Paul Galdone
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Paul Galdone created hundreds of books in his lifetime. Many of his picture books quickly became accepted as the definitive version of traditional stories. Collected here are four of his most popular picture books: The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, The Little Red Hen, and Cat Goes Fiddle-i-fee. Parents who grew up with these whimsical retellings will enjoy revisiting them and sharing them with the family, bringing Galdone's timeless artistry and bright,...
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When a teeny-tiny woman finds a teeny-tiny bone in the teeny-tiny village churchyard, she takes it home to boil for her teeny-tiny supper. She never expects the bone will object. This slightly silly, slightly spooky classic ghost story is retold and illustrated with singular wit by Paul Galdone. Sure to become a spine-tingling story-time favorite.
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The acclaimed children's book author and illustrator retells the beloved fable of a hen who takes her friends on a misguided adventure.
Convinced the sky is falling, Henny Penny the hen gathers a band of gullible friends who decide they must march off and tell the king. But their misadventures take a frightening turn when they meet their end at the hands of a wily fox.
With its tongue-twisting rhymes, rich illustrations, and surprise ending, this...
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As a young boy spins a rhythmic yarn about the animals he feeds by yonder tree, a parade of baa-ing, quacking, and mooing farm animals gathers. When they all doze off, it's the boy's turn for something scrumptious!
With hidden details to discover in the illustrations and plenty of repetition in the text, young children will enjoy joining in on this read-aloud. Now part of the Folk Tale Classics series, this one is sure to become a story time favorite!...
10) Puss in Boots
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When the miller's youngest son receives only Puss as his inheritance, he wonders how his father expects him to make a living with a single cat. But Puss is no ordinary feline. All he asks for is a new pair of boots and he promises that fortune will come their way. With Puss in Boots working for him, the miller's son is in for a life-changing surprise!
Paul Galdone's retelling of this fairy tale is now part of the Folk Tale Classics series.
13) The three bears
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Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books
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c2000, c1972
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Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.
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Clarion Books
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20221025
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The three Billy Goats Gruff are hungry! They want to go over the bridge and up the hillside to a fine meadow full of grass and daisies where they can eat and eat and eat.
But under the bridge lives a troll who's as mean as he is ugly... How will they ever get past him?
An energetic, predictable chorus makes for a wonderful read-aloud of this classic tale.