In order to end the Masked Man's literary army, the twins and their friends must enter Conner's short stories, where they find allies in unexpected places.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan. Includes reading activities.

"...[T]he emperor hires two tailors to make him a new set of elegant and magical clothes--clothes that foolish people will think are invisible! When the emperor parades through town in his fine new clothes, while really wearing just his polka-dotted shorts, only a child is willing to speak up and tell the truth"--Page [4] of cover.

Retells, in preprimer words, the tale of the little girl who meets a wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.

Examines the life of Mother Gothel, Rapunzel's adoptive mother, to find out her motivations behind abducting the princess and locking her in a tower to shield her from a cruel world. An innocent child taken from her parents. A girl with magical hair confined to an isolated tower. But what does Mother Gothel, Rapunzel's adoptive mother, actually know? Does she want to shield the princess from a cruel world-- or is there more to the story? -- adapted...

The Gingerbread Boy eludes the hungry grasp of everyone he meets until he happens upon a fox more clever than he.

After discovering a giant egg in the magical Castle Glower, Princess Celie agrees to care for the egg and what creature it hatches.

When the dangerous ancient wizard Arkwright escapes the dungeon and goes missing within the Castle, Princess Celie must find the wizard and save her family.

In this fifth and final chronicle of Prydain the forces of good and evil meet in ultimate confrontation.

In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.