down to table an aged fairy was seen to enter, whom no one had thought to invite – the reason being that for more than fifty years she had never quitted the tower in which she lived, and people had supposed her to be dead or bewitched.
"Puss in Boots," "Blue Beard," "Tom Thumb," and other beloved fairy tale classics, as set down by the man who first rescued them from the oral tradition in the 17th century. Contains six color plates and 30 black-and-white illustrations.
The story of “Little Red Riding Hood” has always been a bit creepy: a wolf wants to eat a girl so badly he poses as her grandmother, who he also ate! But the original tale by the Brother Grimm has an even more unsettling narrative.
Discover classic stories with a creepy twist in this fiendishly frightening collection.
Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories
An illustrated retelling of three favourite nursery stories. Colin and Moira Maclean have together illustrated more than 50 books for children.
The series incorporates stories by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault and others.
These well-loved stories take on new energy as Lucy Cousins brings them to vivid life in a not-to-be-missed collection.