Most Popular Books by Paul Galdone

With lively illustrations full of spunk and humor, this classic retelling takes readers on an adventure-packed ride with one of literature’s most beloved characters.

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.

Three little kittens, they lost their mittens, and they began to cry. The three little kittens may be a bit careless, but they always manage to correct their mistakes in this favorite Mother Goose rhyme.

The three Billy Goats Gruff are hungry and want to go over the bridge to a fine meadow full of grass and daisies where they can eat and eat. But under the bridge lives a troll who’s as mean as he is scary . . .

All three pigs set out to seek their fortune, but two of them come to a sorry end.

The story of how the little red hen who did all the housework cleverly got help from her three lazy housemates.

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

A mistreated kitchen maid, with the help of her fairy godmother, attends the palace ball on the condition that she leave before midnight.

Collects six classic folk tales, including "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "The Gingerbread Boy."

Convinced the sky is falling, Henny Penny and a band of gullible friends march off to tell the king, only to meet their end at the hands of a wily fox.

The porridge pot always produces food for the little girl, but it runs amuck when her mother tries to use it without knowing the magic words to stop it.

Retells the tale of the teeny-tiny woman who finds a teeny-tiny bone in a churchyard and puts it away in her cupboard before she goes to sleep.

A strange varmint haunts the woodsman who lopped off his tail and had it for dinner.

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, earthy humor to a new generation of readers. This attractive gift book includes every word and image in the original picture books, and features an introduction by noted children’s book specialist Leonard S. Marcus.

A retelling of the Grimm Brothers tale captures the kindness of a shoemaker and the magic of the two elves who help him.

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!

When a porter refuses to pay for the use of smoke from a cook''s roasting goose, the King''s fool is called upon to settle the argument, and does so with astonishing wisdom.

A crocodile is about to eat a monkey when the monkey remembers he has to retun to a mango tree to get his heart.

The classic Grimm tale of the strange little man who helps the miller''s daughter spin straw into gold.

Jack climbs the great beanstalk that grows from the bean he bought and confronts a giant at the top.

Lear''s nonsense classic about the unlikely romance between a pussycat and an owl. This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades K-1, Read-Aloud Poetry).

After tasting the life of his boastful city cousin, a country mouse is glad to return to his peaceful, safe home.

"A graceful translation of a favorite tale -- together with illustrations notable for their luminous quality and unusual appeal.... A fine, innovative setting for an old standby." Kirkus (pointer review) "A stunner.... The illustrations are wonderful." The Reading Teacher "For fascinating illustration that beckons the eye and engages that necessary ''suspension of disbelief, '' this one can''t be beat." School Library Journal "Schroeder''s spacious paintings ... artfully complement and augment the simple story.... The spare rendering of the text and pictures, shot through with understated humor, holds broad appeal for personal reading and story-hour use." The Horn Book

One dark night, the gravedigger sees nine black cats carrying a coffin into the cemetery. Does his cat know something?

A version of an old Scandinavian nursery tale about a devoted mother hen who ran from here to there doing errands for others so they would help her get water for her coughing chick.

An old nursery poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.