This book contains three stories retellings of Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Mulan. All three are insightful and offer new takes on the tales. Both Cinderella and Rapunzel have a focus on plants and growing Cinderella examines the power of wishes, and the dynamics of a father who abandons his child. Rapunzel is a girl with no hair who has to rescue the long haired maiden. Mulan is a girl like no other who makes the choice to replace her father in the army and act as a boy. She is able to pull it off in an extraordinary way, and, like Cinderella uses the power of wishes in an unexpected way. All three stories are excellent and well written. ( )