Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

Three little pigs leave home to seek their fortunes and have to deal with a wicked wolf.

Why are cats and mice enemies? Why do cats always land on their feet? Are cats as smart as they seem? Here's a story behind each of these feline traits. For centuries, people everywhere, from Tibet to Oman to Scotland to the United States, have been fascinated with cats and their intriguing personalities. In this captivating collection, New York Times best-selling author Jane Yolen has gathered and adapted cat stories, sayings, and nursery rhymes...

The youngest of a merchant's three sons proves that he is not as foolish as he was thought to be when he trades a sackful of onions for a fortune in diamonds.

Easy-to-read text relates a tiny boy's adventures in a cow's mouth, a fish's belly, on the back of a mouse, and at a king's table.

A retelling of how the Manx cat lost its tail in the door of Noah's ark.

Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.

From the serpentine"Champie" of Lake Champlain to the venerable "Nessie" of Loch Ness, extraordinary--and unexplained--creatures of the deep have been reported in sightings throughout the twentieth century. Now, two of the world's leading cryptozoological investigators provide a globetrotting field guide to when, where, and what kind of mysterious aquatic beasts have gripped the public--and sometimes the scientific--imagination. Filled with comprehensive...

Traditional and modern-day tales and "jump" stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, haunts, superstitions, monsters and horrible scary things.