Fairy Tales & Folklore

Jan Brett's #1 New York Times bestseller is the snowiest retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears you could ask for!Jan Brett's board book audience will love this brief version of a favorite tale in which Aloo-ki, an Inuit girl, meets a polar bear...

This is a wonderful anthology of timeless children's stories, retold for a modern audience. All the most popular tales are here, including "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Rumpelstiltskin", "The Frog Prince", "Rapunzel", "The Brave Tin Soldier", "The...

A gorgeous and evocative story of how the animals got their colours, from Carnegie Medal-winner Tanya Landman and V&A Illustration Award winner Laura Carlin.The earth was young and full of colour. But the animals were dull and drab. The painter decided:...

An exquisite collection of wittily retold and beautifully illustrated nursery rhymes and tales. Jonathan Langley adds an exuberant originality and contemporary feel to the magic of these traditional nursery favourites, ensuring that this is a...

Ten captivating stories of adventure and resilience celebrating LGBTQ+ characters, published as an illustrated collection of queer classics for the first time.These are the fairy tales that history forgot - or concealed. Tales in which gender is fluid...

The classic nursery rhymes we know and love - upside-down, backward, in gibberish, and fresh out of bounds - as only Jon Scieszka could stage them.Mother knows best, but sometimes a little nonsense wins the day. Inspired by Dadaism's rejection of reason...

A little old lady bakes a gingerbread man. But this little man does NOT want to be eaten, and he runs away as fast as he can!This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills,...

Celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Chris Colfer's No.1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories with this gorgeous illustrated anniversary edition!Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about to change, in this fast-paced adventure that...

This colorfully illustrated multicultural Korean children's book presents Korean fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a vibrant literary culture.Korean Children's Favorite Stories is a captivating collection of Korean folktales for...

Hilarious sequel to The Caravan at the Edge of Doom, perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett, David Walliams and Roald Dahl! Twelve-year old Harley is happy to be back home after her adventures in the Land of the Dead...

Poppy is watching the snow fall outside her window when she realises the snowflakes are really snow children, dancing and swirling in the air. They ask Poppy to join them and whisk her away to the Snow Queen's wintery kingdom. In the sparkling ice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782705109Author Sophie GilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Award Publications LtdPublisher Award Publications LtdWeight(grams) 143gDimensions(mm)...

A beautiful, gripping story, perfect for children learning to read. Winner of the Carnegie Medal. Every day Annie walks by the lonely marsh from her remote cottage to school. Only in winter, when the wind howls in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780763690809Author Edward LearFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 292mm...

Marnie Blue and her school friends are spending the weekend at CORAL, an activity centre in Mermaid Lagoon. There will be lots of fun things to do, like playing with the water catapult and singing round the bubble fire. Not to mention midnight snacks!...

Take up the quest in the hilariously epic finale of the How to be a Hero series, A Gathering of Giants, from Cat Weldon, illustrated by Katie Kear.Unlikely hero Whetstone and banished Valkyrie Lotta are in hiding. Their quest to find the magic harp...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780794448363Author Editors of Studio Fun InternationalFormat HardbackPage Count 74Imprint Studio Fun InternationalPublisher Studio Fun...

This illustrated wordless version of the poem "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear is told through the beautiful artwork of award-winning illustrator Polly Dunbar. This illustrated wordless version of the poem "The Owl and the Pussycat"...

Jack is struggling, so Puss promises to make his fortune in return for a pair of special, shiny red boots. The wily cat pulls off some clever tricks and Jack ends up with a castle of his very own. This story is a perfect introduction to the classic tale,...

More funny, clever trickster tales from India.Prince Veera's great-uncle, Raja Apoorva, invites the prince and his best friend, Suku, to the summer festival in Peetalpur, where they participate in some of the competitions. Can they make the peahen sing,...

Zomo the rabbit, a trickster from West Africa, wants wisdom. But he must accomplish three apparently impossible tasks before Sky God will give him what he wants. Is he clever enough to do as Sky God asks? 'The tale moves along with the swift concision of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735845121Author Alan DrummondFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint North-South BooksPublisher North-South Books

A gorgeous board book collection of much-loved nursery rhymes illustrated by Axel Scheffler, the bestselling team of The Gruffalo and Zog. Climb up the waterspout with Incy Wincy, help the king's men try to put...

A beautiful gift edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales featuring five classic stories, charmingly retold in rhyming verse with stunning illustrations.Follow Little Red through the woods, where she encounters a wolf! Find out what happens when Hansel and Gretel...

More of Andrew Matthews' classic retellings of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross. This special anniversary edition contains A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Hamlet and Henry V, reissued to celebrate 450...

This gift edition features the greatest mythological stories retold by India's favorite author Sudha Murty. Filled with innumerable unusual legends of powerful gods and demons, alluring creatures and feisty women, the books in this collection are packed...

Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with new cover art. As featured on NBC's The Today Show, the...

An old woman wants to bake an apple cake. She has everything she needs, except apples. So she sets off to market, taking a basket of plums to trade along the way, just in case...This is a classic story of sharing, trading and caring. Children will love...

"Andrew Lang and his associates managed to break the stranglehold of the pious sentimentality handed out to children by collecting-from all over the world-fairy tales of all people, and bringing out the volumes we all know and love."-Kirkus Reviews The...

Return to the magical world of Enchantia in the captivating second series of Magic Ballerina by Darcey Bussell! King Neptune, ruler of the underwater kingdom, has accused King Tristan of taking his special sceptre and as a punishment he's cast...

A hilarious tale of derring do and needing the loo from the brilliant Greg Gormley and Chris Mould!Prince Freddie is off to save a castle from a ferocious dragon, when he realises he really, REALLY needs a pee. But what with scary ogres, damsels in...

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This feast of Middle Eastern folklore from an award-winning Iraqi storyteller is paired with vibrant cut-paper art.The twenty fables and folktales in this illustrated storybook have taken a long journey. Many have roots that stretch across Europe, Asia,...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level A hilarious traditional Norwegian tale, which will have the whole class in stitches. Find out how Prince Magnus gets on when he leaves home thinking he knows best,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368077262Author Ashley FranklinFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Disney PressPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.Weight(grams) 459gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399247729Author Rachel IsadoraFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807581582Author Lily Toy HongFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Albert Whitman & CompanyPublisher Albert Whitman & CompanyWeight(grams) 150g

It's spring and Pippa and Pelle are getting their garden ready for the new year. They dig the earth and plant some little seeds.In the spring sunshine the seeds soon begin to grow, bringing friendly ladybirds, caterpillars and butterflies to the garden...

The definitive collection of British and Irish folktales from master storyteller and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland.Rich and strange, these eerie and magical folktales from across Britain and Ireland have been passed down from generation to generation, and...

"Fantasy at its best." The Daily Telegraph"With echoes of Susan Cooper, this has all the feel of a classic." Sarah Baker"A masterfully written story surging with powerful energy." Sinead O'HartAn enchanting magical adventure set in the wild moors of...