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Little Red Riding Hood

2013
A little girl meets a wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.

Aladdin

a fairy tale adventure
2015
A young boy discovers a powerful genie and manages to thwart an evil magician's tricks.

[The hunterman and the crocodile

a West African folktale
2006
Donso, a West African hunterman, learns the importance of living in harmony with nature and the necessity of placing humans among, not above, all other living things. Presented in Arabic.

Paul Bunyan

a very tall tale
2014
Introduces the legend of Paul Bunyan, describing the lumberjack's immense strength, faithful friend Babe the Blue Ox, and their work to clear America's frontiers for farming.

The elves and the shoemaker

2012
A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

The frog prince, or, Iron Henry

2013
A beautiful princess makes a promise to a frog which she does not intend to keep.

Hansel and Gretel

2014
After being abandoned, a poor brother and sister's loyalty toward one another allows them to stand together and overcome fear in the shape of an evil forest witch.

Cinderella

2014
Cinderella's wicked stepsisters and their mother treat her cruelly, but Cinderella responds only with kindness, and so gets rewarded with happiness at tale's end.

Beauty and the beast

2014
A tender girl is held captive by a mighty beast, who is himself held hostage by a spell. Both discover that true beauty and true love are not based on appearances, but come from within.

Sundiata

an epic of old Mali
2006

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