Based on Western tales from the usual suspects, 1001 Nights, C. Perrault, Beaumont, J. & W. Grimm, H. C. Andersen, C. Collodi, English fairytale, H. Pyle, L. Carrol, J. Swift, A. Dumas, E. T. A. Hoffman, L. F. Baum, and J. Spyri, only 21 stories were broadcast, with the last five released on VHS.