Frank Carlson Library

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...

Thirteen Japanese fairy tales are retold from various sources.

To win a bride and a kingdom, a soldier endeavors to discover why the dancing shoes of the king's twelve daughters are worn to pieces every morning.

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry little girl finds the home of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

In this version of Andersen's tale, the emperor wants extraordinary clothes that no one has ever seen before.

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.

An old Count is disappointed by the odd things his seemingly stupid son learns, but by knowing the languages of dogs, frogs, and birds, the son becomes Pope.

Contains tales representing all facets of Ireland.