A forgetful boy gets himself into trouble when he repeats what each person hemeets on the road says to him.

Hansel and Gretel, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Brave Little Tailor...These and all the rest of the world's best-known and most cherished stories of enchantment for children are collected here in one marvelous volume. Inside, 100 black-and-white illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers, Walter Crane, and a host of Vic...

This oversized volume collects six of Disney's most popular stories together: Aladdin, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . Each story has full-color illustrations.

Upstarts like Davy Crockett, giants like Paul Bunyan, and gentle souls like Johnny Appleseed are among the nine tall heroes featured in this exuberant, wildly exaggerated, and witty collection of traditional American folk tales. Full-color illustrations.

These energetic retellings of three traditional tales--Jack and the Beanstalk, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and Tom Thumb--follow a young lad, a brave soldier and a tiny traveller on fabulous journeys. Perfect for bedtime or anytime.

Pinkney's lively and humorous illustrations are a perfect match for Lester's contemporary approach, which expertly introduces a modern sense of humor to these 48 tales while paying homage to their roots as traditional American folklore. Illustrations.

Stacey Schuett's stunning debut is a book that is perfect for sparking an interest in geography, emphasizing the amazing concept that at the same moment we are getting ready to sleep, other people are starting a new day. --School Library Journal. Full color. 40 pp. Ages 4-8. Pub: 11/97.

On the day she was born, Sally Ann proudly announces she can out-talk, out-swim, and out-run any baby in Kentucky. Soon she's off to the frontier, where she defeats a grizzly bear and makes a lasso out of six rattlesnakes. When Sally Ann rescues Davy Crockett from a pair of ferocious eagles, even her skunk perfume can't stop him from proposing m...

All the Grimm stories: Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, etc., with 114 illustrations by Walter Crane.

By using the colorful picture tabs on this collection of seven bedtime stories, kids can easily find the story they want to hear. Snoozers is the perfect bedtime book for children and parents. (Baby/Preschool)

Lester has retold 48 of the folktales in standard English but with a strong feel for the dialect of the original stories . . . as lively as the originals but they also have a liveliness of their own, as he incorporates modern allusions which never seem out of place. --School Library Journal. Coretta Scott King Award Book.

Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures.

Here is the larger-than-life story of a true American hero--John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Along his way west, he planted apple orchards--and became one of this country's most beloved legends. Full color.

Remember Sleepy Hollow? The place where the schoolmaster Ichabod Crane met his fate during an infamous encounter with the headless horseman? Now, Will Moses offers a nostalgic look at this legend using his own detailed, full-color folk illustrations. With its authentic portrayal of the Hudson River valley, Moses has created a unique storyteller'...

The author of such delights as The Christmas Ark and The Enchanted Tapestry joins forces with illustrator Pinkney to resurrect a colorful folktale that captures the unique flavor of the American South. A 1989 Caldecott Honor Book.

11 stories about the lovable rabbit and his adventures with the Lost Chipmunk, the Black Cricket, the Pinching Bug, and other characters. 27 new illus.

Between these two covers, readers will discover an inexhaustible source of delight for children and adults alike: the world's best folktales, chosen by the internationally known storyteller Jane Yolen. A feast of good reading . . . deserves a place in every home where there are children. --John Barkham Reviews.

Just who was Robin Hood? What did William Tell do that was so special? Why is Joan of Arc so famous? Author Lorna Czarnota presents medieval tales that answer these questions and many more in a fun, simplified way that allows kids to add their own details and use their own imaginations in their retellings.

Here is the larger-than-life story of a true American hero--John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Along his way west, he planted apple orchards--and became one of this country's most beloved legends. Full color.

The Western world has become familiar with Tibet through the Buddhist teachings of emigre Lamas. With these tales about an outrageous popular trickster , Uncle Tompa, we are introduced to another side of Tibet: a bawdy world of humor, and the, rough and tumble, everyday, secular life of the Tibetan people.