Marcia Brown

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

Tres soldados hambrientos burlan a los codiciosos aldeanos y les ofrecen un festín en este clásico basado en un antiguo cuento francés.

Retells the legend of the poor boy in medieval England who trades his beloved cat for a fortune in gold and jewels and eventually becomes Lord Mayor of London.

A young girl is mistreated by her stepmother and two stepsisters and, with the encouragement and assistance of her fairy godmother, overcomes a series of obstacles in order to fulfill her destiny.

Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen is indeed an amazing tale, the story of the magical adventures of two children, Kai and Gerda. It all begins with the shattering of a demon mirror. A splinter from it lands in Kai's eye and holds the secret of the Snow Queen's power, enabling her to spirit Kai away to her ice palace at the top of the world. There, deep in her thrall, he soon forgets his beloved playmate, Gerda. But Gerda does not forget. Carrying...

A collection of 115 poems by a variety of well-known authors with illustrations by nine Caldecott medalists.

After being accidentally launched on a dangerous and terrible voyage, a one-legged soldier finds his way back to his true love--a paper dancing girl.

Henry was an American boy who lived on the island of St. Thomas, in the blue Caribbean sea. More than anything in the world, Henry wanted to be a fisherman. No matter what he was doing, Henry thought of his father's boat, the Ariadne, and of how some day he wouls sail far out to sea. When the great day came, and Henry went on his first fishing trip, he had an adventure that not every boy had on a first trip. And after that Henry was, as his mother...

Three hungry soldiers outwit the greedy inhabitants of a village into providing them with a feast.

The first time Little Hippo is separated from his mother he hasa frightening encounter with a crocodile.