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Series

Book, Big Book, eBook, Kindle, Read-a-long

Language

English

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Description

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.

2) The three little pigs

Author

Book, eBook, Kindle, Read-a-long

Language

English

Formats

Description

Retells the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same pigfalls.

3) The little red hen: a folk tale classic

Author

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2011]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Language

English

Description

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.

4) The three bears

Author

Language

English

Formats

Book, Big Book

Description

Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.

5) The three billy goats Gruff

Author

Book, Big Book, eBook, Kindle, Read-a-long

Series

Paul Galdone Classics

Language

English

Formats

Description

Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

6) The monkey and the crocodile: a Jataka tale from India

Author

Pub. Date

[1969]

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Language

English

Description

A retelling of one of the Indian fables relating to the former births of Buddha in which as a monkey he manages to outwit the crocodile who decides to capture him.

7) The elves and the shoemaker

Author

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

When the poor shoemaker and his wife discover the two naked little elves who have helped them become successful, they sew fine outfits for them.

8) Rumpelstiltskin: a folk tale classic

Author

Series

Folk tale classic

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2013]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.

Language

English

Description

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

9) Cinderella

Author

Publisher

McGraw-Hill

Pub. Date

[1978]

Physical Desc

40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

A mistreated kitchen maid, with the help of her fairy godmother, attends the palace ball on the condition that she leave before midnight.

10) Rumpelstiltskin (Read-aloud)

Author

Read-along book and CD favorite
Paul Galdone Classics

Series

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Read-a-long

Description

The classic Grimm tale of the strange little man who helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold. This ebook includes audio narration.

11) Little Red Riding Hood: adapted from the retelling by the Brothers Grimm

Author

Series

Folk tale classic

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

2012.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.

Language

English

Description

A retelling of the folk tale about a little girl who finds a wolf in her grandmother's clothing.

12) The table, the donkey, and the stick: adapted from a retelling by the Brothers Grimm

Author

Publisher

McGraw Hill

Pub. Date

[1976]

Physical Desc

40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

Three brothers who leave home because of a greedy goat, return to share with their father the magic rewards of their hard work.

13) The gingerbread boy

Author

Language

English

Formats

Book, Big Book, eBook

Description

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

14) King of the Cats: a ghost story

Author

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books

Pub. Date

[1980]

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 26 cm

Language

English

Description

As the gravedigger tells his wife how a band of cats marched into the cemetery to mourn their dead king, their own cat, Old Tom, listens with a strange intensity.

15) The teeny-tiny woman: a ghost story

Author

Series

Folk tale classic

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

[1984]

Physical Desc

30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Retells the tale of the teeny-tiny woman who finds a teeny-tiny bone in a churchyard and puts it away in her cupboard before she goes to sleep.

16) The gingerbread boy: The teeny-tiny woman

Author

Read-along book and CD favorite

Series

Publisher

Clarion

Pub. Date

[2007]

Physical Desc

1 CD : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 x 27 cm).

Language

English

Description

The Gingerbread Boy eludes the hungry grasp of everyone he meets until he happens upon a fox more clever than he. A teeny tiny woman finds a teeny tiny bone in a churchyard and puts it away in her cupboard before she goes to sleep, only to be awakened by a teeny tiny voice demanding the return of the bone.

17) Puss in Boots

Author

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

A poor young man gains a fortune and meets a beautiful princess when his cat outwits an evil giant.

18) Nursery Classics: A Galdone Treasury

Author

Series

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2001

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

Paul Galdone created hundreds of books in his lifetime. Many of his picture books quickly became accepted as the definitive version of traditional stories. Collected here are four of his most popular picture books: The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, The Little Red Hen, and Cat Goes Fiddle-i-fee. Parents who grew up with these whimsical retellings will enjoy revisiting them and sharing them with the family, bringing Galdone's timeless artistry and

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19) Cat goes fiddle-i-fee

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Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description