Seeing as I am unable to share a full sized version of the images on here, I thought I would summarise some of what happens in the book and how the characters interact with each other, as its quite difficult to see it all in the small versions of the images.
(I've included screen shots of the parts of the book I am talking about but bare in mind these are much lower quality than the final images are)
- The bird in the foreground on page 1 is later revealed to be the fairy godmother, who helps out Cinderella in getting a new dress and a carriage for the ball. The bird is back in the foreground again on the penultimate page. In both cases this character is meant to be looking over the rest of the characters, acting as the fairy god mother for the whole of the fairytale world as opposed to just Cinderella.
- The green and the blue birds are the ones that find sleeping beauty after she pricks her finger and falls asleep. And they later go and find the prince to get help.
- The prince that awakens Sleeping Beauty is the one that is holding a bow and arrow on page 1. During the first few pages he is shooting arrows at a tree, and one of the arrows lands in a heart shaped marked in the tree bark, meant to symbolise cupid and a theme of romance.
- The pink bird helps out several of the characters throughout the book. Near the beginning she delivers an envelope to the evil step sisters, an invitation to something, but when they leave the castle they end up getting lost in the trees, leaving Cinderella free to meet the fairy godmother.
She also finds a key which she uses to unlock Hansel & Gretel from the gingerbread house.
- Hansel & Gretel start the story walking hand in hand through the woods, and Hansel leaves a trail of bread crumbs behind them. Meanwhile the Witch is watching them from behind trees etc. and she lays out a different trail of breadcrumbs, causing them to go the wrong way and stumble across the gingerbread house. They then are tempted into eating the house, and get caught by the witch and locked inside. After the bird frees them, Hansel & Gretel run away and are further helped out by a swan who takes them to the ball. Meanwhile the witch returns to the house and finds the bird sat in front of the empty cage, and is then attacked by the wolf who has run from Red Riding Hood's cottage.
- In total there are 5 birds that all help out various characters throughout the book. This is because birds a re a recurring theme in most fairytales, and are meant to represent salvation, freedom and spirit.
- Red Riding Hood is being watched by the wolf in the first page of the book, and later talks to him in front of the castle. Upon learning where she is going the wolf goes ahead to the Grandmother's cottage and waits inside (I have omitted the part of the story where he kills the grandmother). When she arrives at the house we can see the wolf through the window, and soon after she walks in he attacks.
- Early on in the book Red Riding Hood drops some apples on the ground whilst she is walking. Hansel later picks one of these up, as does the Queen.
- The woodsman (the character with the head of a bear and carrying an axe) spends the majority of the book wondering through the fairytale world and cutting down trees. On page 4 he is watching Red Riding Hood (this is supposed to be a case of "love at first sight"), and later he hears the wolf attacks and runs to rescue her.
- Another case of "love at first sight" is on the first page of the book where Prince charming spots Snow White for the first time. He then spends most of the rest of the book going to pick a flower for her and searching around the land for her, until one of the dwarves finds him to ask for his help. When he arrives at the dwarves house he finds that the woman in need of his help is in fact Snow White, and he awakens her and gives her the flower.
- On the first page, the Queen is looking into the magic mirror and sees a reflection of Snow White ("mirror mirror on the wall"). She then picks up the apple that Red Riding Hood has dropped, poisons it and heads to the dwarves house where she gives it to Snow White.
At the end of the book when she returns to the castle she looks in the mirror and to her annoyance sees a reflection of both Snow White and Prince Charming together.
- Snow White begins the story happily wondering through the land (meanwhile the Queen is plotting her death), before she meets the seven dwarves. They take her in and she helps them to work on the cottage (she is gardening as the Queen approaches). After she has been poisoned by the Queen the dwarves then help her, placing her on a bed and seeking help from the Prince.
- The dwarves all begin the story spread across the page, and come together as they meet Snow White.
One of the dwarves is a little shy, and is always hiding behind a hedge or a building, until the end when Snow White is rescued and he celebrates with the others.
Another dwarf is carrying a basket of flowers which she later puts in a vase in their house.
A third dwarf is a little mischievous and at one point climbs up the house and sits on the roof where he talks to a butterfly.
Another dwarf is the one that spots Snow eating the apple and runs to fetch help from the Prince.
All of the dwarves interact with each other and take part in various activities such as cleaning the windows of their house.
- Rapunzel's story is the least connected to the rest as it all takes place in the tower. The characters follow the story of the Prince seeing the enchantress climb up Rapunzel's hair and later calling up to her and doing the same. The enchantress sees this, climbs up and pushes them out from the tower.
Tehy two characters are then separated form each other until the Prince sees her long hair on the ground and follows it until he finds her. The enchantress then falls from the tower as she no longer has Rapunzel's hair to help her down.
- On each page, there are 3 butterflies for the reader to find. They are spread across the pages and often interact with some of the characters or hide in the trees.
- At the end of the book, all of the good characters come together at the palace (the building on the hill in the distance) for a ball. All of the characters are now in their respective couples, apart from the dwarves who all dance around together.