children's stories, english

Explores the true history, folklore, and mythology behind the magical practices, creatures and personalities that appear in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.

A seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of Winnie-the-Pooh, tracing the history of the beloved bear, inspired by a stuffed toy bought for creator A. A. Milne's son's first birthday, from 1926 through the early twenty-first century. Includes color artwork, original sketches, photographs, newspaper reports, and reproductions of manuscript pages.

Offers a glimpse into the life of Roald Dahl, author of "James and the Giant Peach," and tells the story of how the book was made into a movie.

Contains two stories about the spirit of Christmas--one in which a young boy encounters a ghost with a desperate message, and the other featuring a girl whose holiday is saved by an unruly neighbor and a pregnant cat.

Previously published stories assembled for this edition feature the teller's rambunctious little sister, her family, and friends.

By falling down a rabbit hole and stepping through a mirror, Alice experiences unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.

A collection of favorite stories by the English author known for her fanciful animal tales.

An illustrated retelling of Geoffrey Chaucer's famous work in which a group of pilgrims in fourteenth-century England tell each other stories as they travel on a pilgrimage to the cathedral at Canterbury.

Explains how J. K. Rowling interweaves myths, legends and folklore into the Harry Potter stories.