A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother's instructions much too literally.

When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.

Epossumondas's mother tells him a story about how his great-great-grandfather became the first possum to have a hairless tail.

A retelling of the classic story of Chicken Licken, who has an acorn fall on his head and runs in a panic to his friends Henny Penny, Lucky Ducky, and Loosey Goosey, to tell them the sky is falling.

Publisher Annotation: Robin Goodfellow. Puck. Prankster, joker, raven, fool? King Oberon?s right-hand jester from A Midsummer Night?s Dream. The legends are many, but the truth will now be known, as Puck finally tells his own story and faces a threat from a time before Faery began. A threat that brings him face-to-face with a new enemy?himself. With the Iron Queen Meghan Chase and her prince consort, Puck?s longtime rival Ash, and allies old and new...

When Little Boy is frightened by a squeaky bedroom door, his grandmother brings in various animals to help him feel secure enough to sleep. Includes notes on the story's origins.

In this update of the classic fable, City Mouse and his cousin, Country Mouse, exchange visits and, although they find many things to like in each other's homes, they quickly learn that each prefers his own.

Presents the authors' retellings of more than ten traditional tales accompanied by information on origins and different versions.

Originally published in 1853, author Nathaniel Hawthorne delivers a vibrant selection of mythological tales inspired by some of the most popular figures in Greek lore. Tanglewood Tales is filled with whimsical characters and their fantastical stories. Nathaniel Hawthorne brings Ancient Greek mythology to life in this collection of Tanglewood Tales. The author reinterprets the stories for a younger audience with a broad appeal. The book contains heroes...