This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.<p><strong>About the Wicked Queen</strong></p> <ul> <li>For anyone who's seen Walt Disney's <em>Snow White</em> you'll know that the <strong>Wicked Queen</strong> is one evil woman!</li> <li>After all it's not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter's heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box. (And even if this sort of thing is a common urge we don't know many people who have acted upon it.)</li> <li>Now for the first time we'll examine the life of the <strong>Wicked Queen</strong> and find out just what it is that makes her so nasty.</li> <li>Here's a hint: the creepy-looking man in the magic mirror is not just some random spooky visage-and he just might have something to do with the Queen's wicked ways!</li> <li>Enjoy <strong>Serena Valentino's</strong> entire <em>Villain's</em> series.</li> </ul><ul><li>The tale of the sea king's daughter Ariel is a beloved one of <em>losing— and then finding one's own voice</em>.</li><li>The story has been told many times and in many ways.</li><li>But always the mergirl wants more than her world can offer and her father demands that she live within the confines of his domain.</li><li>Her rebelliousness costs the little mermaid her voice and nearly her soul.</li><li>But the power of good prevails and Ariel emerges proud and changed.</li><li>And yet this is only half the story.</li><li>So what of Ariel's nemesis <strong>Ursula the sea witch</strong>?</li><li>What led to her becoming so twisted scorned and filled with hatred?</li><li>Many tales have tried to explain her motives.</li><li>Here is one account of what might have shaped the sea witch into a <em>detestable and poor unfortunate soul</em>.</li></ul><p><strong>The tale is as old as time:</strong></p> <ul> <li>A cruel prince is transformed into a beast.</li> <li>A lovely maiden comes into this monster's life.</li> <li>He is transformed by her compassion and the love he feels for her in return.</li> <li>The two live happily ever after.</li> </ul> <p>But any tale especially one as storied as <em>Beauty and the Beast's</em> has been told many different times and in many different ways.</p> <p>No matter which version one hears the nagging question remains: What was it that transformed the prince into the beast we are introduced to?</p> <p>This is one version pulled from the many passed down through the ages. It's a story of vanity and arrogance of love and hatred of beastliness and of course of beauty.</p>