. . . The illustrations are fraught with delicious humor and detail. Like its predecessor, perfect for several uses, from picture book hour to beginning reading."--Kirkus Reviews. Caldecott Honor Medal.

    They deal with the universal themes of folk literature: fear and need; folly, greed, and enchantment; courage and generosity. They are about princesses and giants, about a soldier and a brave young boy (half-hedgehog and half-human), and about a storyteller terrified that he will run out of tales. Infused with the spellbinding Henson magic, these tales, treasured by generation after generation in the Old World, come to us now with a new radiance.

    But then the Enchanter allows her to have books, and she learns that everyone has a name and a past and determines to find her own for herself. Full-color illustrations.

    This witty and charming collection of ten short fantasies includes a story, set in the Enchanted Forest, about Queen Cimorene's Frying Pan of Doom; a zany yarn about a magical blue chipmunk with a passion for chestnuts; and an eerie tale of a caliph who turns his vizier's daughter into a wolf.

    Treasury of classic stories for children, by Aesop and others; selected, retold and illustrated by Eric Carle.

    M. Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, here are seventeen classic stories and poems from the golden age of the English fairy tale. Some of them amuse, some enchant, some satirize and criticize, but each one–in the words of Laurence Houseman, author of the classic Rocking-Horse Land– “is an expression of the joy of living.”Accompanied by the illustrations from the original editions of these works–by such celebrated Victorian artists as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Maxfield Parrish, and Arthur Rackham–this collection will delight readers both young and old.

    Man, but no creature has ever had sharper wits. Young and old alike will laugh out loud at his outrageous antics as he once again outmaneuvers his old foes.

    Full color.

    This extraordinary book brings the classic childhood tale to a new generation courtesy of one of the world's greatest picture book artists, Hans Christian Andersen Award-winner Anthony Browne.

    Collected from people of all walks of life, they include parables and allegories about life, luck, and wisdom; tales of magic and wonder; stories about rebbes and their disciples; and tales whose only purpose is to entertain. Long after the culture that produced them has disappeared, these enchanting Yiddish folktales continue to work their magic today.Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

    Beautifully illustrated by master-artist Edmund Dulac. Contents include: SNEGOROTCHKA THE BURIED MOON WHITE CAROLINE AND BLACK CAROLINE THE SEVEN CONQUERORS OF THE QUEEN OF THE MISSISSIPPI THE SERPENT PRINCE THE HIND OF THE WOOD IVAN AND THE CHESTNUT HORSE THE QUEEN OF THE MANY-COLOURED BEDCHAMBER THE BLUE BIRD BASHTCHELIK (OR, REAL STEEL) THE FRIAR AND THE BOY THE GREEN SERPENT URASHIMA TARO THE FIRE BIRD THE STORY OF THE BIRD FENG

    Presents eighty-six well-known stories, fables, and folk tales, from Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, to Hansel and Gretel, to The Yellow Dwarf..

    The North Wind's magical gifts to Peter, recompense for blowing away the flour needed to feed him and his poor mother, mysteriously lose their magic before Peter gets them home.Retold from the Norse tale The Lad Who Went to the North Wind.

    The 13 tales he recounts here were told around the nightly campfires; dating from the time of the Crusades, they define a land and its people.