Presents illustrated retellings of fourteen classic fairy tales including "Cinderella," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Frog Prince," and "Rumpelstiltskin."
"A woman's passion for chess endures from her childhood in Vienna through her emigration to San Francisco as a Jewish refugee of WWII. Based on the life of the author's grandmother, Elsa Konstandt Weisz"-- Provided by publisher.