Books with title Children's Classics: Great Dog Stories

Let's set off on a journey to a land long ago and far away... a world of humble heroes, clever cats, and hungry trolls...From Pinocchio to Puss in Boots, this selection of traditional folktales, myths and fables showcases almost fifty of the world's best-loved stories for children. Accompanied by beautiful illustrations, this enchanting collection is the perfect introduction to these timeless tales for boys and girls aged 4+.Help improve your child's reading in just 10 minutes a day with Storytime.Just 10 minutes of reading a day can...Boost VocabularyReading for a short period every day exposes your child to almost 1 million words per year, which helps to foster communication and understanding.Encourage LearningReading at home is linked to better performance in spelling, comprehension and general knowledge, helping to develop important learning skills.Promote RelaxationReading a book gives your child the quiet time they need each day to relax, and is a great way for you to spend quality time together.

Children’s Classic Stories is a timeless collection of fairytales, fables and folktales. Many you will know by heart, others you will be familiar with and some will be new to you. Charming illustrations by renowned children’s artists bring to life much-loved characters such as Dick Whittington and Snow White – and introduce many new ones-to keep you entertained time and time again.

Great Stories For Children contains a mixed bag of tales, featuring everything from nature and pets to leopards, bears, and even ghosts, written in the inimitable witty style of Ruskin Bond.The short stories featured in this book introduce readers to new worlds and interesting people. First up, there's Tutu, the monkey who loves to stir up trouble for Aunt Ruby. Aunt Ruby becomes enraged when he runs off with her precious necklace. Will she manage to get it back? In another story, a pet python suddenly shows up in the most unexpected places, causing mayhem as he appears. Then comes a naughty ghost who amuses himself by riling up the residents of the house, whenever he is bored. The book has a story where the protagonists, three children, are stranded and forced to wait out a storm on a haunted hill. One story also features a cunning thief, who is adept at escaping every single time. But one day, his conscience gets the better of him. Does he manage to leave his old lifestyle behind and become an honest man? This collection even contains an amusing story about the famed Himalayan bears. They enjoy gorging on plums, apricots and pumpkins. One tale in Great Stories For Children stars the maestro, Ruskin Bond, himself. While staying at a resort, he encounters a ghost in the dead of the night. What does the ghost want? Will Bond manage to come away safely? Great Stories For Children also includes other stories like Strange Men, Strange Places, School Days, All Roads Lead To Ganga, The Rupa Carnival Of Terror, and School Times.

Great Stories for Children is a potpourri of short stories that effectively transports the reader to the fascinating world of its endearing characters. The ensemble includes Tutu the monkey who is fond of troubling the no-nonsense Aunt Ruby, a pet python who makes sudden appearances at the most unusual places, a troublesome Pret who enjoys stirring up the household he resides in, three young children stranded on the Haunted Hill, Himalayan bears who feast on pumpkins, plums and apricots, a crafty thief who has a change of heart, and Ruskin Bond himself who meets a ghost at a resort in the middle of the night ...

This deluxe hardcover volume presents two classic picture books of the 1920s and '30s: Frederick Richardson's Book for Children and Old Old Tales Retold. Author and artist Frederick Richardson was highly influenced by the Art Nouveau movement, as reflected in his exquisite illustrations for "The Three Bears," "The Bremen Town Musicians," "The Little Red Hen," "The Straw Ox," and other beloved tales. Readers of all ages will rejoice in this magnificent edition, which restores both books to the format of their initial publication, complete with all of the original artwork.

Let's set off on a journey to a land long ago and far away... a world of humble heroes, clever cats, and hungry trolls...From Pinocchio to Puss in Boots, this selection of traditional folktales, myths and fables showcases almost fifty of the world's best-loved stories for children. Accompanied by beautiful illustrations, this enchanting collection is the perfect introduction to these timeless tales for boys and girls aged 4 and up.Help improve your child's reading in just 10 minutes a day with Storytime.Just 10 minutes of reading a day can...Boost VocabularyReading for a short period every day exposes your child to almost 1 million words per year, which helps to foster communication and understanding.Encourage LearningReading at home is linked to better performance in spelling, comprehension and general knowledge, helping to develop important learning skills.Promote RelaxationReading a book gives your child the quiet time they need each day to relax, and is a great way for you to spend quality time together.

This ebook contains the following classic children's novels:- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Black Beauty by Anna Sewell - A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain- Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling - The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang - Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson - The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald - Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin - The Magic Fishbone by Charles Dickens - Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm - Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) by J.M. Barrie - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Ride the river, sail the high seas and journey to the center of the earth or back in time with these great adventure stories. Includes: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling Call of the Wild by Jack London A Boys Town by W.D. Howells Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne The Time Machine by H.G. Wells