January 27, 2016 | strande
Classic stories are told, retold, then changed and retold again. Rediscover some of your favorite stories in a new way. Although these classics are usually considered children's stories, grown-ups are welcome to join in the fun.
Bonus: find your own adapted classic and share on Social Media #CYSStoryBox.
Peter Pan
Film Adaptations: Disney Animated Peter Pan; Live Action Peter Pan; Peter Pan Live; Neverland; Pan (coming 2016)
The original adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.
Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
Gwendolyn Carlisle, who loves fairies very much, after receiving a special necklace, the one Peter Pan gave to Wendy Darling, for her birthday finds herself in Never Land where the fairies are trying to stop the destruction of Fairy Haven and Never Land.
Ashley is whisked away from her home by Peter Pan to help the Lost Boys with spring cleaning, but this "Wendy Girl's" love of adventure brings changes that are not enjoyed by all of Neverland's inhabitants.
In the 1930s, all is not well. Nightmares are leaking out of Neverland. Fearing for Peter Pan's life, Wendy and the Lost Boys go back to Neverland -- with the help of the fairy Fireflyer -- only to discover their worst nightmares coming true! Peter Pan and his friends eventually restore Neverland to rights.
Winnie the Pooh
Film Adaptations: Disney Animated Winnie-the-Pooh; The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh
This deluxe volume brings all of the Pooh stories together in one full-color, large-format book, including The House at Pooh Corner (e-book) and Return to the Hundred Acre Wood.
Using a balloon to float in the air, Winnie-the-Pooh pretends he is a cloud so that he can reach the bees' honey.
Collects the further stories of Christopher Robin and his imaginary animal friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, where the animals anticipate Christopher Robin's return, meet a new friend, and solve the mystery of missing bees.
The story of how Winnie-the-Pooh came to be. When Harry Colebourn saw a baby bear at a train station, he knew he could care for it. Harry was a veterinarian. But he was also a soldier in training during World War I. Harry found just the right place for Winnie--the London Zoo. There a boy named Christopher Robin played with Winnie--he could care for this bear too!.
A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to World War I. This same bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
The Snow Queen
A classic translation of one of the world's greatest fairy tales — a magical story of a young girl's quest to save the boy she loves.
Film Adaptation: Disney's Frozen
Teaming up with an adventurer named Kristoff and his reindeer, Sven, Princess Anna searches for her sister, Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
On their sixth trip through the magic mirror, Abby and Jonah find themselves in the story of the Snow Queen, a troubled character who chose power over family and friendship, and Abby has to free the children the Queen has under her spell--with the help of her new friend, a talking reindeer called Ralph, and a strange girl named Sharon.
Eleven-year-old Rory, daughter of a famous actress and a famous movie director, finds herself becoming a celebrity in her own right as she helps create a new fairy tale as a participant in the after school program, Ever After School.
Film Adaptations: BBC's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Disney's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Four English school children enter the magic land of Narnia through the back of a wardrobe and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in defeating the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Ophelia, a timid eleven-year-old girl grieving her mother, suspends her disbelief in things non-scientific when a boy locked in the museum where her father is working asks her to help him complete an age-old mission.
Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a run-in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted wood in the hopes of saving Jack's life.
"When her boyfriend disappears with a mysterious girl, seventeen-year-old Ginny leaves her hometown of Atlanta and fights wolves, escapes thieves, and braves the cold to rescue him"--.