Findley, Violet

An ugly duckling is excluded by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

Retelling of Aesop's fable about a tortoise whose slow but sure pace is rewarded with victory over a fast but boastful hare.

A retelling of the classic fairy tale in which three little pigs leave home to try their luck in the world, but they must outwit a hungry wolf.

A retelling of the fairy tale in which three billy goats outsmart a nasty troll.

By feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds, a girl proves that she is a real princess.

Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song.

A retelling of the classic story in which the little red hen finds that while none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, all of them are eager to eat the bread she makesfrom it.

A retelling of the classic fairy tale in which a freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.

A retelling of the fairy tale about a group of elves who help a shoemaker and his wife, who in turn repay the elves with kindness.

When the country mouse and the city mouse visit each other, they discover they prefer very different ways of life.