Best Selling Books by Paul Galdone

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 . . .

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.

Galdone''s dynamic, amusing pictures add much humor to the familiar tale of the industrious hen and lazy cat, dog, and mouse.

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.

This familiar nursery tale features a warmly appealing bear family and a naughty, gap-toothed Goldilocks.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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!

The gingerbread boy eludes the hungry grasp of everyone he meets until he happens upon a fox more clever than he.

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

A droll rendition of the old English ghost story about the teeny-tiny woman who found a teeny-tiny bone in the teeny-tiny churchyard.

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

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).

A retelling of one of the Indian fables relating to the former births of Buddha in which as a monkey he manages to outwit the crocodile who decides to capture him.

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

Named one of “13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed over as a Kid” by Buzzfeed.com and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective series is now available to a whole new generation of readers! Basil—the famous sleuth of mousedom—lives in the cellar of Sherlock Holmes’s house. A devoted admirer of the great detective, he has learned his craft by listening at the feet of Holmes himself. But will it be enough to help Basil solve his most baffling mystery yet? The Mystery of the Missing Twins is one of the strangest cases in Basil’s career. With only a few crumbs of clues with which to find answers, how is he ever going to figure out where Angela and Agatha are being kept—and, of course, who mouse-napped them! Will Basil’s mouse sleuthing skills be up to the task of finding the twins before it’s too late?

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.

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

A retelling of the folk tale about a little girl who finds a wolf in her grandmother''s clothing.

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?

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