This series features brand new retellings of classic stories by top authors and illustrators, in keeping with the National Literacy Strategy.
The Nursery Collection brings together the world's best-loved traditional stories and nursery rhymes. Retold with very young children in mind, the stories are excellent for reading aloud while the rhymes retain all their fun and jollity. Hilda Offen's richly colourful illustrations breathe life and mischief into all the wonderful characters to be found in this collection.
To repay her father's debts, Mirabelle promises the King that she'll spin his straw into gold. An evil troll agrees to help her for a price. Now, Mirabelle must repay an even greater debt, unless she can guess the terrible creature's name.
"Adult and child can delight together in the richness of color, gilt and detail...captured in such art. The story is palinly and gracefully told."--The New York Times Book Review"A lush and substantial offering." -- Booklist
“Spinning straw into gold is easy as can be! But if I do that for you, what will you give me?” A silly miller boasts to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold. But who will help when the king demands that the girl do just that? With beautiful and charming illustrations to enjoy again and again, this simple retelling of the children's classic fairy tale is perfect for readers of…
When the old miller dies, his youngest son has no means to make an honest living. All he has inherited is a cat. But what a cat it is! Equipped with an elegant pair of boots to give him the necessary swagger, Puss can talk them both into a fortune.
This is the story of the vain emperor who is duped by a wily tailor who tells him that the clothes he makes are so glorious that they cannot be seen by fools.
There was once a miller who was very poor. He had three sons. The elder sons were lazy, but the youngest was hard-working. When the miller died, there were only his mill, his donkey and his cat to leave to his sons. The eldest son took the mill, the second son took the donkey and the youngest son had only the cat, which he had saved from being drowned by his brothers.
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.