"A primer of the familiar fairy-tale characters of wicked stepmothers, from what makes them scary to those they harm, plus famous stories and movies in which they have appeared"--Provided by publisher.

Alice is adjusting to her new stepmother, her brother's new apartment, her ex-boyfriend, and getting a driver's license.

In this tale from the Amhara people of Ethiopia, a patient woman uses her experience with a wild lion to win the love of her new stepson.

Young Ella's merchant father remarries after the death of her mother. Ella welcomes her new stepmother and her daughters into the family home. But, when Ella's father unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family. Despite the cruelty inflicted upon her, Ella is determined to honor her mother's dying words and to 'have courage and be kind.'

A princess takes refuge from her wicked stepmother in the cottage of seven dwarfs.

A retelling of the tale about a girl whose father remarries and the effects that her stepmother has on the family.

Features Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time on two discs. In Cinderella II, Cinderella calls upon her Fairy Godmother and her animal friends to help her settle into her new role as princess. In Cinderella III, Cinderella must restore her happily-ever-after when her evil stepmother gets ahold of Fairy Godmother's magic wand and casts a spell turning back time and erasing the Prince's memory.

The beautiful and young Cinderella finds her life of drudgery at the hands of her stepmother and two wicked stepsisters changed forever in one evening, thanks to a fairy godmother and a handsome prince.

Sarah, plain and tall: In this heartwarming, enormously popular family film, a mail-order bride travels to Kansas in 1910 and teaches a lonely family to love again. Skylark: When Sarah's beloved family is tested first by nature and then by a separation, they discover that home is not a piece of land, but a place within the heart. Winter's end: Having abandoned his family decades ago, Palance returns to the farm to reconcile his relationship with his...

"Mona's demanding mother ruled their home until a car crash took her life and changed their family forever. Left to tend to a distant father and a needy younger brother, Mona finds her new role almost too much to bear. And when a new stepmother, troubled and depressed, adds yet another crack to the family portrait, Mona's forced to shoulder an even greater share of the emotional burden. Somewhere between her responsibility to her family and to her...