Books in Mom's Fairy Tales series

Full of adventure and excitement, these stories enable children to use their imaginations to cope with concerns and conflicts. Caillou and Rosie listen raptly to the original fairy tales and imagine themselves in the characters’ places as the stories unfold. When Little Red Riding Hood sets off to see her grandmother, her mother reminds her to stay on the path through the forest and to watch out for strangers. Mother’s advice is soon forgotten as Little Red Riding Hood meets a wolf along the way that leads her off the path. Fortunately, the hunter saves both Grandmother and Little Red Riding Hood.

The story Beauty and the Beast is well known to most peopleor is it? In this retelling of the classic fairy tale, the dark details of the original story return. Readers who have only seen the famous movie will find the beast much harsher, but the goodness of the young woman who comes to know him remains enchanting. Richly colored images and illustrations accompany this tale as well as The Goblin Pony, "Tom Tit Tot," "The Goblin Pony," "The Jellyfish and the Monkey," and "The Strange Visitor." Though from other cultures, they offer the same eeriness of more familiar tales.

Full of adventure and excitement, these stories enable children to use their imaginations to cope with concerns and conflicts. Caillou and Rosie listen raptly to the original fairy tales and imagine themselves in the characters’ places as the stories unfold.Belle goes to live in a castle with the Beast to repay her father’s mistake. At first, she is afraid and unsure, but eventually she sees through the outward appearance of the Beast and comes to love the person inside.