Eric Carle's Treasury of Stories for Children by Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm

An illustrated retelling of twenty-two folktales, fairy tales, and fables.

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen, Vilhelm Pedersen (Illustrator), Lorenz Frohlich (Illustrator), L.W. Kingsland (Translator), Naomi Lewis (Introduction)

Twelve tales including "The Princess and the Pea," "Thumbelina," "The Happy Family," and "The Goblin at the Grocer's".

Grimm's Fairy Tales
Brothers Grimm, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm have filled the dreams of children with dancing princesses and magical elves - as well as witches and wolves. Here are twenty-two of the masters' most beloved stories, from "Rapunzel" and "Little Red Riding Hood" to "Cinderella" and "Hansel and Grethel" with beautiful and evocative artwork by the legendary illustrator Arthur Rackham.

Rapunzel
Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt (Illustrator)

A revived version of this well-known fairytale, which has been written especially for today's children.

The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
Craig P. Russell

Wilde's tales are adapted into a comic book format and use fairy tale elements and Christian symbolism.

The Selfish Giant
Oscar Wilde, Michael Foreman (Illustrator), Freire Wright (Illustrator)

An illustrated version of Wilde's classic childrens' story that tells of a giant who prohibits children from playing in his garden, with the result that the weather in it is permanently wintry.

Mr William Shakespeare's Plays
Marcia Williams

Take your place in the Globe Theatre of Shakespeare's day to see seven of his best-loved plays brought vividly to life in Williams' accessible comic-strip versions, which include the bard's own dialogue and the rowdy remarks of the audience.

Shakespeare for Kids
Collen Aagesen, Margie Blumberg

Presents the life and works of Shakespeare. Includes activities to introduce Elizabethan times, including making costumes, making and using a quill pen, and binding a book by hand.

"Hamlet" for Kids William Shakespeare, Lois Burdett

Perhaps the best-known of Shakespeare's tragedies, Hamlet has all the ingredients for a gripping story: revenge and power, familial love and betrayal, dramatic sword fights, dark spooky scenes. Once again Lois Burdett has woven her own brand of magic by transforming Shakespeare's complex verse into simple rhyming couplets. She has created a version of Hamlet especially for children, even as young as seven, and one that readers of all ages will enjoy.

A Midsummer Night's Dream : For Kids
(The Shakespeare Can Be Fun Series)
Lois Burdett

For more than 20 years, Lois Burdett has been introducing Shakespeare to primary school pupils. Working with her students, many as young as seven, she makes Shakespeare's plays come wonderfully alive for young eyes and ears. The texts are rewritten as simple rhyming verse and illustrated by her pupils' own lively colour illustrations of the characters and the action. Her books and workshops for teachers have captured the attention and imagination of parents, educators, and lovers of Shakespeare around the world.

The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer, Geraldine McCaughrean (Editor)

One spring day 30 pilgrims set off from an inn in Southwark for a shrine in Canterbury. The inn keeper offers a free dinner, on their return, to the person who can tell the best story. So begins an assortment of tales from such varied characters as the Knight, the Wife of Bath and the Miller.

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Marcia Williams

First published in hardback in 1996, a retelling of a classic story featuring the heroic deeds of King Arthur and the knights of the round table. Illustrated in colour with strip-cartoons.

The Adventures of Robin Hood Roger Lancelyn Green

This is a re-telling of the classic tale. Robin Hood is champion of the poor and oppressed against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham.

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Marcia Williams (Illustrator)

Told in comic-strip style, this book relates eleven colourful action-packed tales about Robin and his merry band. How Robin becomes an outlaw, gets a ducking from Little John and encounters a disguised Maid Marian in the forest; the stories of Much the Miller's Son, Friar Tuck, Allan-a-Dale, Sir Richard of Legh and the golden arrow. It describes Robin's sworn enemy Sir Guy of Gisborne, Robin's visit from King Richard and the firing of his last arrow.

Odysseus II: The Journey Through Hell
Tony Robinson (Narrator), Richard Curtis

It has taken ten years for the Greeks to win the Trojan war and now Odysseus, their victorious leader, wants to go home. But the only person who can show him the way is Tyresius - and he's been dead for hundreds of years.

The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame, Alan Bennett (Narrator)

The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of trains, barges, gipsy caravans and motor cars and even into battle.

Peter Pan
J.M. Barrie, Greg Becker (Illustrator)

This is a delightful edition of one of the greatest children's stories ever written. When Peter Pan flies through the window of a nursery one evening, he entices Wendy, Michael and John to follow him to the magical island of Neverland. They soon learn how to fly and encounter the Lost Boys, mermaids and fairies. But the children soon learn that Neverland has very real dangers too - not least of all a band of blood-thirsty pirates lead by the notorious villain, Captain Hook.

Peter Pan: Audio CDs
J.M. Barrie, Samuel West (Narrator), Edward Benjamin Britten, et al

When Peter Pan arrives at the Darling home, he teaches Wendy, John and Michael to fly. They journey to Never-land, the country where the lost boys live who never grow up. There are mermaids and redskins and pirates, the most evil and terrible of whom is Captain James Hook.

The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A radio dramatization of Saint-Exupery's classic tale for children.

The Phoenix and the Carpet
Edith Nesbit, Pam Ferris (Narrator)

Five children discover an enchanted egg in an old carpet. When it hatches in their special aromatic fire, a golden phoenix is brought to life. Between the phoenix, dormant for centuries, and the carpet, the children embark on some magical adventures.