Extend cultural boundaries with this collection of fantastic folktales and legends from Latin America.
Offers young readers a look at the adventures of James Butler Hickock and Gold Rush-era hotelier Luzena Stanley Wilson, as well as Western stories by Bret Harte, Mark Twain, and O. Henry.
Retold versions of several classic tales including Rapunzel and The Steadfast Tin Soldier will delight readers.
Offers young readers a look at Jason, King Arthur, and other heroes of myth, history, and literature.
Offers young readers a look at the origins of the tombs, temples, statuary, and other ancient creations known as the "Seven Wonders of the World" and what became of them.
Offers young readers a look at stories that end with surprising changes from the works of O. Henry.
Offers young readers a look at four comic tales, including "The Six Sillies," "Blockhead Hans," and "The Emperor's New CLothes."
Offers young readers a look at three well-known fairy tales about beautiful maidens, along with the less familiar story of Helga and the mysterious Hâabogi.
Offers young readers a look at five traditional German tales from the works of the Brothers Grimm.
Includes The First Country Wolf, The Rainmakers, The Cricket, The Girl in Green, The Hardwork Mountains, and The Divided Daughter.
Includes The Little Dutch Boy, The Little Match Girl, Jack the Giant Killer, and Trieste.
Includes To Be Read at Dusk, Births: To Mrs. Meek, a Son, The Signalman, Hunted Down, and Please, Sir, I Want Some More from Oliver Twist.
Includes Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, The Colony of Cats, The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse, The Fox and the Wolf, The Lion and the Mouse, and How Some Wild Animals Became Tame.
Offers young readers a look at traditional stories that reveal what people from ancient Germany, Iceland, China, India, and Egypt thought was the right way to behave.
El día se apaga. Las estrellas aparecen. ¿Quién está viendo las estrellas? Lee este libro para descubrirlo.
Moby Dick is an exciting story about Captain Ahab's compelling obsession to get his revenge and defeat the Great White Whale. The story truly portrays the tragedy of hatred. This timeless epic is considered one of the strangest yet most powerful stories ever written.
Baa Baa Black Sheep is at the market. How much wool will Baa Baa sell? Read this book to find out.
Jack likes to run. Jack likes to jump. Will Jack be able to jump over the candlestick? A playful and vibrantly illustrated adaptation of the treasured nursery rhyme.
Three Billy Goats Gruff live on a hillside, and are always hungry. One day, across the valley they see a field of delicious looking green grass. They decide to go there but have to cross an old bridge guarded by a terrible troll.
In The Nutcracker's Night Before Christmas preparations for a doomed stage production of the classic ballet goes from terribly bad to ridiculously worse. Sick stagehands, renegade cats, and crashing Christmas trees have everyone sure that the show won't go on. But it's Christmas Eve and help is on the way! Told in verse with wonderful whimsical illustrations, this story hits all the right notes for holiday reading.
American artist Seymour Chwast reinterprets Hugh Lofting’s The Story of Doctor Dolittle for a 21st-century, graphic-novel-influenced audience, formatting the text in a comic style.
You'll be kept in suspense with these four Edgar Allan Poe short stories! The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Amontillado, The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Sube la colina con Juan y Juanita. ¡Pero ten cuidado al bajar!
Three blind mice smell bread baking. Will the three blind mice get some bread to eat? A playful and vibrantly illustrated adaptation of the treasured nursery rhyme.
Crow has some food and clever Fox wants it! Can Fox make Crow drop the food?
