As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

Nine classic Grimm's fairy tales retold.

When they are left in the woods by their parents, two children find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch. A retelling of the Grimm fairy tale set in Africa.

"When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in...

A collection of fifteen classic fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, accompanied by illustrations from artists such as Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Randolph Caldecott.

Retells the tale of the beautiful girl imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

A retelling of the Grimm tale about the fisherman's greedy wife, set in the land of the Aztecs.

"Emrick the shoemaker can barely afford food for himself and his wife, but they give far more than they take. One day, Emrick's generosity compels him to trade a pair of shoes for a beautiful woodlands painting. He hangs the curious work of art on the wall and goes to sleep hungry. The next morning, he awakens to find a beautifully-crafted pair of shoes resting upon his desk. Later that night, Emrick and his wife watch from the shadows as several...