Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.

The Gingerbread Boy eludes the hungry grasp of everyone he meets until he happens upon a fox more clever than he.

In a fairy tale twist, Hansel and Gretel ransack Willow the good witch's gingerbread cottage and play havoc with her spells, driving the poor witch to her wit's end.

Instead of returning from the fair with the goose Old Mother Twaddle told him to buy, her son Jack brings a single bean with magic properties, which grows nearly as high as the sun and which harbors a giant surprise. Adapted from The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvelous Achievements of her Son Jack, written by B.A.T. and published in 1807 by J. Harris, London.

"How can a humble little mouse save a great and mighty lion? Find out in this fresh retelling of one of Aesop's most popular fables. Interactive artwork makes you the storyteller! Release the mouse from the lion's claws and free the lion from his net simply by turning the page."--P. [4] of cover.

A newly illustrated edition of the classic fable of the hen who is forced to do all the work of baking bread and of the animals who learn a bitter lesson from it.

While three bears are away from home, Goldilocks ventures inside their house, tastes their porridge, tries their chairs, and finally falls asleep in Baby Bear's bed.

Relates the adventures of three little pigs who leave home to seek their fortunes and how they deal with the big bad wolf.

Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare.