Tell it again—and again—and again! These twenty-eight stories have been favorites since our ancestors were very young: Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in Boots, The Sleeping Beauty, The White Snake, and all the rest. Now Gustaf Tenggren and Katharine Gibson have made them come alive for a new generation of children.
Tenggren has done sixty-eight illustrations in full color for the book's 216 pages, with all the glowing tones and fanciful imagery that characterize his work. Katharine Gibson has rewritten, simplified, and modernized the stories for today's children, but has retained the charm of older versions.
Gustaf Tenggren needs no introduction to the many who call his Mother Goose the loveliest of all time. Katharine Gibson of the Cleveland Art Museum is well known in the field of children's literature.
This is a book for those of all ages who like their stories to begin "Once upon a time..."
"If you are looking for an unusually beautiful edition of the world's best fairy tales, this is it."
—Boston Herald
"Illustrated by Tenggren with fantastic line and color that sets a new standard for children's books. We place this tops above all books for younger children we have seen in many months."
—Philadelphia Bulletin
—from the dust jacket
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