Cry Wolf! Haste makes waste! Sour grapes! These familiar expressions come from stories that have been told around the world for more than two thousand years. Their reputed author Aesop lived in the 6th century BC, and is said by the Greek historian H...
This magical collection brings together well-loved, traditional favorites and introduces new intriguing tales by contemporary authors. Wonderful retellings, ideal for reading aloud, range from classics such as Puss in Boots and Rapunzel, to the less-...
Written for young children with all the warmth, wit, and character of the 19th-century originals, this collection, previously published as Elf Hill, offers a rich mix of fairy and toy tales from the master of the form. Naomi Lewis’s translations ca...
"The Christmas Cottage and Other Tales for the Child in You" is a blend of new old-world Christmas Fairy Tales peopled with Kings, Woodcutters, Princesses, Tailors, Witches, Little Goose Girls, a first Christmas story told through the eyes of the ani...