Frank Carlson Library

When the poor shoemaker and his wife discover the two naked little elves who have helped them become successful, they sew fine outfits for them.

In this faithful retelling of the classic Grimm Brothers tale, the illustrations capture the kindness of the shoemaker and the magic of the two elves who help him.

Paul Galdone created hundreds of books in his lifetime. Many of his picture books quickly became accepted as the definitive version of traditional stories. Collected here are four of his most popular picture books: The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, The Little Red Hen, and Cat Goes Fiddle-i-fee. Parents who grew up with these whimsical retellings will enjoy revisiting them and sharing them with the family, bringing Galdone's timeless artistry and bright,...

Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain. Retells the traditional tale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge.

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

Three brothers who leave home because of a greedy goat, return to share with their father the magic rewards of their hard work.

As the gravedigger tells his wife how a band of cats marched into the cemetery to mourn their dead king, their own cat, Old Tom, listens with a strange intensity.

Three little kittens lose, find, soil, and wash their mittens.