Fairy Tales category: 6157 books

Once upon a time, fairy tales were grim.   Cinderella’s stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds.   Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half.   And in a tale called “The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage,” a mouse, a bird, and a sausage all talk to each other. Yes, the sausage talks. (Okay,...

“Japanese fairy tale series (Volume 1)” is a collection of numerous Japanese traditional tales and folklore retold in English: no.1. – Momotaro, no.2. – Tongue cut sparrow (Shitakiri suzume), no.3. – Battle of the monkey and the crab (Sarukani kassen), no.4. – Old man who made the dead...

The story of Snow White and Rose Red is one of the lesser-known fairy tales, collected by the Brothers Grimm in Germany in the 19th century. This retelling of the story, originally published by Ladybird in 1969, is one of the best-known versions of Snow White and Rose Red in modern times. This...

The 15 stories contained in this free eBook have been selected from the books that make up the series “Fairy Tales, Folklore, Myths and Legends from Around the World” Fifteen stories have been selected from the books in the series. So you will find stories from ancient Celtic England, Wales,...

This book was originally published in hardback as Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales. Straw into Gold: Fairy Tales Re-Spun is a classic fairy tale collection to treasure. Featuring Hilary McKay's imaginative retellings of key favourites, this ten-story collection includes the much-loved tales of Rapunzel,...

We are happy to introduce you to the new collection of fairy tales by Alexei Lukshin, the author of the popular children’s book “Tales of The Friendly Forest”. Unlike the tales that took place in the fairy forest, these tales take place in the streets of major cities. The main characters in...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a gorgeous, full-color fairy-tale treasury. Dear Reader, you hold in your hands a very special book that contains more than thirty-five classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes, plus your very own survival guide to the Land of Stories....

From the great haggis drove to the X Factor, these stories were created using the standard elements required for fairy tales. The author has used great skill in creating new fairy tales but keeping them traditional. They will scare and amuse children, as fairy tales are supposed to.

Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. (Danish: Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Første Samling.) is a collection of nine fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. The tales were published in a series of three installments by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen,...

Mother Duck is impatient for her eggs to hatch. When they do she's very excited! But one of the ducklings looks very different ... Hopscotch Fairy Tales retell classic fairy tales in accessible language of no more than 400 words, with bright colourful supporting illustrations by our top authors and illustrators.

Award-winning artist Scott Gustafson, inspired by the Golden Age of illustration, re-tells and re-imagines some of our best known fairy tales through his inimitable illustrations in Classic Fairy Tales Vol I. The fixed layout ebook format retains the lavishly illustrated spreads from his Classic Fairy...

These 4 perennial children’s favourites, retold here in full by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, are exquisitely illustrated by master illustrator Edmund Dulac. Herein you will find 12 full page colour plates plus 5 BnW vignettes which breathe life into these well-known stories, vibrant enough to really...

This comic book like colourful picture book has many beautiful fairy tales for children. These fairy tales with morals are great bedtime stories for children. This is 1st volume of our collection of 'Bedtime Fairy Tales'.

This comic book like colourful picture book has many beautiful fairy tales for children. These fairy tales with morals are great bedtime stories for children. This is the 2nd volume of our collection of 'Bedtime Fairy Tales'.