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  2. The Practical Princess and Other Liberating Fairy Tales

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    The newborn Princess Bedelia of Arapathia is blessed by three good fairies with the gifts of beauty, grace (ala Sleeping Beauty), &... Common sense.Eighteen-years later, a dragon takes up residence on a mountain in the kingdom, demanding a princess to devour, or else it would turn its fiery-breath down on the kingdom.

  3. The Blue Bird (fairy tale) - Wikipedia

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    The youngest princess decides to seek him out, and stops by a lion's den. She overhears a conversation between a lion and a lioness about the rosebush prince and how their liver and heart can cure him. After the lions sleep, the princess kills them to take their heart and liver to cure the prince. [23]

  4. Bedtime story - Wikipedia

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    A bedtime story is a traditional form of storytelling, where a story is told to a child at bedtime to prepare the child for sleep. The bedtime story has long been considered "a definite institution in many families". [1] The term "bedtime story" was coined by Louise Chandler Moulton in her 1873 book, Bed-time Stories.

  5. Princess and dragon - Wikipedia

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    In such stories, the transformed princess usually aids her sweetheart in a battle against a force of evil. In The Swan Princess , for example, Princess Odette is transformed into a swan , and she helps her lover triumph in a battle against the sorcerer Rothbart, who has the power to transform himself into a hideous beast (a manifestation of a ...

  6. Fairy tale - Wikipedia

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    A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, [1] magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. [2] Such stories typically feature magic , enchantments , and mythical or fanciful beings.

  7. Enid Blyton bibliography - Wikipedia

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    Bible Stories, New Testament Book 6 The Man by the Pool, The Poor Leper; Big Noddy Book; Bom and the Clown, illustrator R. Paul-Hoye; Bom and the Rainbow; Enid Blyton's Book of the Year; Dog Stories (reprints Three Boys and a Circus and The Adventures of Scamp) The Famous Five Special (this is an out-of-series omnibus) Hullo, Bom and Wuffy Dog ...

  8. Once Upon a Mattress - Wikipedia

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    The princess in the story is not the first princess tested to see if she is worthy of marrying Prince Dauntless the Drab—she is the thirteenth princess. The day the Minstrel arrives at court, the Queen, alongside her confidant, the Wizard, is testing Princess #12 with an unfair quiz.

  9. Anika Noni Rose - Wikipedia

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    [32] [33] As one of the stories in the series, Rose chose the Princess and the Frog book "Tiana's Growing Experiment." [34] In 2020, Rose starred in the Netflix musical Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey playing Jessica Jangle. [35] Rose applauded the film's portrayal of black and brown professionals in an English Victorian setting. [36]