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When two wolves escape one night from his fairy tale book and threaten to eat him, Herb enlists the reluctant help of Cinderella's fairy godmother.

A young man who loves to dance is captured by the goblins beneath the hill and must challenge them to a dance contest in order to escape.

A rhyming story of a frog who is returned to his original princely form when kissed by a princess, who in turn is transformed into a mole. Book can be read in both directions.

When a kiss from Danny turns Chandler, a wealthy but lonely orphan, into a frog, Danny's humorous attempts to change her back into a human land the pair on a television talk show.

A giant accidentally cuts off his toe and it develops a character of its own.

In order to wear the crown of the kingdom, an arrogant young prince must find an equal in his bride. Instead, he finds someone far better than he.

Patrick the city slicker, a new farm owner, falls prey to a practical joke but is able to turn the tables on his deceiver.

At her christening, a princess is given the gift of "ordinariness" by a fairy, and the consequences of that eventually take her to a nearby palace where, as the fourteenth assistant kitchen maid, she meets the prince for her.

A princess outsmarts a dragon and gets rid of him for good. In the process, she finds that it is better to be a smart princess than a pretty one.

Determined not to be outdone by her brothers in seeking a fortune in the world, a young princess sets out to find a prince to rescue.

Twelve original fairy tales about princes and princesses in which the wizards, fairy godmothers, dragons, and the like don't always have the expected effect.

Not wishing to marry any of her royal suitors, Princess Smartypants devises difficult tasks at which they all fail, until the multitalented Prince Swashbuckle appears.

After the death of her self-absorbed parents, a clever princess shows the peasants in her country how to make better lives for themselves.

Seven washerwomen, sick of their work, go on an uncontrollable rampage, only to meet their match in seven very dirty woodcutters.

When tooth fairy Edith B. Cuspid finds her friend Bernice Sparklestein, a fairy godmother whose work is legendary, having a very bad wand day, she tries to cheer her up by suggesting Bernice try other fairy jobs.

Horribly hideous Shrek leaves home and terrifies everyone he encounters in his search for his equally ugly bride.

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