children's stories, english

Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include "How the Alphabet Was Made," "How the Camel Got His Hump," and "The Elephant's Child.".

A companion book that explores the worlds of the "Last Dragon Chronicles" providing secrets behind the seven books, insight into the characters, and discusses the inspiration behind the dragons, as well as the elements from the real world that inspired the books.

Five favorite stories by Charles Dickens, retold and illustrated in the form of comic strips.

Contains fifteen short stories and one novella by fantasy writer Diana Wynne Jones, including "The Plague of Peacocks," "Aunt Bea's Day Out," "The Fat Wizard," "No One," and "Everard's Ride.".

Presents Wilde's well-known Selfish Giant, Nightingale and the Rose, Devoted Friend, Happy Prince, Remarkable Rocket, and Young King.

Each of these stories touches on the idea of a twin, ghostly double of a live person, or a secret self.

Contains illustrated, narrative retellings of nine Shakespeare plays, including "Much Ado About Nothing," and "The Winter's Tale.".

Introduces Shakespeare and his literary creations through stories drawn from ten of his plays.

A collection of ten scary stories featuring a schoolboy with a talent for taxidermy, the highwayman of death, and other disturbing characters.

A boy growing up in a household where there is no love and no luck but always a shortage of money develops an uncanny ability to pick horse-race winners while furiously riding his wooden rocking-horse.