Sanderson, Ruth

A collection of traditional nursery rhymes, including suchfamiliar verses as "Jack and Jill," "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,""Little Boy Blue," "Old King Cole," and many more.

Seeking someone to care for his motherless kittens, Papa Gatto, advisor to the Prince, hires a beautiful, but lazy girl, and then her plain, but loving stepsister.

Three princes go on a quest to the Heart of the World to save their drought-ravaged kingdom.

The youngest of three sons outwits the fairy thieves who stole his mother's tapestry and marries one of the fairies he has rescued.

A bear, befriended by two sisters during the winter, returns one day to reward them royally for their kindness.

Retells the tale of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered.

Although she is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, a kind-hearted young woman manages to attend the palace ball with the help of her fairy godmother.

Despite the warnings of her parents, Father Frost and Mother Spring, the Snow Princess fall in love with a human and risks losing her immortatily.