Best Selling Books by Paul Galdone

This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.

Recounts in verse the adventures of Jack, who climbs up a tall beanstalk and rescues a girl from a fierce giant.

Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in baby bear''s bed.

Collection of four classic folk tales, including "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "The Gingerbread Boy."

Collects four classic folk tales featuring animals, including "The Three Bears," "The Three Little Kittens," and "The Little Red Hen."

A strange little man helps the miller''s daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

Había una vez tres chivitos muy hambrientos que querían cruzar un puente y subir por la ladera de una colina para alcanzar un hermoso prado, cubierto de hierba y margaritas donde podrían comer, comer y comer hasta saciarse y engordar. Pero debajo del puente vivía un gnomo que era tan feo como tan malo.

As payment for retrieving the princess'' ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

In these retellings of Aesop''s fables, the fox loses out in "The fox and the grapes," is outwitted in "The fox and the stork," but finally gets the cheese in "The fox and the crow."

Describes in verse the physical characteristics and habits of ten types of monkeys and apes.

Un jour que Poule Plumette picorait dans les feuilles, un gland lui tomba soudain sur la tête...

La petite poule rousse a trouvé quelques grains de blé. Qui va l''aider à les planter, les faire pousser, les récolter pour les moudre en farine ? Et qui mangera le bon gâteau ? Une version truculente de ce célèbre conte traditionnel tant aimé des petits.

A retelling of the consequences following the meeting of Androcles, the slave, with a wounded lion in the forest.

Un conte traditionnel que le célèbre Paul Galdone revisite avec toute sa verve et son humour. Un chat botté attachant et malicieux.

Un crocodile affamé aimerait bien engloutir un singe pour le déjeuner. Mais l''appétissant animal est aussi rapide qu''agile et il vit dans les arbres. Le reptile doit donc mettre au point un stratagème...

Instructional activities and ideas are designed to extend children''s experiences with children''s literature. Grade level 1-3.