Best Selling Books by W. W. Denslow

The father of the "American Picture Book," W. W. Denslow is best remembered for the distinctive illustrations he created for the original Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This unique compilation features 9 of the best stories from his 18-volume series of picture books from 1903 to 1904, which featured novel retellings of favorite childhood tales. High-quality color reproductions of the artist''s drawings accompany stories of Humpty Dumpty, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, and other beloved characters. Denslow rewrote several of these familiar stories, toning down harsher aspects of the original material to provide wholesome entertainment redolent of his era''s mood and sensibilities. This new edition includes an Introduction by Oz historian Michael Patrick Hearn.

Beautiful gift edition features the Yuletide classic as interpreted by The Wizard of Oz illustrator, W. W. Denslow, whose expressive full-color illustrations add a whole new dimension to the familiar tale.

From the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes this fantastic tale of two children and their river voyage to an enchanted world. Includes whimsical illustrations by W. W. Denslow.

This hardcover keepsake of a children''s classic presents color reproductions of images by the famed Wonderful Wizard of Oz artist. Full-page illustrations accompany the text of many favorite nursery rhymes.

Denslow''s Three BearsBy W. W. Denslow

Join Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, and friends as they follow the adventure-filled yellow brick road to the enchanted kingdom. Sixteen ready-to-color scenes from the ever-popular tale come vividly to life when colored and placed in a window or near a bright light.

Winning Strategies for Test Taking, Grades 3–8 provides a fun and engaging approach for developing effective test-taking skills in children. Chapters detail the coaching of test thinkers, test-reading strategies, and question–answer strategies. Using various examples, planning guides, and models, the authors explain how to effectively help students prepare for different test formats, including: Reading and analyzing texts Multiple-choice questions True-or-false questions Writing from a prompt The assessments highlighted in this book will empower students with the ability to choose, to think creatively and critically, and to gain better social skills along the way.

A Vermont boy''s pumpkin-growing prowess leads to an adventure among fairies, mermaids, and a crew of hungry pirates who crave pumpkin pie.

Zwei alte Geschichten im neuen Gewand. Der begnadete Illustrator W. W. Denslow hatte 1903 zwei Bilderbücher geschaffen, die hier neu erzählt werden. Ein unternehmungslustiges Mädelchen freundet sich mit drei Bären an und bringt ihnen Manieren bei. Humpty Dumpty, dieser Prachtkerl von Ei, zieht hartgekocht in die Welt, um für Groß und Klein Späße zu machen.

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Two classic W. W. Denslow books are included here: Denslow''s Three Bears and Denslow''s Mother Goose both illustrated.