Hansel and Gretel lived with their father and stepmother in a tiny cottage on the edge of the forest. Their father was a woodcutter and the family had always been poor. Their father and stepmother …
One of the oldest and most treasured folktales in the world, Hansel and Gretel resonates deeply with young readers. Now Jane Ray revives this venerable story with a retelling that preserves the pow…
A long, long time ago, in a tiny house on the edge of a big forest, lived Hansel and his little sister Gretel. Their father was a poor woodcutter, who loved them dearly, but their step-mother was c…
Beloved author James Marshall--creator of George and Martha--puts a hilarious twist on a classic tale in his retelling of Hansel and Gretel. Abandoned in the woods, what will Hansel and Gretel -…
On the edge of a big forest, in a little house, lived a potter, his wife and his two children, Hansel and Gretel. He was very poor and hardly earned enough to feed himself and his family.
A retelling of the classic fairy tale in which two children are left in the woods by their parents, but manage to find their way home in spite of an encounter with a wicked witch.
One morning, Hansel and Gretel's mother said to the children, "Today you'll both go to town to take a message for me." "But be careful,"she warned them, "and don't leave the road, you could get lost.
Hansel and Gretel is perhaps the darkest and greatest of the fairytales from the Brothers Grimm. This extraordinary book brings the classic childhood tale to a new generation courtesy of one of the…
Designed for children learning to read, this book retells Jack and the Beanstalk in lively, natural language to help children develop the confidence to read alone. Level Three is suitable for child…
'Ladybird Favorite Tales' are beautifully illustrated retellings that capture all the magic of the original stories. Children will enjoy reading them again and again. Let your child join Jack in hi…