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The Berenstain Bears' Nursery Tales
Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorThe Mitten
Jan Brett · 32 pages
Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.
The Three Little Pigs
Paul Galdone · 41 pages
Retells the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same pigfalls.
Hansel and Gretel
Rika Lesser, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Little Red Riding Hood
Paul Galdone, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 40 pages
A retelling of the folk tale about a little girl who finds a wolf in her grandmother's clothing.
Thumbelina
Hans Christian Andersen · 32 pages
Thumbelina is one of the most charming and childlike tales of the great Danish story-teller, Hans Christian Andersen. It is presented in a brief retelling, with pictures by Gustaf Tenggren, the Swedish-American artist whose pictures are loved by children everywhere.
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Arthur Ransome · 48 pages
When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.
The Golden Book of Fairy Tales
Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Hans Christian Andersen, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Charles Perrault, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Comtesse de Segur · 160 pages
Rapunzel
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
Cinderella
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Aleksey Ivanov, Olga Ivanov
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Jon Scieszka · 54 pages
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales is the ultimate in fractured fairy tales. Not only do the characters create their own stories, they also design the structure of the book itself. Classic fairy tales are deconstructed and rewritten with different but recognizable names, such as The Princess and the Bowling Ball, The Really Ugly Duckling, The Tortoise and the Hair and Chicken Lick
The Nutcracker
Susan Jeffers · 40 pages
This book is an abridged version of the story of Marie Stahlbaum, who helps break the spell on her toy nutcracker and watches him change into a handsome prince. An abridged version of the story of Marie Stahlbaum, who helps break the spell on her toy nutcracker and watches him change into a handsome prince.
Puss in Boots
Charles Perrault
A cunning cat wins for his master a castle and the hand of a princess.
Winnie The Pooh And The Blustery Day
A.A. Milne · 43 pages
It's a blustery day in the Hundred-Acre Wood. Winnie the Pooh and his good friend, Piglet, soon find themselves blown into an unexpected adventure... --back cover
Sleeping Beauty
Walt Disney Company · 32 pages
###German-language description: Vor langer, langer Zeit lebte in einem großen Schloss der gütige König Stefan mit seiner Frau, der Königin. Nach vielen Jahren des Wartens wurde ihnen endlich eine Tochter geboren, die sie Aurora nannten. Und da die Freude übergroß war, beschloss man ein Fest zu feiern, zu dem alle eingeladen waren. Alle bis auf eine, die böse Fee Malefiz. In ihrem Zorn belegte sie
Very Little Red Riding Hood
Teresa Heapy · 32 pages
Very Little Red Riding Hood's off to her Grandmama's for a sleepover, and she won't let anything stand in her way--not even a wolf. Little Red Riding Hood is a precocious toddler who fearlessly hugs the Big Bad Wolf, turning him into a confused ally during an exhausting afternoon of tea parties, dancing, and games of hide-and-seek at Grandma's house. This book is the story of Very Little Red Rid
The Sleeping Beauty
C.S. Evans
Through simple text and silhouette illustrations, relates the classic tale of the consequences when, disgruntled at not being invited to the princess's christening, a wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for a hundred years.
The Gingerbread Girl
Lisa Campbell Ernst · 32 pages
Sam and the Tigers: A Retelling of 'Little Black Sambo'
Julius Lester · 40 pages
Follows the adventures of a little boy named Sam when he matches wits with several tigers that want to eat him.
Beware of the Storybook Wolves
Lauren Child · 32 pages
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Peter Christen Asbjornsen · 32 pages
Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.
The Magic Nesting Doll
Jacqueline K. Ogburn · 32 pages
After her grandmother dies, Katya finds herself in a kingdom where the Tsarvitch has been turned into living ice and she uses the magic nesting dolls her babushka had given her to try to break the curse.
Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella
Tony Johnston, James Warhola · 32 pages
This version of the familiar story in which a mistreated step-child finds happiness with the "man" of her dreams is set in the old-growth forest and features Bigfoot characters.
The Night Before Christmas (Gift Edition)
By Clement C. Moore; illustrated by Tomie dePaola