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A princess has eleven brothers. The twelve siblings live happily and well, until their father decides to remarry. Their new stepmother is a wicked woman, and she turns all the brothers into swans and banishes the princess from the palace. And so it is left to Elisa to endure countless hardships alone in order to save her beloved brothers from the spell. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally...
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In "The Valiant Little Tailor" a tailor parleys his success at killing seven flies in one stroke into a string of unlikely successes. Making a belt with the words "Seven at one blow" written on it, the gullible townspeople assume he means men. After a contest in which he tricks a giant into believing he is stronger, the tailor persuades the king he can rid the kingdom of giants. In exchange for this the king offers his daughter's hand in marriage...
13) Tom Thumb
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English
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Relates a tiny boy's adventure in a cow's mouth, a fish's belly, on the back of a mouse, and at a king's table. Includes reading activities.
15) The goose girl
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Creative Ed
Pub. Date
c1984
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English
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On her way to marry a distant Prince, a young Princess is forced to trade places with her evil waiting-maid and becomes a goose girl instead of a bride when she reaches her destination.
16) The queen bee
Publisher
Creative Ed
Pub. Date
c1984
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English
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After saving some ants, ducks, and bees from being killed by his two older brothers, the youngest Prince is rewarded when the animals help him break the spell cast on a castle and its inhabitants.
17) Rapunzel
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A beautiful girl with long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
20) Irish folktales
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Pantheon Books
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English
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Contains tales representing all facets of Ireland.