Here is what Whootie Owl found that matches your criteria:

Dorani  (Pakistan) Ages: 8 to 10 Read Time: 11-15 minutes
A prince sets out to discover why his lovely bride will not speak to him all day long and returns every night to her old home.

   
     
The Enormous Nose (France) Ages: 6 to 10 Read Time: 11-15 minutes
A prince refuses to listen to people who tease him about his gigantic nose until he can ignore the truth no longer.

   
     
The Prince and the Maiden (Germany) Ages: 6 to 10 Read Time: 16-20 minutes
A prince grew up in a peasant's house because his father, the king, had switched him for the peasant's daughter when he was a baby to fulfill an evil pledge. Now grown, the prince determines to find the peasant girl stolen in his place from the royal crib.

   
     
Prince Derek and the Ring (France) Ages: 6 to 10 Read Time: 11-15 minutes
Prince Derek acts more and more like a monster, and so his guardian fairy turns him into one.

   
     
The Queen and the Mouse (France) Ages: 6 to 10 Read Time: 6-10 minutes
A queen, locked in a tall tower with her infant daughter, is befriended by a magical and mysterious mouse.

   
     
The Magic Tree Trunks (Iceland) Ages: 6-12 Read Time: 16-20 minutes
A prince and princess are exiled from the castle by their wicked stepmother and seek refuge in two magic tree trunks.

   
     
Contest of the Fairies (France) Ages: 8 to 12 Read Time: 6-10 minutes
A prince and a princess are caught between a contest of two fairies, each one vying to become Queen of Fairyland.

   
     
The Native American Cinderella (Canada) Ages: 6 to 12 Read Time: 6-10 minutes
A version of Cinderella from Canadian Native America. The youngest of three daughters wins the heart of the warrior not through beauty - her face is badly scarred - but through her honesty.

   
     
Rags and Tatters (Italy) Ages: 8 to 12 Read Time: 6 - 12 minutes
A princess must marry a lame old beggar, and go live with him in his miserable hut with his old crone of a mother.

   
     





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