There was once a boy named Jack who lived with his widowed mother and his pet squirrel, Phil, in a cottage in the woods. The little family was quite poor, and the day came when they had to sell their cow to buy food.
For two hundred years, Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling has been a childhood favorite all over the world. Now Robert Ingpen brings his spectacular adaptation to new generations of readers. Born bigger and different than the other hatchlings, the ugly duckling is ridiculed by his brothers and sisters, rejected by the other ducks, and eventually shunned by his own mother. The little b…
Once there was a poor miller's son who was lucky enough to have a very intelligent cat. The cat was called Puss in Boots, because he always dressed very grandly. And Puss in Boots was constantly looking for chances to make his young master rich and famous.
Once there was a little emperor who loved to dress up in fine clothes. He had hundreds of rich robes, capes, and boots, and every morning he spent hours deciding what to wear. But the emperor was never satisfied. He felt that his wardrobe should be still larger and more magnificent.
Once, long ago, there lived an emperor who had a great fondness for beautiful clothes. He card so much about his wardrobe that he had more tailors than soldiers. He attended every social event, and sometimes invented new ones, just to show off his latest fashions. In fact, he dad a different outfit for every hour of the day. And he demanded so much flattery that his advisors had little time for…