Scholastic junior classics

Presents retellings of four Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales, including the title work about a mermaid who falls in love with a charming--though human--prince.

Presents seven tall tales about legendary American folk heroes including Paul Bunyan, Annie Oakley, and Johnny Appleseed.

A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

A king offers the choice of one of his daughters in marriage to the man who can discover why the twelve young women, supposedly safe in their rooms, wear through their dancing shoes every night.

Presents a retelling of the story of the Pied Piper, a mysterious man brought in to save the village of Hamelin from being overrun by rats, and who exacts a terrible revenge when the townspeople refuse to pay him.

Doctor Dolittle doesn't understand people, but he can talk to animals. His very best friends include a duck, a dog, a pig, and a parrot, and he has more pets than his house will fit!.

Presents a retelling of Kipling's classic story of Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle.

Tells the stories of ten adventures of the legendary Robin Hood and his band of loyal men.

A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Dorothy, swept from Kansas by a cyclone, is deposited over the rainbow in the magical land of Oz where she runs afoul of an evil witch who tries to keep Dorothy from finding her way back home.