Favourite Tales from Grimm and Andersen

No childhood is complete without reading—or better still, being read—the stories of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. This book combines tales from both of these classic sources, twenty-four from Grimm and eighteen from Andersen. The numerous colour illustrations, specially drawn by the late Czech artist Jirí Trnka, have a delicacy that these strange and wonderful tales so richly deserve. the result is a book which will charm readers of every age and win new friends for the world-famous originators of these tales.

Tales from the Brothers Grimm

• Briar Rose
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Cinderella
• The Wishing Table, The Gold-Ass and the Cudgel in the Sack
• Tom Thumb
• The Spirit in the Bottle
• The Grave-Mound
• The Master-Thief
• The Nix of the Mill-Pond
• Iron Hans
• Godfather Death
• Donkey Cabbages
• The Bremen-Town Musicians
• The Goose-Girl
• The Youth Who Would Not Shudder
• Rumplestiltskin
• Jorinda and Joringel
• Mother Holle
• Snow-White and Rose-Red
• The Water of Life
• The Seven Swabians
• Clever Grethel
• Hansel and Gretel
• The Frog Prince

Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

• The Tinder Box
• The Nightengale
• The Snow Queen
• The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
• The Fir-Tree
• The Real Princess
• The Ugly Duckling
• The Monkey-Box
• The Flying Trunk
• The Constant Tin Soldier
• Thumbykin
• The Travelling Companion
• The Emperor's New Clothes
• The Little Mermaid
• The Swineherd
• The Wild Swans
• Mother Elder
• The Toad