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Tomie dePaola's Favorite nursery tales.

DePaola, Tomie, 1934-2020 (Author).

Summary:

An illustrated collection of poems, fables, and stories for the nursery, with an emphasis on traditional tales.

Record details

ISBN: 0399213198
ISBN: 9780399213199
Physical Description: 127 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Publisher: New York : Putnam, [1986]
Copyright: ©1986

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

From A Child's Garden of Verses: Robert Louis Stevenson 7 -- Children's Hour: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 9 -- Johnny Cake: Joseph Jacobs 11 -- Little Red Hen: Joseph Jacobs 16 -- Frog Prince: The Brothers Grimm 21 -- Lion and the Mouse: Aesop 32 -- Three Little Pigs: Joseph Jacobs 34 -- My Shadow: Robert Louis Stevenson 40 -- Three Billy-Goats Gruff: P.C. Asbjornsen 42 -- Rumpelstiltskin: The Brothers Grimm 46 -- Country Maid and Her Milkpail: Aesop 53 -- Three Bears: Joseph Jacobs 55 -- Belling the Cat: Aesop 62 -- Dog and His Shadow: Aesop 63 -- Princess and the Pea: Hans Christian Andersen 64 -- Owl and the Pussycat: Edward Lear 68 -- Johnny and the Three Goats: from the Norwegian 70 -- Straw Ox: from the Russian 75 -- Fox and the Stork: Aesop 83 -- Master of All Masters: Joseph Jacobs 84 -- Emperor's New Clothes: Hans Christian Andersen 87 -- Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey: Aesop 96 -- Fox and the Grapes: Aesop 99 -- Elves and the Shoemaker: The Brothers Grimm 100 -- Chicken Licken: P.C. Asbjornsen 105 -- Tortoise and the Hare: Aesop 112 -- Cat and the Mouse: Joseph Jacobs 114 -- Shepherd Who Cried "Wolf": Aesop 117 -- How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune: Joseph Jacobs 118 -- House on the Hill: P.C. Asbjornsen 122.