Fairy Dance

Fed up with meddling sorcerers, Princess Neylan journeys to a distant kingdom to break a beastly curse. Master Healer Keir, who captured her heart through his letters, is relying on her to end his nightly shift into the form of a giant dragon. Armed with a bold plan, Neylan vows that sorcery will never again touch his life, or the lives of her eleven sisters. But true love's kiss fails, leaving Keir trapped in a cycle of agonizing transformations.

In this haunting, evocative fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds herself torn between her dreams and her desires when she’s pursued by a secretive patron who may be more than he seems. “An utterly unique, lyrical play on the Persephone and Hades myth for fans of...

When the Emperor's army comes recruiting, Mai signs up, seeing it as the perfect escape from her stepmother and a lifetime of drudgery. Armed with her mother's armor and a pair of magic shoes, Mai marches off to war only to find herself sharing a tent with the General's arrogant nephew, Prince Yi. The best swordsman in the Empire, Prince Yi wants to make war, not love, but the Emperor insists this will be Yi's last campaign before he must marry. Prince Yi has never met his match until now.

This is the story of a man battling cancer, in which cancer itself is a man. What if cancer were a man and it was up to you to track him down and kill him? This book travels through all of the darkness and the light that make up that very journey. It is sad, but funny, and heartwarmingly [sic], tragically, hopeful. It goes there, and then comes back, but you will not forget that you have been. Unless, of course, you do forget.

戦火を逃れ、田舎に疎開してきたピーター、スーザン、エドマンド、ルーシーの四きょうだいが預けられたのは、変わり者の教授が暮らす古い屋敷。その一室に置かれた衣装だんすに潜り込むと、その奥には雪に閉ざされた異世界「ナルニア国」が広がっていた。四人は〈もの言うけもの〉たちやアスランの導きのもと、白い魔女の軍勢に立ち向かうことになるが……。ナルニアで最も有名な冒険譚。

A new victim killed with magic. A missing politician. An old case that won't stay solved. For a fairy and a sprite, using magic to solve crimes is the right thing to do. But now, magic isn't working. Something is blocking the spells that would reveal the crimes. Humans can't do magic, so crime is now part of the magical community. Finding the person behind Heath's murder is proving impossible. Two more cases land in Bramble and Fernlight's laps. Bramble, not quite used to working with brownies, now has to put up with a sidhe investigator pretending he’s better than everyone.

Everything changed when her father died. Once, Ella was the daughter of a wealthy merchant; now, she’s a servant in her own home, with nothing but her clothes and a horse to call her own.

Bruce is a mess, a snarled tangle of old memories and denied truth and he's caught between life as he's made it and life as it really is. He has to figure things out and time, unknown to him, is perilously short. He stubbornly refuses to face a reality he never, before now, knew existed. He isn't alone in his obsession with bending reality to his whims.

Luna and the Sun’s Dance is a whimsical tale set in an enchanted forest, featuring a tiny fairy named Luna who adores the night and the Sun. With her shimmering silver wings, Luna finds delight in the peace of twilight and the laughter of children basking in the Sun's glow. When she discovers the Sun feeling lonely, she reassures him that their worlds are beautifully connected. Inspired, Luna organizes a festival to celebrate their unique roles, bringing together the fairies to honor the Sun with songs and dances.

Petunia woke to yet another rainy day, and she feels particularly gloomy about being stuck inside. By letting ordinary objects and elements of her daily routine spark her imagination, she finds a happy calm she wants to share. Throughout the Dance-It-Out! 12-book series, Ballerina Konora helps listeners connect with movement and focus the breath in quirky tales by an award-winning dance teacher, turned award-winning author, and her ballerina daughter.

The magic of ballet is evoked in these enchanting stories presented with many musical excerpts from the works themselves. Jenny Agutter, who before turning to acting was a dancer, presents the stories of two French ballets - Giselle and Coppelia - and the three great ballets by Tchaikovsky, in engaging style. A perfect introduction to the ballet.

Three magical stories from three American authors, weaving magic creating true American Fairy Tales. In “The Princess Who Could Not Dance”, a Princess learns to let go and let nature teach her how to dance. In “Rosy’s Journey”, a young girl embarks on a long journey to find her father. In “The Golden Windows”, a boy learns what true riches he has in his life.

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This is a story from the Ballet Stories collection.

This is a story from the Ballet Stories collection.

A young man must discover how 12 princesses manage to wear out their shoes each night - even though they are locked in their room. The reward is great but the penalty for failure is death!

The Peacock Queen marries the Vampire King, a power hungry maniac who manipulates time to suit his needs. Can her love stop him and save the world? With dark magic, Drake becomes the first African American and Vampire President of the United States. Welcome to the new USA, where vampires rule and dance is banned. Dump Trump and forget about Hillary this election year. Drake is our new ruler, whether you like it or not!

The Day the Sun Slept is a powerful fable about the delicate balance between humanity and nature. The Sun is hiding, not out of malice, but because the Earth is weary, wounded by years of carelessness and neglect. Raging wildfires, a result of human actions, have filled the skies and blocked the sunlight, becoming a stark reminder of the consequences of taking too much and giving too little.

Phasie was a good boy and loved to go on walks with his friends and eat oatmeal for breakfast. Everything would have been perfect, were it not for one problem: an awful, purple dragon often came to scare him in his dreams. His attempt to solve this problem led to amazing discoveries and adventures.

Fairies are seductive and persuasive. According to a German folklore, they will lure you in to dance with you. But what dancing is for a fairy might not be what you would have expected. So, be careful if you ever meet a fairy in the woods. That dance will have consequences.