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Princess Ruthella Victoria Woodlen is the embodiment of ingenuity, perseverance, and goodness. One day when she is 12, a harsh storm rocks the kingdom, taking her father King James in the process. In the years that follow, her mother is made to marry Jon, a local Duke. Unfortunately Jon is power-hungry and cruel, and his sons are no better. Ruthella tries to use her inner strength, kindness, and patience to influence them but is not successful. Undaunted, she realizes it is the system that can change. But it won’t be easy. Dismantling patriarchy is not light work.

Natalie is the tiniest elf at the North Pole. Her job is to make dollhouses for Christmas. Because she is so tiny, she notices the small things and puts beautiful detail in her work. Santa needs lots of dollhouses and asks Natalie to make more and not waste so much time on the fine details. This really hurts Natalie's feelings, and she runs away. Will Santa, Vanilla the polar bear, and Brown Sugar the reindeer find her before Christmas Eve? Find out what happens....

Despite the perks of living with her rich aunt, Ella's new life in Napper, Indiana, is pretty much tragically boring. Until Ella starts hearing strange voices. As rogue wolves begin to stalk the edges of town and a serial killer with a penchant for silver bullets draws closer, the city of Napper seems to wake up. Ella, with her new friends, Sam and Sarah, might be able to find out what the strange occurrences mean. Except that they're all being pulled in different directions by people who love them, and some who don't.

I Was Running Through the Forest is a magical rhyming audiobook with music and sound effects. If you enjoy fairy tales and magical creatures then you'll love this book. Get ready to meet unicorns, dragons, gnomes, fairies, giants, trolls, mermaids, leprechauns, and more. Teach your kid's to look on the bright side, be positive, and follow their dreams.

A colorfully illustrated retelling of a Grimm’s Fairy Tale about a wife and husband who are both poor shoemakers. In a time of need, they are helped by the kindness of strangers.

Living in a fairyland isn't all it's cracked up to be. Sure, there are wondrous magics to behold, but if you're a kid, adults never tell you the whole story. And Mia, for one, is a little tired of being ignored and having mountains of unanwered questions. But when Mia rediscovers a long-forgotten rite of passage, she starts to get all the wrong attention. The Matron freaks out and sets the whole town against her. If the Matron doesn't expel her, Mia just might discover the powerful secret her people have lost. Assuming the mountain doesn't kill her first.

Daisy is a princess who has everything you could imagine. She has everything except for the one thing that she wants dearly: her mother. Daisy's mother died shortly after she was born. All of Daisy's life, she has wondered what it would be like to have a mother. One day, Daisy is granted a wish by the Flower Fairy of wishes. What do you think Daisy will wish for?

In the race to create the Undefeatable Minion, Dr. Critchlore’s longtime rival, Dr. Pravus, is winning. As Dr. Critchlore rallies his troops, Runt is kidnapped. As the last prince of Andirat, he must lead the rebellion in his home country. Isolated from his minion friends, Runt grows suspicious of the rebels, who seem to be working with Dr. Pravus. Runt knows he must escape and tell Dr. Critchlore, but reaching him activates Runt’s curse, giving him just days to live! His only chance for survival: Stop Dr. Pravus and win the allegiance of the witch who cursed him.

Runt Higgins has a long to-do list. He needs to find out who cursed him, and why; he needs to make up with his best friend, Syke; and he needs to pass the Junior Henchman Training Program. That last one? Not likely. Professor Murphy hates Runt and is actively trying to fail him. The only way for Runt to pass the class and stay at Dr. Critchlore’s School is to locate a rare mineral that Dr. Critchlore needs to make an Undefeatable Minion. To find it, Runt must travel to icy Upper Worb and battle gyrfalcons, yetis...and the loathsome team from Dr. Pravus’s school.

Sydney's not sure which is worse - the curse that has her trapped in her dreams every night or having to deal with her wicked stepmother and stepsisters while she's awake. Just before her 17th birthday, her father surprises her with magic camp, and Sydney can't wait to learn how to use her powers instead of keeping them hidden. Knowing Luke is there to watch out for her only makes camp that much sweeter. But Sydney finds out quickly that the magic world holds its own secrets as her nightmares become reality.

'The Bronze Ring' is a story in which a princess falls in love with the son of the palace gardener, although her father wishes her to marry the son of his Prime Minister. The King devises a quest for the two suitors and attempts to engineer the situation so that the rich youth will win. But the gardener's son does a good deed to an old woman, who in return helps him win a magic ring which will grant wishes. But the youth's adventures are not over when he marries the princess. The ring is stolen, and he must enlist the aid of some very clever mice to get it back.

When Jack trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, he gets more beans than he ever expected or wanted. It's bean porridge for breakfast! Bean salad for lunch! Bean chowder for dinner! It doesn't take long before Jack is tired of eating nothing but beans - no matter how nutritious! But just as he's about to chop down his magic beanstalk, he meets a grumpy giant, who is just as sick and tired of beans as he is. Together, Jack and the giant cook up a plan to plant a vegetable garden full of tomatoes, corn, carrots, and russet potatoes that's bound to satisfy everyone.

Helseba, the evil witch of Faerydale, yearns to be the most powerful creature in all the land. Snow, the daughter of a wizard and witch, is a young girl who does not know the origins of her great power. Seizing upon this weakness, Helseba employs guards and dwarves to hunt down Snow and bring her heart to the witch. For Snow's power is locked up in her heart, and if Helseba has it, she could rule the world....

Nineteen-year-old Karis has been blind since birth, but for some reason, she can see through the wall of smoke that separates the human lands from those of the Faeries that rule in grand courts on the other side. Most of the time, the only thing she can see on the other side of the wall is the swipe of a tail or the trailing of a bony hand along the surface. But one day, a handsome faerie appears and sweeps her away into his world, a world that is being ravaged by an evil so dark and deadly, she fears she may never see her home again.

Enjoy strange and wondrous stories inspired by folklore from various corners of the world, carefully assembled and adapted by a Russian writer and political journalist Nikolai Teleshov.

The Big Bad Wolf has escaped and our new superheroes, the Three Little Superpigs, must save Fairyland before it is too late. After defeating the Big Bad Wolf, the Three Little Superpigs spend their days fighting crime and enjoying their newfound fame. But one day, the Big Bad Wolf escapes from prison and plunges Fairyland into fear. Our curly-tailed friends soon discover that bricks are missing all over town. The Superpigs return to their homes to solve the mystery when they realize it has all been a trap!

While walking to school one day, Andy meets a lion and soon makes a new friend. A tale of gratitude and helping out our neighbors, children of all ages will love this retelling of the classic folktale "Androcles and the Lion".

This is a retelling of a folktale about the Little Red Hen. She asks the farm animals for help. Each refuses to help her. What lesson will be learned from what happens?

Teacher Patrick Healy traveled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around half a thousand myths, legends, and folktales and their several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable. This audiobook is the eighth volume of his work, 21 Japanese Tales, in his words. He retold the stories with his own opinion and approach to them.

A wily fox, notorious for stealing eggs, meets his match when he encounters a bold little girl in the woods who insists upon proof that he is a fox before she will be frightened.