A Little Princess Sara

Alternate titles: Yuki no Joou

Once upon a time there were two close friends named Kai and Gerda. One fateful day, in the Snow Queen's castle, the Queen's mirror shatters into a million pieces. The shards are carried by the wind everywhere and, just as the children are playing outside, one of them lodges in Kai's eye and goes straight into his heart. Suddenly Kai becomes distant and cold, and gains an obsession with snow. On one of his most moody days he meets the Snow Queen, who takes him to her castle. The villagers search for him but to no avail. Even when everyone already mourns his death, Gerda doesn't give up and sets on a journey to find him. Can she find Kai and melt the ice on his heart?

Fantine and her daughter Cosette left Paris looking for a new start, but finding a job as a single mother proves impossible in 19th century France. Taking up the offer of an innkeeper couple, Fantine leaves Cosette in the care of the Thenardiers while she moves on to find work. Once Fantine is gone, however, the Thenardiers show their true colors, working Cosette mercilessly while pocketing the money Fantine sends for her support. Years pass and Cosette and Fantine dream of the time when they will be together again, but it seems the years only bring more hardships to both. What will become of little Cosette?

Alternate titles: Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari

After their father left to be a doctor in the Civil War, the sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy were left alone with their mother; and when their town, the factory and their house were destroyed in a battle, the family was left penniless. With nowhere else to go, the girls and their mother travel to Newcord in order to live with a relative; and it is there that they begin their new lives. Though there are hardships to overcome, these little women do whatever it takes to remain a loving family and keep hope that the war will end, and their father will return home.

Alternate titles: Alps no Shoujo Heidi

When Heidi's parents died while she was a baby, she was left in the care of her selfish aunt Dete. However, now that Dete has found work abroad she has left five-year-old Heidi at her grandfather's house; he is a cantankerous old man who lives in the hills of Dorfli Village, with only his goats and the young goat herder Peter as his makeshift friends. In her new home, Heidi will learn to love the countryside, make friends with the flowers and goats, and most importantly warm the hearts of all of the people around her.