Sleeping Beauty is a folk tale, one of the most famous versions of which is that of the Grimm brothers, published in 1812.

Sleeping Beauty: a summary of the story

The king and queen are mourning the fact that they have no children. One day, a frog appears and announces: "Your wish will be granted, within a year you will give birth to a girl". The frog's prediction came true and the queen gave birth to the child she had wanted so much. The king organises a big party to celebrate the event and invites all the fairies of the country. But a nasty fairy who had been forgotten arrives and puts a spell on the little princess: "When you are fifteen, you will be pricked with a spindle and you will fall dead". Another fairy tries to ward him off: "You will not die, you will sleep for a hundred years"...

Every year, during the Great Wizard Parade of the Wizards, the Dubalai win the Golden Cauldron! But the youngest daughter, Witchcraft, doesn't seem to be very good and misses all her spells. However, this year, Sorcinette must participate in the contest. Her family is very worried...

Who is scared? And of what? The little ghost is scared of silence. the little vampire is scared of the light. The dragon, the witch and even the little mummy, they all have their own fear!

That's right, even when you're a little monster you can be scared!

But, there is one who's not scared. He's hairy, he's clawed, he has sharp fangs...

Do you know Molougolo, the island where it's always sunny? It's there that Hervé is going on Christmas vacation with his parents and his sister Lucie. Except that once there, it's always raining, perfect weather for frogs! But, Hervé doesn't care: he loses track of time: he plays with the super console Jeuga XMP 345 that he was gifted. Until the moment when CARABISTOUILLE appears. And then, everything goes crazy!

Abandoned by their parents, Margaux and Jeannot are lost in the forest. In this Grimm's tale, a mysterious white bird guides them to a wonderful house made of bread, cakes and sugar. But this house belongs to a wicked witch who has a habit of eating children...

Titou doesn't like napping, but not at all. So much so that at the slightest noise... Titou gets up and goes to fight the monsters. Because, as everyone knows, houses are full of them!

Malin notices that his teacher, Miss Goodnight, is still absent. For the past three days, she has been replaced by a horrible woman: Mrs. Worm. She is uglier than a spider, confiscates everything and has no patience with the children. With the help of his friends Sébastopol and Séraphine, Malin discovers that the substitute is a witch who is running for president of the Association des Méchants and that she is organizing an information picnic on her electoral program. On the menu: fresh meat sandwiches and fresh, plump kids for dessert! Will the three friends manage to foil her plan before the whole class serves up a meal at this unconventional meeting?

Winner of the 2011 Marseille Youth Book Award.

Doug, a slightly dizzy dragon, bumps into Callune, a bad-tempered fairy, in midair. Instead of getting angry, they decide to join forces. Their first mission is to rescue Princess Lucille, Callune's goddaughter, who has been kidnapped by a knight. The problem is that Doug is allergic to knights.

My neighbor is really weird. I think she's a witch. She puts salt in her coffee and dips her carrots in her tea. She holds her umbrella askew and collects earthworms. It's all very strange, and to think that some people don't believe me...

Sorcière lives alone in the forest. She spends her days picking plants for her teas and contemplating nature. When she meets Chanoir, all alone and sad because of his coat color, she decides to help him find a place where he would belong.

In a village, the travellers are accused and pointed at... thieves ? Wizards?

A fantasy novel written by a class of second graders and their teacher.

Mortilius Jacks, the greatest wizard, is dead. He has divided his soul into 7 precious stones. Emeline, his wife, is in charge of finding 7 wizards to gather the stones and bring Mortilius back to life.

Using their powers, the young recruits will have to face fierce creatures and solve terrible riddles. Legendary dragons, raging wolves, flaming phoenixes... They will encounter incredible encounters along the way, guided by unfailing courage and determination.

Will they succeed in their quest?

Despite the laws that say you have to love the king, the tyrant Crowfoot doesn't feel loved by his subjects. So he invents nightmare pillows that make their days better than their nights. But Antoine, the schoolmaster, and his pupils try to foil the plot.

Now convinced of the virtues of vegetables following her misadventures in "The Green Witch has a stomachache", the witch decides to plant a vegetable garden. She sets out to find the seed packets that her beloved grandmother left her. But nothing happens exactly as planned with witches, and the seeds germinate and have the most unexpected effects. It will take the intervention of a magician to bring some order to the great mess she has made. Children will enjoy the character of the green witch and will laugh at her repeated clumsiness and her language. Like the previous issue, this issue of the adventures of the witch is written in verse and full of humour. This album is part of the Lire et faire lire 2015 selection.

Witch stories can happen to anyone and when they do, it's no fun! For starters, a witch is ugly to look at. Plus, it can turn a child into a hunchbacked toad or make him drink a vile concoction. The trick, in such a terrible case, is to manage to have enough imagination to get out from between her hooked and wart-covered fingers.

À califourchon sur son aspirateur magique, Tourbille, la méchante sorcière, survole la ville. Elle aspire tout sur son chemin : les enfants du jardin, sauf un, les chatons, sauf deux, les papillons sauf trois, les canards sauf quatre, et les poissons sauf cinq. Puis elle regagne la montagne obscure aux noirs coquelicots où elle vit. Mais une petite fille qui n’a peur de rien et ne s’en laisse pas conter ne fait ni une ni deux : elle se lance sur les traces de la sorcière pour lui donner une leçon.

Cet album malicieux, tant par le texte que par l’illustration, se lit avec plaisir et effroi. C’est aussi, avec un zeste de magie, un parcours permettant un jeu avec les chiffres.

A skeleton, a princess, a child, a troll, a witch, compete to be respectively the most playful, talkative, boring, moronic and coquettish in the world!

Aaaarrrrggggghhhhhh! That morning, the corridors of the Abracadémie resounded with a terrible scream. Rossa, the most abominable witch in Maleficity, has frighteningly discovered two enormous warts at the end of her hooked nose. If Chouine, the new pupil, doesn't prepare an anti-wart potion for her immediately, she will be turned into a pumpkin!

Unfortunately, our apprentice witch isn't sure of the formula... If she misses, we can expect anything!

It is discord in the forest. The ugly monsters who haunt the place are not happy at all. And for good reason: NOBODY IS FEARFUL OF THEM ! Whose fault is that ? Bergamot, a very cheeky granny who has come to squat in the old house of the seven dwarfs. But ogres, witches, big bad wolves and other hairy monsters are determined not to let themselves be threatened by the danger that threatens their little business...

A mysterious woman, the Wolf Doll, lives away from the village with wild beasts. Everything suggests that she is a witch, yet she engages in all sorts of harmless activities, such as carving and gardening. But because of the rumors, the villagers do not think well of her and decide to banish her. To prove them wrong, she decides to follow one of the recipes in her grimoire and offer them... Eternity.