Mirror, mirror, on the wall: Who is the fairest of them all? When the mirror answers Snow White, the beautiful princess's stepmother plans to kill her. The girl escapes and finds a new home with seven friendly dwarfs. But will the Wicked Queen discov...

One little piggy builds a house of straw. The second makes a house of sticks. But the third and smartest pig constructs his of bricks. Will the big, bad wolf be able to blow it down? Not by the hair of his chinny-chin-chin! Lavishly illustrated and l...

An unloved ducking grows up to become a beautiful swan in Hans Christian Andersen's timeless tale, which has inspired readers for more than 150 years. Lavishly illustrated and lovingly retold, these new Silver Penny Stories are sure to find a cherish...

Hugh Lofting's beloved story of the doctor who can talk to animals has long enchanted children. Though his fondness for pets drives away all his human patients, as a veterinarian, Doctor Doolittle has the magic touch. Join him, Polynesia, Jip the dog...

At first, Robinson Crusoe finds himself with little hope of survival when he is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. He begins to write in a journal of his fight to live, recording every incredible step forward and each miserable setback that b...

The respected Dr. Jekyll appears to have fallen under the spell of a disreputable character named Edward Hyde. Hyde has access to Jekylls bank account and Jekyll has named Hyde as his sole heir in a recently drafted will. And there is something even...

Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully retold, with all the drama intact. Young readers will thrill at Odysseus's adventures with the man-eating Cyclops; the enc...

Go down the crater of the volcano Snaefells. Follow the shadow just before the month of July. You will find your way to the center of the Earth. I did it. That mysterious message, found in a long-lost letter, propels a young man and his uncle on the...

From Icarus's legendary flight to Orpheus's trip to the underworld, this stunning edition brings to life 15 classic Greek myths. Easy to read and beautifully illustrated, it includes Heracles' mighty tasks, Pandora's box, King Midas's golden touch an...

Once upon a time, there were two brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, who gave the world some of the best-loved fairy tales ever written. From Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin to Snow White and The Brave Little Tailor, this charming anthology offers youn...