Joy, you seem to be onto something. And, the "SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages" seem to be a good place to inquire (it came up when I googled on some of your ideas).

I wasn't comfortable calling that other bird a duck, it really does look more like a quail/grouse/ptarmigan kind of fowl. Maybe a dove, though, Wilfried.

The only problem with "The Little Snow Girl" is that that looks like a middle-aged woman, not a girl in the tree. Otherwise, it fits the story.

~ Becky