Books in Mom's Fairy Tales series

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.

What could be more terrifying than a city crawling with rats? In The Ratcatcher, a story eerily similar to the legend of the Piped Piper, readers are taken to an old German town where thats exactly the problem. However, by the end of the tale, its not just the rats that have disappearedits all the towns children! This and other terrible tales are accompanied by full-color images and illustrations that add some beauty to otherwise dark literary worlds. The fire of readers imaginations will be lit as they encounter unforgettable storytelling in "Gold-tree and Silver-tree," "The Devil and his Grandmother," and "The King Who Would See Paradise."