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"...

Little Goldilocks is walking in the forest when she sees a house and, full of curiosity, decides to enter it... But who does it belong to? Goldilocks then goes to taste the three soups on the table because one is too hot, the other is too cold, and the last one is just right!

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...

The king has sent his inspector to Hameln to investigate the disappearance of all the children in this Lower Saxon town. The royal inspector questions the innkeeper and the latter recounts the invasion of the rats, the arrival of the foreigner, the deal made with the town and how the inhabitants welcomed him and rewarded him handsomely. The two of them discuss and the images scroll by, showing a very different reality: the greed and contempt of an entire town for this flute player who finally punished them. This kamishibai can be read by two people: the king's inspector and the innkeeper. The text is composed in the form of a dialogue.

"In the midst of the gusts, in the freezing cold, a poor girl walked down the street: she had nothing on her head, she was barefoot." Discover or rediscover this Andersen fairy tale through the moving illustrations of Isabelle Desternes, who makes each scene in this story a truly delicate, fragile, and deeply touching tableau.

For some time now, Dr. Turnip and Sir Leek, two strange detectives, have been flying to the rescue of the inhabitants of the vegetable garden. In the course of their investigations, they solve riddles and secrets. And what happens to the peas when they meet a modern princess? And why did the ten little cabbages disappear one Christmas Eve? If you want to know the secret of the pretty chubby strawberries, you'll have to follow the two detectives.

"Little Red Riding Hood immediately went to her grandmother who lived in another Village..." By taking the point of view of the wolf, Fabienne Cinquin gives this story an even more disturbing dimension.

A miller left only his mill, his donkey, and his cat to three children. They would soon have eaten all the poor patrimony. The eldest had the mill, the second had the donkey, and the youngest had only the cat...

Everyone knows the story of Little Red Riding Hood... But do you know the story of Little Riding Hood? To find out, read this story by Andrea Echorn with a quirky and energetic tone that can be found both in her story and in her illustrations!

"Little Red Riding Hood met the Wolf, who wanted to eat her..." Discover or rediscover this traditional tale thanks to Eglantine Bonetto's illustrations, which under an apparent candor treat this story with humor and malice.

This tale is a social fable. It speaks of the fear that seizes us in front of the unknown, in front of a stranger, even a simple cat. It tells how this fear can grow until it paralyses a whole kingdom... A Persian tale illustrated, in the respect of the tradition, by the patchworks of a major Iranian illustrator of this beginning of century.

"This tale, told throughout the Middle East in different versions, is about initiation. Not the little one, but the big one, the real one, the one that turns the monster into a human." "The illustrations set a funny, light-hearted tone to this potentially scary tale of devouring."

Une fois son blé moulu, Abou az-Zoulouf s’empresse de rentrer chez lui. Il fait déjà nuit, la route est longue et dangereuse. Bientôt, il s’aperçoit que le loup le suit. Abou az-Zoulouf, malgré sa candeur apparente, a plus d’un tour dans son sac. Il se tire de ce mauvais pas d’une manière qui, à coup sûr, fera du loup la risée de tous les lecteurs.

Un conte traditionnel de Syrie.

Odette is a delicious little chick. She likes sewing and gossiping, so she sews and gossips.

Hidden in a flowery thicket, a little rascal is spying on her. The fox would like to bite into her. So he's watching her. He watches the pudgy young hen and waits for the appropriate moment to catch her...

This novel is a modern version of the tale, approaching in a funny way contemporary themes such as animal welfare, work exploitation, women's rights, and even patriarchal domination.

Snow White is fed up with having to deal with the chores of seven ill-mannered dwarfs. And Cinderella is fed up with her husband's cat in boots putting other feet behind her back when she thought he was charming! Thanks to the zozio, the princesses will unite to rebel against their oppressors, and when the girls rebel, it's all over!

Everyone knows the story of Little Red Riding Hood... But do you know the story of Little Riding Hood? To find out, read this story by Andrea Echorn with a quirky and energetic tone that can be found both in her story and in her illustrations!

