Best-Loved Children's Stories

by Publications International (Manufactured by)

Contents:
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Twelve dancing princesses
The Brave little tailor
The City mouse and the Country mouse
Saint George and the Dragon
The Golden Goose
Demeter and Persephone
George Washington and the Cherry Tree
Thumbelina
A Brer Rabbit story
Androcles and the Lion
The Brownie of Blednock
Icarus and Daedalus
The Wild Swans
Ali Baba
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Gulliver's Travels
The Nightingale
Rip Van Winkle

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Classics, Fiction

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Publications International, Ltd. (PIL) is a leading North American publisher, producing hundreds of new titles each year and printing millions of books annually. CEO Louis Weber founded the company in 1967 with a mission to provide high-quality, high-value products for consumers worldwide.

PIL publishes books in many categories, including the popular Brain Games® series of puzzle, sticker and coloring books, in addition to cookbooks, children’s books, craft, reference and much more.

PIL's bestselling Brain Games® product line features a wide array of puzzle books, including standards such as word searches, crosswords, sudokus, codewords, and cryptograms, as well as variety puzzle books themed around crime, Christmas, summer, celebrities, and more.

The New Seasons® division publishes a variety of stationery products that combine unique formats with the latest trends in design. Among these are Sticker by Number titles, Color and Frame books, notepad sets, journals, and recipe keepers. These products are the perfect vehicle to de-stress and relax, organize your day, and record and share memories.

Collectible Automobile® magazine, another division of PIL, presents an in-depth look at the cars and trucks that Americans have known and loved for decades. First published in 1984, Collectible Automobile® magazine is released six times a year.

PIL's cookbooks feature visually outstanding presentations of culinary classics and world cuisine, including books that focus on the Mediterranean diet, plant-based cooking, restaurant recipes, and the best in entertaining.

Reviews

[Steve Maxwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audiobook

Some of the greatest classic children's stories told by some very talented people.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 8.5 yr old son really loves these stories and the gold edge of the pages. We've read it so much over the years that it's falling apart. One problem: all the people in all the fairy tales are pretty much Caucasian-looking in the illustrations...even Alibaba. C'mon! The "morals" are preachy, too, but he just loves'em (and doesn't always agree that the story was imparting that moral.)

[Ebster Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

My parent's bough this from Costco, I think, when I was a kid. And oh I had such great fun reading this one over and over. It has such beautiful illustrations, and excellent stories with great morals. I highly recommend it to read with kids, or by yourself...because it's fun.

[Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kindness is its own reward.

[andyxo · Rating 4 out of 5]

The memories. This was one of my favorite books as a kid.

[Julie Winkler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great pictures to accompany the stories! Good assortment of beloved stories!

[Charles McGonigal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not very well-written and oddly uninteresting for such fanciful setups. Probably should have been warned when two of the stories depicted on the cover aren't in the book.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection has a wide variety of stories, and each one has a moral. The moral is explained at the end of the story.
This book includes:
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Brave Little Tailor
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Saint George and the Dragon
The Golden Goose
Demeter and Persephone
George Washington and the Cherry Tree
Thumbelina
A Brer Rabbit Story
Androcles and the Lion
The Brownie of Blednock
Icarus and Daedalus
The Wild Swans
Ali Baba
The Nightingale

If this book has one failing, it is that it doesn't include the origins of each story. I had no idea that The Wild Swans was by Hans Christian Andersen until I consulted the internet.

[Theresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

a good collection of retelling common stories good for bed time stories