How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Poster of the 1966 movie and cover of the 1957 book
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, 1957
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Chuck Jones, Ben Washam, 1966

Everybody in Who-ville enjoys Christmas very much, but the Grinch who lived just to the north of Who-ville didn’t! So the Grinch tries to ruin Christmas for the happy Who-villains, only to realize that perhaps Christmas isn’t what he originally believed it to be. Maybe Christmas has a little bit more significance now!


Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Poster of the 1937 movie and cover of the 1854 book, Snow White
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Snow White
Jacob Grimm, Wilhem Grimm, 1854
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William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, 1937

While admiring a rose blooming in the winter, Queen Eleanor of the kingdom of Tabor pricks her finger on one of its thorns. After her death, Snow White’s father, King Magnus, and his army battle an invading dark army of demonic glass soldiers. Snow White’s childhood friend William and his father, Duke Hammond, escape the castle but are unable to rescue her, and she is captured and locked away in a tower for many years.


Mulan. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1695 book, Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
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Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
Zhu Renhuo, 1695
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Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook, 1998

In Imperial China, Hua Mulan is an adventurous and active girl, to the disappointment of her parents, who hopes that one day she will be wed to a good husband. As a young woman, Mulan is forced to meet with a matchmaker to demonstrate her fitness as a future wife. Mulan, flustered, attempts to pour tea in front of the matchmaker, but a spider causes a panic that destroys the kettle, and the matchmaker calls her a disgrace in front of her family.