Books with title The Tall Book of Fairy Tales

My First Big Book of Fairy Tales is a jumbo coloring book with almost 200 pages of whimsical coloring fun!Kids will love My First Big Book of Fairy Tales, a follow-up book to the successful My First Big Book of Coloring, My First Big Book of Unicorns, and My First Big Book of Dinosaurs that's packed with page after page of fairy tale fun! The appealing artwork, with its heavy, chunky black lines, are eye-catching and kid-friendly. This book is sure to engage little ones for hours!

In this beautifully illustrated book, 14 classic fairy tales are retold for young children. Old favorites, such as "Cinderella" and "Jack and the Beanstalk," are presented alongside some lesser known stories, such as "The Fisherman and his Wife" and "Diamonds and Toads." Mary Hoffman's charming retellings use simple, lyrical language ideal for reading aloud, while Julie Downing's illustrations bring the characters to life. The stories in this collection show the consequences of greed, pride, and vanity, but also tell of the love that grows from a kind heart and a cheerful nature. And along the way, there is a wealth of magic and fun to be enjoyed.

A rich collection of well-known fairy tales, this magnificently illustrated hardcover volume will add a keepsake treasure to the family library. Thirty stories recount the adventures of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Bears, The Ugly Duckling, Aladdin, Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpel-stilts-kin, The Frog Prince, and many other beloved characters. Storytellers include Aesop, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Robert Southey as well as anonymous sources. Golden Age pioneer Charles Robinson provides nearly 200 illustrations including 34 full-page images — 12 in full color, 16 in black and red, and 6 in black and white — in addition to scores of smaller line drawings.

If you were looking for the definitive Fairy Tales anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it!"The Big Book of Fairy Tales" gathers together more than 1500 tales, which makes it truly unique in its kind.Here you will find some of the finest stories from around the globe, including classics from The Thousand and One Nights such as ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Sinbad the Sailor’, Hans Christian Andersen’s complete tales (‘The Ugly Ducking’, ‘Little Tin Soldier’, ‘The Little Match girl’ and many more), The Brothers Grimm's complete tales, Charles Perrault's complete stories (such as ‘Blue Beard’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Puss in Boots’) and other tales with less well known literary lineages.

If you were looking for the definitive Fairy Tales anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it!"The Big Book of Fairy Tales" gathers together more than 1500 tales, which makes it truly unique in its kind.Here you will find some of the finest stories from around the globe, including classics from The Thousand and One Nights such as ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Sinbad the Sailor’, Hans Christian Andersen’s complete tales (‘The Ugly Ducking’, ‘Little Tin Soldier’, ‘The Little Match girl’ and many more), The Brothers Grimm's complete tales, Charles Perrault's complete stories (such as ‘Blue Beard’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Puss in Boots’) and other tales with less well known literary lineages.

Enter a magical world of beautiful princesses, handsome princes, goblins, faeries, and dwarves. Here are ten of the most loved fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm in one wickedly entertaining volume. From that odd little man with the strange name, Rumpelstiltskin, to that slimy green frog who -- when kissed -- becomes a handsome prince, to brave Rapunzel, imprisoned high in her tower, this is a book full of wonder. Saviour Pirotta's spirited, contemporary language is perfect for reading aloud. Emma Chichester Clark's illustrations glow with humor and mischief, capturing the loveliness and spookiness of these eternally enchanted tales.