The little fox takes the tiger to meet a deer and her fawn, three baby pandas then four agile monkeys. Behind the fox who's walking confidently, the animals notice the big tiger... They all run off immediately.

A very old fisherman lived with his wife by the sea, an old woman, in a very small cottage. One day in his net he discovered a beautiful golden fish. "Fisherman, let me go, I'll make all your wishes come true by way of thanks." He needs nothing, but his surly wife is demanding to the point of madness.

One evening, the child, the cat, the dog, the bird and the frog stopped talking. Then the sun got angry and went down. It was dark and cold, a nightmare, so the parents surrounded the child, "It's all right, it's a bad dream, tomorrow the sun will shine in all its splendour". Inspired by a Balkan tale, a poetic text, a rhythm that repeats like a ritornello to address bad dreams in a reassuring way.This album is part of the Litteralouest 2020-2021 selection.

A long time ago, night did not exist. The sky was a huge yellow picture from which the day never faded away... Sometimes, clouds, rain or snow came to shade the light, but that was not enough to make life less monotonous, less boring... One day, Naîm decided to take his courage in both hands as well as a ladder and his brushes, and to attack this invariably yellow sky...

In those days I was so blue, so marvellously blue, that no one in living memory had ever seen a more beautiful bird. I was prouder than a peacock. So proud that I strutted before all the animals. So proud that one day I even dared to compare myself to the Sun... This album was part of the selection Lire et Faire lire 2015.

Masilo and his wife cultivate their field, but in the evening a beautiful bird commands the field to mix. Masilo and his wife work to no avail, until one day Masilo captures the bird. The bird is allowed to live, and in exchange it gives milk to Masilo's family...

Some children, out playing in the field, find a squash, which, after many adventures, grows, grows, and swallows all the people of the village, except an old lady. The old lady gives birth to a boy who, now grown up, goes in search of the gourd.

The little fox takes the tiger to meet a deer and her fawn, three baby pandas then four agile monkeys. Behind the fox who's walking confidently, the animals notice the big tiger... They all run off immediately.

At the edge of a footpath, Old Laolao is worried. In this cool season, no one to buy her fans. Where will she find the money to feed her grandson? Passing by, the famous calligrapher Wang is touched but he has his own idea to help Laolao. He will embellish the fans with his beautiful writing and he will work miracles! This story of giving and generosity is inspired by the life of the most famous Chinese calligrapher, WANG Xizhi (4th century).

It is winter. All the colours of the forest have faded and given way to cold and silence. There's no question of ever going outside again! During this time of year in Japan, the tanuki sleeps soundly in its burrow... and doesn't move until spring returns! But this winter, a strange feeling comes over his stomach...

Three little pigs have to leave the family cocoon, set out on their own on the great road of life and build themselves a house: build a straw shelter, assemble a shed of branches, build a house. Everything gets complicated when a big bad wolf comes around. And that's when the story takes an unexpected turn...

The text is in French and English.

Alice is getting seriously bored sitting next to her sister. Suddenly, a white rabbit dressed in a frock coat and holding a pocket watch in his paw passes by her. Driven by curiosity, Alice chases him down his rabbit hole where she takes a dizzying fall and finally lands in Wonderland where she meets some wonderful people and develops some surprising friendships.

A very old fisherman lived with his wife by the sea, an old woman, in a very small cottage. One day in his net he discovered a beautiful golden fish. "Fisherman, let me go, I'll make all your wishes come true by way of thanks." He needs nothing, but his surly wife is demanding to the point of madness.

This is the story of a poor man who has nothing to feed his three sons. So, the day he finds a gold coin, he runs to the market and buys a goat... Elisabeth Calandry's masterpiece, "La chèvre menteuse" (The lying goat) is a popular story that has been passed down by word of mouth for centuries. It appears in several reference works and one can read the versions collected by Charles Joisten, Henri Pourrat or the Serbian Vouk Karadijtch. Beyond its cruelty, it speaks of the power of the word and the damage caused by mistrust.