The dreamy Irish Lad Guleesh has little idea what will happen when he echoes the fairies' shout of "My horse, bridle and saddle!" He is whisked through the air to France and there he meets and rescues the King of France's daughter. This is the romantic and enthralling story of their faithful love through every trial.
Outrageously funny illustrations and a clever text tell the story of an extraordinarily uncompromising and amusingly unconventional princess. A spunky princess with a mind of her own resists her parents' plans to ensnare a prince for her and rides forth to adventures of her choosing.
A wise tale of a little princess who wanted the moon and got it. “Grown-ups themselves will find the book hilariously funny. . . . The lovely, squiggly illustrations in color are exactly right.”--The New Yorker.
Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal. A free translation from the French of Charles Perrault, with pictures by Marcia Brown.
With the aid of a genie from a magic lamp, Aladdin fights an evil magician and wins the hand of a beautiful princess. There was once a boy named Aladdin. And, in truth, he was a very lazy boy. Instead of minding his mother and helping with the chores, Aladdin would run off to play in the streets.
Disney princesses make the best babysitters! Girls ages 2 to 5 will love this Little Golden Book about Cinderella taking care of her fairy godmother's niece-and dealing with some silly magical mishaps!
Once upon a time in Greece, fate left a young girl an orphan. Her stepmother was so hateful that she counted every drop of water the orphan drank! But with the help of Nature's blessings, the orphan was showered with gifts: brilliance from the Sun, beauty from the Moon, gracefulness from the Dawn—and even a tiny pair of blue shoes from the Sea. When the prince comes to visit their village, he…
Snoring Beauty is a sweetly hilarious spin on the classic fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty." Written in bouncy rhymed verse perfect for reading aloud, this whimsical reimagining from Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen is sure to appeal to children and parents alike. Tucked in his little bed inside the castle walls, Mouse is eager to get a good night's sleep before his wedding tomorrow. But just as he begins…
Many years ago a King and Queen told everyone of the birth of their baby. The fairies in the land brought the baby gift, but one wicked fairy promised that when the Princess was fifteen years old, she would prick her finger and go to sleep for one hundred years.
Very Little Sleeping Beauty is little. Very little. Tomorrow she is having a birthday party, but now it's bedtime and she's not very tired . . . Join her on a very BIG bedtime adventure from the award-winning Heapy and Heap! "A perfect present" THE TIMES on Very Little Red Riding Hood