Once upon a time

A retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk" in which Jack, seduced by his mother's stories of life in the World Above, trades the family cow for magical beans and climbs up only to be captured by the tyrant ruler of the land, forcing his sister Gen to make a rescue attempt that poses a danger to her life and her heart.

A retelling of the ancient Chinese tale in which a young girl disguises herself as a man in order to fight in the Chinese army.

Puts a new spin on the familiar story of Belle, a kind-hearted young woman who saves her father by agreeing to go live in the castle of a Beast.

A retelling of the tale about a girl whose father remarries and the effects that her stepmother has on the family.

In this retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," Aurore, a princess cursed by her aunt to die at the age of sixteen, leaves her kingdom after her expected demise does not come, whereupon she meets a prince and is swept into a series of bizarre happenings that lead to her mysterious bout of sleep.

In late nineteenth-century New York, Bertie, working as a seamstress for a textile tycoon who is about to lose his business, agrees to give an old man her firstborn in exchange for help in creating a wonderful garment which can save the family fortune.

A retelling of the "Frog Prince" fairy tale in which a young woman, stranded at her Belgian estate on the Western front of World War I, finds a soldier who has been injured by poison gas at the bottom of her well, and feels compelled to save him from the Germans.

The story of a clever cat who wins his master a fortune at the hand of a princess.

A poor couple steal from an old woman, who takes their baby in revenge, and names her Rapunzel. She keeps the child locked in a tower and in years to come, uses Rapunzel's long hair to thwart a young prince's efforts to help Rapunzel escape. But the prince's love for Rapunzel and hers for him eventually unites them—and the old woman is never seen again.

The story of the Three Little Pigs is one of the best-loved of all tales. Which of their houses will withstand the mighty 'huff and puff' of the Big, Bad Wolf? This new edition has plenty of drama and excitement in the stunning illustrations, while the rhythmic text brings the peril in the story to life.