This beloved volume collects the world's most famous fairy tales, children's classics, and bedtime stories. The enchanting stories of childhood every girl and boy-and their parents-cherish are collected in this first volume of Andrew Lang's renowned Fairy Books. Originally published in 1889, this treasure trove of timeless tales of action and adventure, enchanted forests and fantastic creatures, and monsters and magic has thrilled readers all over...

The story of Tuan mac Cairill--The boyhood of Fionn--The birth of Bran-Oisin's mother--The wooing of Becfola-The little brawl at Allen--The Carl of the drab coat--The enchanted cave of Cesh Corran--Becuma of the white skin-Mongan's frenzy.

An illustrated collection of fifty-five traditional tales collected by the Grimm brothers.

A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.

Diamond, a young boy living in nineteenth-century London, has many adventures as he travels with the beautiful Lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper.

Pinocchio, a wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy.

Because she is not invited to the christening of the princess, the King's sister casts a spell depriving the child of gravity and the ability to weep tears.

"Everyone thought they knew the story of the Three Little Pigs -- at least until they first heard A. Wolf's side of the story way back in 1989. For twenty-five years, readers have been astounded by A. Wolf's heartfelt tale of how things really happened the day he set out to borrow a cup of sugar to make his dear old granny's birthday cake...Is A. Wolf guilty? Innocent? Something in between? It's up to you to read and decide for yourself what the True...

"In this reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little mermaid trades her voice for legs and makes a new friend on land, but must return to the sea to save her family"-- Publisher.

When the King of Ireland's son sets out to find the Enchanter of the Back-Lands, he meets the Enchanter's daughter Fedelma and is betrothed to her; but he loses her and searches in the Land of the Mist, the Town of the Red Castle, and many different worlds before he finds her.