The Psammead is an 'it', an ancient, ill-tempered sand-fairy with a spider-shaped body, bat-like ears, and snail-like eyes. It is grumpy but has the power to grant one wish a day, which must be made before sunset. Five siblings—Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and infant Hilary—encounter It and experience the highs and lows of frivolous wish-making.

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolat...

Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. ...

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearb...

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attemp...

Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, lik...

Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confid...

An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur ...

'All Small Bodies' is a feminist, sci-fi take on the Grimm tale of Hansel and Gretel. It occurs in t...

A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved...

A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an...

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding ...

A little wooden puppet yearns to become a real boy.

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to p...

Part of The Book of Pooh series, which offers preschool kids simple life lessons and scholastic poin...

Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sa...

Herman the Clown sets out to find his father, whom he hasn't seen since he set off to measure the Ea...

Emil Svensson lives with his mother and father, little sister Ida, farmhand Alfred, and maid Lina on...

Emil's reputation for being a troublemaker makes the Svensson family's neighbours take up a collecti...

Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.