Cozy Fairy Tales and Fables

Little Bear, all grown up, finds himself lost in a noisy, busy city where he happens to bump into someone with golden hair who remembers exactly how he likes his porridge.

"Cinderella is dying to go to the ball. She's seen pictures of the fancy castle and the handsome prince, she's heard the fairy tales about true love, she's found the perfect dress in Princess magazine and she's even found an ad for a Fairy Godmother. She's set. Except the fairy godmother doesn't look like the one in the ad. And the castle doesn't look like the picture. And the prince ... well, Cinderella decides her fairy tale ending is going to look...

A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.

"This little pea is hungry! So hungry it swallows a sprout, slurps up some soup, munches the bread, gobbles the cake, noshes the pickle, guzzles the cheese, drinks all the tea, and even chomps down the table it's all served on. After all that, it needs to sleep. But whose dinner did it steal? And whose mattress is the now-humungous pea resting under?"--

Travel to the faraway land of "Once Upon a Time " with this enchanting collection of classic fairy tales. From The Little Mermaid to The Three Little Pigs, and from Snow White to The Snow Queen, this beautifully illustrated collection of is the perfect introduction to these timeless tales for readers aged 4 and up. Help improve your child's reading in just 10 minutes a day with Storytime.10 minutes of reading a day can...Boost Vocabulary. Reading...

Young children can spy familiar nursery characters hiding in the colourful pictures. There's Tom Thumb, Jack and Jill, and the Three Bears as well as Baby Bunting and a host of others.

Little One was born in the Golden Fields, in a little thatched house amidst the sunlit wheat. It was there she first saw the Living One-a young man with mysterious, laughing eyes. She could not take her eyes away from him. And one day, when he disappeared over the mountains, she followed. The journey is perilous and full of unexpected loneliness, pain, and hardship. Worst of all, Little One is journeying without a heart-the Living One has taken it...

A girl finds her way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and meets Mr. Tumnus, a faun, who invites her to tea.

Sylvalla escapes Avondale castle and the life of a princess, in search of the adventure she's always wanted. Once found, adventure bites back. Fortunately, she's not alone. Unfortunately, her new-found companions are less than heroic. Jonathan would rather make money than learn wizardry. Dirk would rather live a long and happy life than confront danger. And at 150, old Capro would rather stop gallivanting to instead harangue unsuspecting wizardry...