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This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Red Shoes' was first published in April of 1845. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition features a beautiful collection of the best of that art, taken from the likes of Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Harry...

In "The Fir-Tree" a little tree who is anxious to grow up, fails to appreciate that which happens to him in the moment. After experiencing burning humiliation at being small and insignificant, he is chopped down and decorated for a family's Christmas decorations. Expecting this to be the beginning of a great career, the fir tree is bitterly disappointed when he is discarded after a day and eventually cut into pieces and burned. First published in...

Hare & Tortoise Spanish Edition. A tortoise is an animal that moves very slowly. A hare is an animal that runs very fast. A tortoise has short legs and a hare has long legs. If they had a race, who do you think would win?

This story has been told for hundreds of years. It was written by a man called Aesop, and it has a lesson to teach us. Find out what we can learn from this story."

The animals in this story were very hungry. The Three Billy Goats Gruff wanted to cross over a bridge to eat some delicious grass. But an ugly, hungry troll lived under the bridge. How could the goats get over the bridge?

Rip Van Winkle is a short story by the American author Washington Irving first published in 1819. Set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War in a village at the foot of New York's Catskill Mountains, it follows a Dutch-American villager named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up 20 years later, having missed the American Revolution. Irving wrote it while living in Birmingham, England...

The story of Siegfried, the brave young man who rode through fire to awaken the lovely Brunhild from a long sleep, has been told many times and in many variations. James Baldwin's account, written well over 100 years ago, has taken bits and pieces from many different versions. The result is an adventure-packed retelling of tales describing "The Curse of Gold," "Nibelungen Land," "The Journey to Burgundy-Land," "How Spring-Time Came," "The War with...

First published as part of "The Book of Romance" in 1902, "King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table" is a compilation of classic Arthurian legend by the Scottish poet, novelist, and anthropologist Andrew Lang. Well-known for his volumes collecting the world's fairy and folk tales, Lang also compiled and edited other famous and immortal stories from many genres, including romance and adventure. Like his fairy tale collections, Lang's "King Arthur: Tales...

Each booklet in the collection is inspired by traditional stories and allows novice readers to discover the marvelous world of fables. The author uses simple phrasing to recount the adventure of legendary characters. The illustrations help support the narrative and promote further study. Furthermore, each tale delivers an important moral or life lesson that activates the imagination of young readers and encourages them to make deeper and more meaningful...

Each booklet in the collection is inspired by traditional stories and allows novice readers to discover the marvelous world of fables. The author uses simple phrasing to recount the adventure of legendary characters. The illustrations help support the narrative and promote further study. Furthermore, each tale delivers an important moral or life lesson that activates the imagination of young readers and encourages them to make deeper and more meaningful...