illustrated collection of deep-sea adventures features an international selection of stories and poems including "The Fisherman and His Wife," "Whalesong," and "The Ballad of John Silver.".

Presents a collection of tales, poetry, and folktales where a bird is the central character.

Folk paintings illustrate the story of the birth of Jesus, with text taken from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

Ahmed, a poor orphan who lives with a traveling circus and works for the cruel Madame Saleem, finds an egg in the forest that hatches into a little girl called Aurelia who sprouts wings as she grows, and when she is put in a cage on display at the circus, Ahmed knows he must free her, bringing down Saleem's wrath on himself.

A lonely young girl decides to hide a mermaid's mirror which serves as her talisman to the sea in order to keep her on shore as a friend, but after the waters become angry, she realizes she must return the item and allow her to go back to her mother. Includes audio CD.

Biblical text and illustrations depict how Noah and his family were singled out by God to be saved from the great flood, along with two animals of each kind.

In a land that has stood barren, parched by drought and ravaged by frosts since the Queen's death, the King sets his three daughters the task of making the kingdom bloom again, and discovers that sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference.

A retelling of the traditional tale of how the king's twelve daughters wear out their shoes every night while supposedly sleeping in their locked bedroom.