100 Greatest Stories for Young Children

The best-loved tales, by the best storytellers ever! A bear who loves honey, a mischievous little bunny, a mean giant who turns nice, nimble deer and mice, a magical man who helps, genies and elves, friends who've got your back, clucks and quacks, a throne with secret powers, a pot that cooks for hours, eggs of gold, courtiers bold, a tail on fire, a really bad liar, wishing trees and, of course, princesses and peas... These are only a few of the things you will read about in this super collection of favourite stories. And, within its covers, this book has a hundred tales – by Beatrix Potter and Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm, R.K. Narayan and Oscar Wilde, among others – besides a pick of the top ones from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Panchatantra, the Jatakas, the Kathasaritasagara and other classics. That's why this must-have treasury of fun adventures, fairy tales, fables, folklore and more, peppered with illustrations, is perfect every time you want to explore the world of great storytelling. Look in the book for stories by: A. A. Milne, Aesop, Anna Sewell, Beatrix Potter, Charles Dickens, E. Nesbit, Enid Blyton, Flora Annie Steel, Francis Hodgson Burnett, Hans Christian Andersen, Lewis Carroll, Margery Williams, Mark Twain, Nathanial Hawthorne, Oscar Wilde, R.K. Narayan, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling, Somadeva, Sukumar Ray, The Brothers Grimm, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, and more...