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LCCN: 2024010958

ISBNs: 978-0-7624-8785-1 (hardcover), 978-0-7624-8787-5 (ebook)

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CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

Rapunzel

The Boy Who Didn’t Know Fear

The Sack of Knowledge

Hansel and Gretel

The Turnip

The Weeping Flea

Rumpelstiltskin

Hansel the Gambler

The Tailor and His Underachieving Sons

A Peasant in Heaven

Snow White

The Two Huntsmen

The Child of Good Fortune

Cinderella

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About the Author

About the Illustrator

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