Galdone, Paul

A beautiful princess is reluctant to complete the bargain she made with the frog who recovered her golden ball from the bottom of a well.

In this adaptation of an American folktale, a greedy fat man eats everything in sight, including a cat, a dog, a rabbit, even a little boy and girl, until a clever squirrel gets the best of him and frees them.

When his seven years' wages in gold proves too heavy, Hans trades it for one thing after another until he arrives home empty-handed but convinced he is a lucky man.

A young man believes his sweetheart and her family are the three silliest people in the world until he meets three others who are even sillier.

Jack's simple-minded efforts to follow his mother's instructions have disastrous results until he makes a rich girl laugh.

A traditional Russian tale in which a wily beggar cleverly outwits three rich merchants by convincing them that his rabbit is really a magical servant.

An old nursery poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.

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

Jack climbs the great beanstalk that grows from the bean he bought and confronts a giant at the top.

Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.