A Treasury of Children's Literature

Here is a great collection of fables, folk tales, and poems. Also includes excerpts from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Pinocchio, The Wind in the Willows, The Nutcracker, and Peter Pan. Paintings reminiscent of 19th-century art.

Whimsical and charming. This collection of stories and poems was first published in 1951 and now a new generation of fairy fans can search for lost merbabies, bargain with pixies, and frolic under the moon with Jane Werner’s fantastic selection of “wee folk” tales, masterfully illustrated by Garth Williams.

A companion to the popular You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together Eight fairy tales inspire a wonderful read-aloud experience for two voices. The color and placement of the text on the pages indicate the different parts.

For example, "The Little Red Hen" begins with voice one, in orange type: "I'm Little Red Hen./I planted the wheat./I dug up the soil/In the dust and the heat." Then, voice two, in magenta: "And I am the Duck/And I have to admit/That I did not help her,/Not one little bit."

Each tale ends with both participants sharing the refrain: "You read to me./I'll read to you." Hoberman doesn't offer full renditions of the stories, but rather uses the characters and one or two plot elements to create retellings that will entice children and encourage them to keep reading. The selections all have happy endings; in "Jack and the Beanstalk," the ogre agrees to share some of his treasure with the boy, and Little Red Riding Hood takes the Big Bad Wolf out to lunch where they read together while waiting for their food.

The world that these characters inhabit vibrates with bright colors, friendly animals, and buildings and woods of the timeless fairy-tale variety. Scary things happen, but only to the bad guys, and only offstage. Jack's giant dies falling from the beanstalk and Gretel pushes the witch into the oven, but the Big Bad Wolf escapes the woodcutter with only a scolding after he lets Red Riding Hood and her grandmother out of his stomach unharmed. Even the Gingerbread Boy eludes the fox and keeps on running at the end of the story.

The artist portrays two of the three little pigs as female. Classic Engelbreit touches. A cheery collection for anyone looking for not-too-scary versions of old favorites for children.

This enchanting collection, retold by writer and critic Naomi Lewis, contains twelve of Hans Christian Andersen's magnificent stories. It includes Thumbelina, a little girl no more than a thumb-joint high, "The Emperor's New Clothes", the tale of a man who cares only for his appearance and The Little Mermaid, who longs to one day marry a human prince.

The classics retold. A library staple.

This entertaining collection of 20 fairy tales, each accompanied by at least one recipe, is an oversized, glossy concoction. Toddlers will enjoy The Runaway Pancake, while fourth and fifth graders will appreciate Yolen's Snow White. The recipes include tasty sounding dishes like Very French Toast (to go with the French folktale Diamonds and Toads). Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert are all represented. Sidebars throughout give interesting facts about the stories and the recipes. Yolen's knowledge of folklore shows in her tidbits about the tales and their origins. Many of the food facts are intriguing, too. For instance, alongside the Stone Soup recipe is a note that Al Capone set up Chicago's first soup kitchen.

What a great way to get the kids into the kitchen!

This book is perfect for the attention span of a younger child. It contains many of the best loved classics: Cinderella, Rapunzel, The Frog Prince, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, The Princess and The Pea and many others.

No fairytale collection would be complete without fractured fairytales. What happens when Cinderella wears shoes she¹s made from recycled materials to the ball? Childrens story books that also includes character parts make this book an interactive treasure. Not only to read but then actually play the part.

Nineteen popular traditional tales selected from the popular childrens story books by the Grimm brothers, Andersen, Perrault and others included in the contents of this very fine collection.

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