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Princess Eliza and her brothers are perfectly happy - until their father marries a woman who is secretly a witch. Determined to get rid of the children, the witch turns the brothers into swans. But Eliza is harder to deal with. Follow her as she sets out to undo the spell, in this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale.
>The Swan Princess is the story of a beautiful princess who loves graceful swans. In fact, she loves swans so much that her subjects begin to call her the "Swan Princess'. Unfortunately, she is kidnapped by an evil baron's thugs. News gets out that she is being held in a castle in the Alps, and a brave young prince goes on a quest to rescue her. >This collection includes four other tales, all written and illustrated by Wayne E. Torbert. The inspiration to write these stories came from his grandchildren, all of whom love a good story! >As a young man in the Air Force, the author was able to travel around much of Europe. Two of his stories take place in England, where he was stationed for three years. Two stories are located in Germany, where his wife is from. And the last story deals with the adventures of William Tell in Switzerland.
The most important international children's film festival in the world celebrates its jubilee with this publication. Read about the history and development of the Kinderfilmfest, the changes which have taken place over the last 25 years within the children's film industry, and 50 films that strongly characterize the festival. Included is an index of the more than 500 films screened at the festival over the years.
Diamond is a swan who dreams of being with the prince that almost killed her. Prince David being an honorable, dutiful prince is torn for the first time in his life between his heart and his obligations to his kingdom, as he travels to meet his bride-to-be, Princess Audra. Princess Audra is a carefree, willful princess that longs to find a way to free herself from the bonds of being royalty. Reluctantly, Prince David and Princess Audra enter into an arranged engagement not knowing they are about to embark on a journey that, with the help of some very loyal friends, will change their destiny. Diamond finds that having blind faith and trust in those around her, that her dreams come true. Princess Audra has no idea, that her traveling to Prince David’s kingdom, will have her play a role in changing her fate and other’s. In this story, fate is wielded by determination and the unconditional love of friends.
