A girl gets pulled into a storybook world and has to shrink down to survive it, learning that being small doesn't mean being powerless. The 90s art carries genuine warmth, and the character designs stay lodged in your head long after you finish. Mia starts bratty enough that her growth actually registers, not as a lecture but as someone figuring out who she wants to be when nobody's watching.

Mia, a bratty girl, receives a copy of Thumbelina, and reading it shrinks her down and pulls her into the story's world. To get home and regain her normal size, she sets out on a journey, picking up friends and lessons as she goes. That trip proves to be only the start of her adventures. Adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, the 26-episode fantasy adventure from 1992 was later cut down into a feature-length film of about eighty minutes for North American home video.