In a story of the triumph of light and love over darkness and selfishness, we meet Thumbelina, the tiny girl come-to-life through a flower, who is misplaced when she is kidnapped by an ugly toad. T…
One beautiful summer day Mrs. Duck was proudly watching her children as they played about among the leaves and grass under an old tree.
"Adult and child can delight together in the richness of color, gilt and detail...captured in such art. The story is palinly and gracefully told."--The New York Times Book Review"A lush and substan…
“Spinning straw into gold is easy as can be! But if I do that for you, what will you give me?” A silly miller boasts to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold. But who will help wh…
Once there was a poor miller's son who was lucky enough to have a very intelligent cat. The cat was called Puss in Boots, because he always dressed very grandly. And Puss in Boots was constantly lo…
NOW YOU CAN READ picture books feature larger type for first readers and a section to encourage full participation in the story through observation, memory and imagination.
Li Ming looks so proud guarding his one pomegranate tree that people laugh and call him 'King Pom'. But when Li Ming catches a big red fox stealing a pomegranate and the fox makes a deal with him -…
""Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!"" calls the witch to the beautiful girl imprisoned in her tower, and Rapunzel lowers her long, golden braid for the witch to climb. One day they are watche…
Think Dame Gothel was just a horrible old witch, locking fair-haired Rapunzel in that tall, tall tower? Think again! In this fun, quirky picture book, discover another perspective of this popular f…
This series features brand new retellings of classic stories by top authors and illustrators, in keeping with the National Literacy Strategy.