Fairy Tales category: 6157 books

This book is a modernized adaptation of three classic fairy tales, retold for the realities of 21st century, today. The big bad wolf in Charles Perrault's Little Red Riding Hood is now a stranger on an airplane. Brothers Grimm's Cinderella is an intern in the office and her crystal slipper is a smartphone....

Once upon a time, a girl skipped into the forest and became a zombie.Wait, no, that's not how this story is supposed to go. Let's try again.Once upon a time, a boy did a horrible job as a sheep-sitter and burned his tongue on stolen pie.No, children in these stories are always good and virtuous. From...

Fairy tales from past centuries are often unsuitable as bedtime stories. They may be too long, too gruesome or contain inappropriate themes. Short of exhaustively reading and checking volumes of fairy tales for their suitability, length, and boredom factor, what can a parent do? The answer...

Goldilocks is out for a stroll in the woods when she starts feeling hungry. The Three Bears are out for a walk too, waiting for their porridge to cool. Goldilocks finds their house and soon makes herself at home... Hopscotch Fairy Tales retell classic fairy tales in accessible language of no...

Parents and children love to play "question" games: Would you eat spaghetti made with gummy worms? Would you wear your clothes backwards all day? Sometimes the answer is "yes" and sometimes it's "no"--but the fun is in the asking. Gifted writer and educator Esme Raji Codell has writtten a book that...

Herein you will find 9 Illustrated stories from “Golden Lands” compiled by May Wentworth. But why “Golden Lands”? Well, an introductory poem tells us why – There are orange groves and lime trees green That glint in the sunlight’s glowing sheen, There are deserts yellow with priceless...

Modern fairy tales for modern kids! Once upon a time, Snow White fled from an evil queen and found peace in the forest with seven dwarves. But that was then. Flash forward to today.... Snow White can't help being the prettiest thing in her stepmother's chic boutique. But when awful Evilyn notices,...

The King is excited when he finds a poor miller's daughter can seem to spin his straw into gold, but only with the help of a strange little man. When the daughter becomes Queen, the little man wants his reward too... Hopscotch Fairy Tales retell classic fairy tales in accessible language of...

This book is 144 pages of getting to know more about the characters in Rainbow Land. SweetiePie sleeps soundly enclosed in the petals of a beautiful water lily. When the flower petals open, Baby Giraffe comes to greet her and take her to play time and the reading room to hear more stories read by...

Originally published in 1920 this charming book contains 'Puss in Boots' and many more of the oldest and most enduringly beloved fairy tales of childhood and is elegantly illustrated by the heavenly colour plates and black and white line drawings of Mabel Lucie Attwell. Contents Include: Puss in Boots;...

The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen have inspired, frightened, and amused readers since they were first published in 1835. Readers will recognize the little mermaid who makes a deal with a sea witch in the hopes of winning a prince's heart; the conceited emperor who is swindled by two men who...

2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Silver Medal Winner--Best Children's Illustrated E-book Gertrude the goat and her best friend Toby the tortoise are adventurers. No sitting around on the boring farm for them! They love to explore, and every Friday they sneak off the farm for some...

A collection of 17 of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tales illustrated with many black and white drawing by E. A. Lemann. Stories include; The Little Mermaid, The Storks, The Nightingale, Little Totty, Little Ida's Flowers and others. Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration...

Many generations of children have enjoyed the enduringly popular fairy tale collections of Joseph Jacobs, one of England's foremost folklorists. Through every change of fashion, their ability to delight and entertain has continued undiminished. The king and queens, the wicked giants, the clever youngest...