Classics

On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is swept through his own past, the celebrations around him, and one frightening future by three mysterious spirits.

In a city of China, a tailor’s son finds a lamp and ring with powerful spirits, builds a jewelled palace, and faces two magicians determined to steal his magic.

A woodcutter overhears the words that open a thieves’ treasure cave, while quick-thinking Morgiana spots door marks, talking oil jars, and one final disguise.

A curious girl named Alice follows a waistcoat-wearing White Rabbit down a hole and tumbles into a topsy-turvy world of riddles, mad tea-parties, and a rather short-tempered Queen who wants everybody's head off.

Bambi grows from a wobbly fawn into the quiet prince of the forest through meadow games, bitter winters, sudden danger, and the old stag's guidance.

To save her father, kind-hearted Beauty agrees to live in an enchanted castle with a fearsome Beast, and slowly discovers that the gentlest heart in the story might belong to the one everybody's afraid of.

An acorn bonks Chicken Licken on the head and she is instantly, gloriously certain the sky is falling. A cumulative, silly, sneaky-fox tale about jumping to conclusions, and looking before you panic.

A kind-hearted girl, a magic pumpkin, a very particular midnight deadline, and one glass slipper that fits exactly one person in the whole kingdom. Cinderella, straight from the original tale, mice, footmen, and all.

A curious little girl wanders into an empty cottage, tries three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds, and gets a rather more exciting wake-up call than she bargained for.

Lemuel Gulliver sails into strange lands of tiny people, giants, a flying island of distracted scholars, and calm horses who rule over wild humanlike creatures.

Two children lost in the forest find a house made of sweets, but must use courage and cleverness to escape the witch inside.

Jack trades the family cow for five magic beans and climbs into a world of giant footsteps, golden eggs, and a harp that refuses to stay quiet.

King Midas earns a wish from Dionysus, turns twig, stone, fruit, food, and drink to gold, then races to the Pactolus to undo it.

Peter Pan leads Wendy and her brothers to Neverland, where children fly, pirates scheme, and growing up waits at the window.

A town overrun by thousands of bold rats, a mysterious rainbow-coated stranger with a magical pipe, a promise broken by a greedy Mayor, and a midnight song no one in Hamelin ever forgot — a dramatic classic retold gently for bedtime.

A runaway wooden puppet tumbles through puppet theatres, robber-haunted roads, Toyland, and the belly of a giant sea creature while trying to find Geppetto and make his way home.

A clever cat in boots turns a poor miller’s son into the Marquis of Carabas and outwits a dangerous ogre.

A girl with hair as long as a golden river grows up alone in a tower, until a curious prince and her own brave heart help her find the family — and the freedom — she was always meant to have.

A brave girl in a bright red cloak, a basket of goodies for Grandma, a sly talking wolf with a trick up his sleeve, and a forest full of friends who won't let anyone come to harm — a beloved classic retold gently for bedtime.

In green Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood and his merry companions trade disguises, arrows, jokes, and quarterstaff blows while outwitting sheriffs and wealthy travellers.

A miller's impossible boast, three rooms of straw, and a dangerous bargain lead to a desperate three-night search for one secret name.

A poor shoemaker down to his very last piece of leather finds, morning after morning, a pair of shoes finished more beautifully than any human hands could manage. When he and his wife stay up to solve the mystery, they discover two tiny, ragged elves — and a chance to repay a kindness with one of their own.

A spindle curse sends a princess and her entire castle into a hundred-year sleep while a wall of thorns grows thick around them.

Two kind sisters help a bear through winter and discover the enchanted prince hidden beneath a spell.

A donkey, dog, cat, and rooster set out for Bremen, but one thunderous concert at a robber's cottage changes their route.

A vain emperor is tricked by two swindlers who claim to weave cloth only the wise can see.

Prince Désiré braves a witch’s orange grove, frees Princess Zizi from a canary spell, and follows three burnt geese to the truth.

A young fir tree is so busy wishing for tomorrow that it almost misses the beauty of today.

A princess promises friendship to a frog who retrieves her golden ball, and an old enchantment is broken.

A runaway gingerbread man leads a whole countryside chase before a wide river and a smooth-talking fox stop his song.

A golden goose starts an absurd procession, but making a princess laugh is only the beginning: three impossible royal tasks still await Simpleton.

A boy gathering winter firewood uncovers a golden key, a buried iron chest, and one wonderfully unfinished mystery.

A golden statue and a migrating Swallow send ruby, sapphires, and gold through a winter city until only two overlooked treasures remain.

A young mermaid gives up her voice to seek a human soul and the prince she saved, in Andersen’s bittersweet sea tale.

A little red hen plants, cuts, carries, kneads, and bakes while her three farmyard friends keep finding wonderfully silly reasons to stay busy elsewhere.

A tricky fiddler leaves a wolf, fox, and hare in knots, then needs a woodcutter when his furious pupils return together.

A soaked stranger arrives at the palace during a storm, and one pea beneath twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds causes a royal commotion.

A Giant’s wall traps winter in his garden, but a tiny child, a flowering tree, and one magnificent crash change everything.

Three hungry goats must cross a bridge to reach the lush hillside beyond, but a roaring troll waits beneath every clatter of hooves.

Every morning, twelve princesses' dancing shoes are worn through, though their bedroom door was locked all night. A clever young soldier uses an invisibility cloak, careful listening, and courage to uncover the magical underground secret.

A sly wolf changes his voice, whitens his paws, and knocks three times—but Mother Goat and her seven little kids are not finished with him yet.

Dorothy is carried to the magical land of Oz, where new friends join her on the yellow brick road to seek courage, heart, wisdom, and home.

Three pigs, three very different houses, and one determined wolf meet in a lively tale of flying straw, secret outings, a runaway butter churn, and a smoking chimney.

A tiny girl no bigger than a thumb, born from a single magic flower, is swept into one adventure after another — a toad's lily pad, a field mouse's cozy burrow, and a daring rescue that finally carries her to a garden exactly her size.

Tiny Tom Thumb may be no bigger than a thumb, but his quick wit carries him through cows, thieves, and adventures much larger than himself.

A little hatchling who doesn't look quite like his brothers and sisters is teased and pushed away, and sets out alone into a wide, changing world. Through a long cold winter, one gentle truth waits to be discovered: he was never really a duckling at all.