Also known as a fairy tale, the marvelous tale features magical, fairy-tale, or supernatural characters or events that are fully accepted and believable in the story, to the delight of the eyes (and ears) of little readers!
Hansel et Gretel
by The Brothers Grimm and Corinne Garcia
publisher: Chemins de traverse
Abandoned by their parents, Margaux and Jeannot are lost in the forest. Guided by a mysterious bird, they head for a house made of bread, cakes, and sugar, without knowing that it belongs to a witch…
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Riquet
by Charles Perrault and Elsa Oriol
publisher: L’Étagère du bas
Once upon a time, there was a very intelligent but hopelessly ugly young prince and a princess who was as beautiful as she was foolish. They were complementary and seemed made for each other. But how do you get past appearances and see what is so precious about the other?
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Princesse corbeau
by Wang Yi
publisher: HongFei
In China, the young Rong leads a lonely life without a sparkle. But one day, next to a black feather, he finds a wounded bird that he will heal. It turns out that this bird, whom he names Qing and to whom he will give his freedom, is none other than the princess of the kingdom of crows, the beautiful Qing…
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Le petit poisson d’or
by Alexandre S. Pouchkine and Gabriella Makhult
publisher: Callicéphale
One day, an old fisherman catches a beautiful golden fish. « Fisherman, release me, I’ll fulfill all your wishes as a thank you. » He needs nothing, but his wife is demanding to the point of madness…
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Yexian et le soulier d’or
by Chun-Liang Yeh and Wang Yi
publisher: HongFei
Yexian, sensitive and wise, is tormented by her stepmother and stepsister. She finds comfort in a golden-eyed fish who grants her wishes. At the ball, she loses one of her beautiful shoes. The golden shoe, in the hands of a king, will lead the young girl to her happiness. The story of Cinderella, told eight centuries before Perrault.
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La belle au bois dormant
by The Brothers Grimm and Krisztina Maros
publisher: Callicéphale
The frog’s prediction comes true, and the queen gives birth to her longed-for child. The king organizes a big party in her honor and invites all the fairies of the country. All of them, except for a forgotten evil fairy…
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Alice d’après Alice au Pays des merveilles
by Lewis Carroll, Sylvie Misslin, and Sébastien Mourrain
publisher: Amaterra
Alice was daydreaming in a field of wild grass when a well-dressed White Rabbit ran past. He stopped at a hedge, pulled a watch out of his pocket, and looked at the time, before running into a huge burrow.
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