by retold by Harriet Ziefert (1997)
A poor family with a magic pot soon discover that getting the pot to cook is easy--the tricky part is getting it to stop.
Diane Wolkstein
A strange event occurs across the land when a little Chinese goose girl sprinkles her shoulders with water and begins to wave her arms, believing that she will sprout wings, fly, and enjoy all the beautiful flowers of spring.
retold by Eric Blair
An easy-to-read retelling of a classic tale in which a strange man spins straw into gold, asks a huge reward, and offers a seemingly impossible way out of the deal.
retold by Eric Blair
An easy-to-read retelling of the classic tale of a beautiful princess who makes a promise to a frog which she does not intend to keep.
Jenny Nimmo
Gifts from Gwyn's grandmother on his tenth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister's mysterious disappearance four years before.