"A Narrow Squeak" by Dick King-Smith, "How the Bee Became" by Ted Hughes, and Alison Lurie's "Kate Crackernuts" are among the many entertaining stories in this anthology.
Sleeping Beauty; The Emperor's New Clothes; and Rumpelstiltskin are among the favorite tales that make this book a wonderful bedtime storytelling resource.
Fee, fi, fo, fum...Fierce monsters, fearless heroes, and gentle giants abound in this amazing collection. The star-studded list of contributors includes Oscar Wilde, John Cunliffe, E. Nesbit, and Margaret Mahy.
No child could resist such pony tales as Christine Pullein-Thompson's Candy Stops a Train, Lincoln Steffens' The Christmas Pony, or the Greek myth, The Horses of the Sun. Sixteen tales in all.
School & Library Binding
(Turtleback, May 16, 2003)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Presents a collection of modern and traditional stories about ghosts and other spooky things, by such authors as Margaret Mahy, Judith Gorog, and Virginia Hamilton.