Wanda Gág

A lonely old man and his wife want a cat to keep them company, but how to select one cat from a choice of hundreds, thousands, millions and billions and trillions?

Overview: In Snippy and Snappy, we are introduced to brother and sister field mice living with their mother and father in a cozy nook in a hay field. Their father enthralls them with stories about gardens in big fields, houses in big gardens, kitchen cupboards in big houses, and big yellow cheeses in big kitchen cupboards. One day Snippy and Snappy wander away from home while playing with their mother's yarn ball. Their journey takes them to a large...

An illustrated collection of thirty-two tales.

Left alone when his two visible brothers are chosen as pets by a little girl and boy, an invisible puppy tries to find a way to become a dog that everyone can see and love.

An earth gnome helps a hunter boy rescue three princesses who are trapped underground by many-headed dragons.

This edition of Tales from Grimm is a fantastic selection of 16 stories, decorated with Wanda Gág's splendid illustrations. Included, are such well-known and loved stories as 'The Frog Prince', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Cinderella', 'Snow White', and 'Rumpelstiltskin'. Wanda Gág (1893 – 1946), was an American artist, author, translator and illustrator, who won many awards for her intricate and ethereal black-and-white...

Chicka chicka boom boom: The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Five creatures: In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun. Wild about books: Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books. Inch by inch: To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale's song. Bonus stories:...

Caps for sale: A charming tale of the peddler whose stolen caps mean all kinds of monkey business. Other stories add to the collection. Millions of cats: A gentle old man looks for one cat for his lonely wife, and returns with "millions and billions and trillions of cats". Petunia: A silly goose learns that carrying a book under her wing doesn't make her knowledgeable. Leo the late bloomer: Leo is a late bloomer. Then he shows how glorious it is...

A charming tale of the peddler whose stolen caps mean all kinds of monkey business. Other stories add to the collection.