Candlewick treasures

Celebrated since childhood for how well she skips rope, 109-year-old Elsie Piddock once again skips, to save her English country town.

A nine-year-old New England girl has to decide whether or not she will help the ornithologist who is searching for the rare white heron.

In order to rescue a young mermaid, lazy John Cobbler endures many trials including being turned into a fish, and so gains a beautiful wife and plentiful treasure.

Two young sisters living in the Cornish countryside find a strange boy in the woods who doesn't seem to speak, eat, or sleep.

After unwisely insulting a disagreeable old woman in the market, Jacob is persuaded to help carry her purchases home and unknowingly falls under a spell that lasts seven years and drastically changes his appearance.