After the love of Beauty turns him from a Beast into a handsome prince, Auguste fails to reform the bad habits of his past and sees the spell passed on to his three sons.
Folklore and Fairy Tales
The Lion’s Share : A Somali Folktale
The Lion’s Share is one of the most widely known animal fables throughout Somalia. It is told for entertainment but also for its wisdom about the misuse of power. At different times in history the folktale was retold in poems, songs, and other prose.
The Fish And Their Gifts
The Fish and their gifts is a student-created product. Written and illustrated by ten middle and high school students, this book is the result of an interdisciplinary book-publishing project integrating English Language Arts, Fine Arts, Hawaiian Language, Hawaiian Studies, and Science and Technology.
The story is told in both English and Hawaiian about Hawaiian sea creature’s strength.
The Little Flower King
The Little Flower King meets the little princess. The little princess becomes Queen of the Flowers.
Tales Of Don Quixote
Never one to lose faith in his conviction that he is a knight from the books of chivalry, Don Quixote is up off his sickbed and back upon his faithful steed, Rocinante. At his side, the long suffering squire, Sancho Panza, endures the rigors of his station, as his master sets out to right wrongs, defend the weak and on this final sally, disenchant his Lady Fair Dulcinea.
Der Standhafte Zinnsoldat
Two vanished dolls are discovered by a home builder. They are given to children and they are dumped after the children grew so that they didn’t need the dolls any more. The dolls’ journey begins from sewers, ocean, exotic foreign land, and placed in a museum in the end of the story.
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Fergus And The Night-Demon : An Irish Ghost Story
On his way to town to have some fun, a lazy but clever young man faces a terrible demon, who declares that his time has come.
Grandmother’s Tale
Every week, Nazan and her particular grandmother go to the market very Friday. Nazan loves shopping with Grandmother, because she tells such good stories while they shop. Waiting in the queue, Grandmother remembers her childhood in Turkey and Nazan watches the vegetables come to life.
English and Urdu bilingual book
Fiona’s Luck
A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king’s tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans.
Illustration done in acrylic, watercolor, and gel medium on coventry rag.
The Pull Of The Ocean
Loosely based on Charles Perrault’s “Tom Thumb,” seven brothers in modern day France flee their poor parents’ farm, led by the youngest who, although mute and unusually small, is exceptionally wise.