Paul Galdone

A poor young man gains a fortune and meets a beautiful princess when his cat, the clever Puss, outwits an evil giant.

As a young boy spins a rhythmic yarn about the animals he feeds by yonder tree, a parade of baa-ing, quacking, and mooing farm animals gathers. When they all doze off, it's the boy's turn for something scrumptious! With hidden details to discover in the illustrations and plenty of repetition in the text, young children will enjoy joining in on this read-aloud. Now part of the Folk Tale Classics series, this one is sure to become a story time favorite!...

Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl, named Goldilocks, still asleep in baby bear's bed.

The porridge pot always produces food for the little girl, but it runs amuck when her mother tries to use it without knowing the magic words to stop it.

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.

In a cumulative tale, Henny Penny and her friends are on the way to tell the king that the sky is falling when they are met by a clever fox.

A retelling of the folk tale about a little girl who finds a wolf in her grandmother's clothing.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her firstborn child.