The Mitten: a Ukrainian Folktale
Brett, Jan
When Peter accidentally loses his mitten in the snow, woodland animals find it and
crawl in.
|
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Carpenter, Stephen
In this classic tale from Norway, three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly
troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.
|
King Puck
Garland, Michael
With the help of fairies, Seamus the farmer and his scrawny goat win top honors at a
festival in Killorglin, Ireland, and receive a lifetime supply of books.
|
A Song for Lena
Hippely, Hilary
Lena's grandmother tells about the time when her mother in Hungary shared some
freshly made strudel with a beggar who repaid her hospitality with a beautiful song.
|
The Three Sillies
Kellogg, Steven
A young man believes his sweetheart and her family are the three silliest people
in the world until he meets three others who are even sillier.
|
Teeny Weeny Bop
MacDonald, Margaret Read
Upon finding a gold coin, a lonely woman trades it for a pig, then a succession
of smaller, less troublesome pets.
|
How the Ladies Stopped the Wind
McMillan, Bruce
The women of one village in Iceland decide to plant trees to stop the powerful winds
that make it difficult even to go for a walk, but first they must find a ways to prevent
sheep from eating them.
|
Pino and the Signora's Pasta
Pedersen, Janet
Tired of the pasta that the Signora brings him and the other cats of Rome every day,
Pino sets out to sample other delicacies.
|
|
Books for Older Readers |
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen, H. C.
A collection of 40 classic tales including "The Princess and the Pea,"
"The Ugly Duckling," "The Little Mermaid," and more.
|
The Frog Princess
Baker, E. D.
After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward 14-year-old princess suddenly finds
herself turned into a frog, and sets off with the prince to seek the means - and
the self-confidence - to become human again.
|
Eric Carle's Treasury of Classic Stories for Children by Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen,
and the Brothers Grimm
Carle, Eric
An illustrated retelling of twenty-two folktales, fairy tales, and fables.
|
The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-tooth Dog: a Folktale from Great Britain
MacDonald, Margaret Read
In this British variant of a traditional tale, a great smelly, slobbery, small-tooth dog
rescues a rich man from bandits and demands that the man bring his beautiful daughter to live
in his castle.
|
Leaping Beauty : and Other Animal Fairy Tales
Maguire, Gregory
Stories include "Leaping Beauty," "Goldiefox and the Three Chickens," "Hamster and Gerbil,"
"So What and the Seven Giraffes," "Little Red Robin Hood," "The Three Little Penguins and the
Big Bad Walrus," "Cinder-elephant," and "Rumplesnakeskin."
|
Hour of the Olympics
Osborne, Mary Pope
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient
Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what
girls of the time were not allowed to do.
|
The McElderry Book of Grimms' Fairy Tales
Pirotta, Saviour
Presents ten classic fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm. |
The Case of the Missing Marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery
Springer, Nancy
Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to
London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.
|
