Blair, Eric

Relates episodes from the life of Johnny Appleseed, a peaceful man who roamed the West for fifty years planting and tending to the trees that bore his favorite fruit, the apple.

After putting on a lion disguise, a silly donkey amuses himself by frightening all of the animals in the forest until he meets a clever fox.

After meeting a well-fed dog, a half-starved wolf is ready to exchange his life in the wild for the daily comforts of food and shelter until he learns that a full belly is not worth the price of freedom.

When a thirsty crow cannot drink from a pitcher because the water level is too low, she uses her ingenuity to solve the problem.

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

An easy-to-read retelling of the classic tale of a beautiful princess who makes a promise to a frog which she does not intend to keep.

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.

Enraged at not being invited to the princess's christening, a wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years.

An easy-to-read retelling of a classic tale in which a strange man spins straw into gold, asks a huge reward, and offers a seemingly impossible way out of the deal.

An easy-to-read retelling of a classic tale of a kindly but poor shoemaker who gets unexpected help with his work.