Best Selling Books by Paul Galdone

“Once upon a time there was a sweet little maiden who was loved by all who knew her . . .” So begins this classic tale about Little Red Riding Hood and her encounter with the wolf one day when she is on her way to visit her sick grandmother. Paul Galdone has drawn on the Brothers Grimm version of Little Red Riding Hood, and lends beautiful, vibrant illustrations to his exciting retelling of this classic fairy tale. Small children and Paul Galdone’s older fans will cheer as the old tale comes enchantingly alive in lovely, nostalgic, full-color pictures.

A clever little monkey twice foils the attempts of the crocodile to capture him. A Jataka tale from India.

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

When the poor shoemaker and his wife discover the two naked little elves who have helped them become successful, they sew fine outfits for them.

Lincoln, a candidate for class president, makes a campaign promise opposed by a group of criminals.

The one-legged Steadfast Tin Soldier braves all sorts of adventures to return to his true love the Ballerina. Fillers Include: Aesop''s Fables The Actor and the Farmer, A poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Young Night Thought, The Animal World -- The Dingo and a color me page on the back inside cover.

Wanneer een schildpad een aap vraagt om hulp, bedreigt deze de schildpad, maar de schildpad is hem te slim af. Prentenboek met grote aquarellen voor kinderen vanaf ca. 5 jaar.

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.

Three little kittens lose, find, soil, and wash their mittens.

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.

In the fifth book in the Visions in Poetry series, award-winning illustrator Stephane Jorisch explores the nonsense world created by Edward Lear.