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Following the initial success of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling published the collection of parables Just So Stories. He first entertained his own children with these delightful and humorous tales before deciding to write them down for publication. The stories are written in the form of what came to be also known as pourqoui (French for "why") stories, each explaining how and why things came to be as they are. From "How the Camel Got His Hump" to...
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Like Sleeping Beauty awakening from her 100-year slumber, these childhood favorites arise fresh and blooming every time they're read. This new compilation of some of the world's greatest fairy tales abounds in timeless stories of the struggle of good against evil, bravery in the face of overwhelming danger, and virtue rewarded with everlasting love. Told to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm almost two centuries ago by European storytellers, the tales possess...
13) Tops and bottoms
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Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
15) Puss in Boots
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A poor young man gains a fortune and meets a beautiful princess when his cat, the clever Puss, outwits an evil giant.
17) Puss in boots
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A translation of the French fairy tale about the cat who with a sack and a pair of boots gained a fortune for his master.
20) The three bears
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"An easy format retelling of the classic fairy tale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and the girl's visit to the bears' house. Original edition revised with new illustrations. Includes reading activities and a word list"--
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