Pandora had one simple rule: do not open the enormous, stinky jar that a thundery old grump left on her kitchen table. But when the jar starts whispering her name, being nosy unleashes absolutely everything horrible into the world—including toothache, hiccups, and the smell of sour milk.

Perseus is a wobbly-kneed boy with flying sandals and absolutely no monster-fighting experience whatsoever. Unfortunately, a very greedy king has ordered him to fetch the head of a snake-haired horror called Medusa. Luckily, Perseus has a shield, a leather sack, and a plan that just might work.

Locked in a very smelly tower by a king with a squeaking sandal problem, a boy called Icarus decides to become an actual bird. All he needs is four thousand feathers, buckets of candle wax, and a lot of courage.

Arachne is the greatest weaver who ever lived, and she will tell anyone who will listen. But when she accidentally challenges the goddess Athena to a sewing showdown, she makes an enormous mistake, the sort that leaves you with eight legs and thread coming out of your bottom.

Jason has lost a sandal and has been sent by his wicked uncle on a completely impossible quest to fetch a magic golden sheepskin. Between burping bird-ladies, crashing cliffs, and a dragon that has never once had a nap, he discovers that real heroes do not have to do everything alone.

Odysseus and his hungry sailors sneak into a cave stuffed with cheese, only to discover it belongs to a one-eyed giant with terrible manners. Trapped, Odysseus must out-think a monster using fizzy wine, unbelievably smelly sheep, and the silliest name ever invented.

Deep beneath a palace waits a bull-headed beast with breath like old socks and a surprisingly fetching pink bobble hat. To save fourteen children, the show-off Theseus must enter an impossible maze armed with courage, a ball of wool, and the alarming discovery that monsters sometimes just need a friend.

King Midas loves gold more than hot dinners, more than birthdays, and — rather tragically — more than almost anything else. So when a mysterious god grants him one ridiculous wish, everything he touches turns to solid gold — including his breakfast, his hamster, and his very best friend in the world.

For ten whole years, the Greek army has been stuck outside the walls of Troy, and their socks have gone seriously crunchy. But when a wobbly-kneed carpenter's boy named Epeius builds a giant wooden horse to sneak inside, he soon discovers that hiding thirty stinky soldiers in a wooden tummy is a recipe for disaster!

Dieter the Donkey is old, unwanted, and absolutely dreadful at singing. But when he gathers three equally wobbly animals and challenges a gang of pudding-stealing robbers, their terrible noises just might become their greatest talent.

Simpleton has never been considered clever, brave, or even mildly useful. But when a magical golden goose causes the stickiest catastrophe in the kingdom, his kindness might just be the only thing powerful enough to make a miserable princess laugh.

When a magical cooking pot buries an entire village beneath an unstoppable breakfast, only quiet little Mina knows the words that can save everyone. Brace yourself for the stickiest disaster in history, and bring your own spoon.

Meet Hans. He is a boy so small he has to stand on a stool just to reach his own teapot. But when a sticky slice of jam and a spectacularly cheeky fib turn him into the most feared hero in the kingdom, Hans must prove his worth! Armed with nothing but a lump of old cheese and his wits, can he outsmart stinky giants, a grumpy unicorn, and a bottom-burping wild boar without anyone discovering his jammy little secret?

Hugo Hare is the fastest, fanciest, and most unbearable creature in the countryside. But when he challenges Heinrich Hedgehog to a race, he is about to discover that four speedy paws are no match for two clever hedgehogs, a terrible brass band, and seventy-three helpings of stubbornness.

Hans has a very special talent for following instructions perfectly—just usually the wrong ones. After a week involving a pocketed goat, a sliced sleeve, and a calf worn as a rather heavy hat, Hans must finally use his own head to stop a runaway hay cart.

In a crooked cottage in the woods lives the unlikeliest family in the forest: Minna the Mouse, Bertie the Bird, and Brunhilde the Bratwurst. But when a very posh crow convinces them to swap their daily chores, the worst job-swap in history begins! Featuring burning bloomers, an enormous slobbering bulldog, and the slipperiest sausage alive.

Meet Thumbling, a boy no bigger than a ketchup packet, with a mouth ten times his size. Swallowed by a cow, snaffled by a wolf, and squabbled over by two terribly unhygienic thieves, this teeny hero must think enormously to get home. Warning: contains a great deal of digestion and one extremely surprised wolf.

"Reginald the Rooster and Doris the Duck go rattling down Nut Hill in a carriage made of nutshells. Unfortunately, they stop for the night at The Golden Sausage, an inn run by a man with a wicked scheme and truly disgusting toenails.

Frederick Crabb is a poor woodcutter who can't read a single word, so naturally he decides to become the cleverest doctor in the world. But when a bellowing baron's gold goes missing, Crabb must bluff his way through criminal custard, sneaky servants, and a very crusty surprise before his whopping great fib is served up under a silver lid.

Greta the Goat is the greediest, burpiest fibber in all of Germany, and thanks to her, three brothers are booted out of their home. But when a magical wishing-table and a gold-producing donkey are stolen by a slimy innkeeper, it's up to the smallest, wobbliest brother to win everything back.

Elsie has an imagination that can spot a disaster before it even happens. But when a dangling pick-axe, a snoozing beetle, and a net of jingling bells turn her life upside down, her tremendous worrying might be the only thing that can save the entire village.