Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations

Trix Woodcutter is the long prophesied Boy Who Talks to Animals. He's also a foundling prankster scamp who places his family under a sleeping spell so that he can run away from home. Compelled by a vision of his dead birthmother, Trix departs on the eve of a Great Catastrophe, only to find himself caught in the maelstrom. Armed with little more than his wits and the wisdom inherent in all fey-blooded youth, Trix confronts a legendary Animal King, faces off against a ghostly feline, rescues a damsel in distress, and discovers more about himself than he ever wished to know. And this...

This familiar nursery tale features a warmly appealing bear family and a naughty, gap-toothed Goldilocks.

A sassy tortilla, so light she jumps off the griddle, leads an elaborate game of chase through the desert while taunting a passel of critters two horned toads, three donkeys, four jackrabbits, five rattlesnakes, and six buckaroos. But has she met her match in Senor Coyote?"

This complete boxed set of the Half Upon a Time trilogy tells the story of Jack, as in, son of the infamous Jack who stole the magic beans from the giant. He is working hard to restore his family's reputation and finds the perfect opportunity when a "princess" lands in front of him, apparently from the land of Punk (as her sweatshirt implies). May is actually from our world and confused to find herself in the midst of the fairy tale characters she has...

A little red hen grows grain, threshes wheat, bakes bread, and feeds her chicks--all by herself, without any help from her lazy friends. Young readers will laugh and learn a valuable lesson about teamwork from this classic tale This oversize edition (18 x 18") is prefect for sharing in a library or classroom.

Byron Barton's simple words, bold images, and imaginative use of color have made his many picture books perennial favorites with young children. This retelling of the well-loved folktale "The Little Red Hen" continues to draw in preschoolers with its humor and bright primary...

This is the book Snow Lions and its sequel, Rescue of the Fairy Queen. A snow lion is a creature that I made up for my granddaughter Lucille when she was a baby.

She and I would get up early on a snowy day and look out of her second-story bedroom window at the neighborhood below. One morning, Lucille noticed tracks in the snow that were made by the mailman walking to the mailbox. She asked me what had made them, and without even thinking about it, I exclaimed, "Snow lions "

From there, our story began. I told Lucille that every time a child remembers to look out her window...