Fairy Tales & Folklore

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book...

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book...

"Refilwe, Refilwe, let down your locks, So I can climb the scraggy rocks!" In a cave high up on a craggy cliff, beautiful Refilwe is allowed to see no one but the witch who locked her away. One day, Prince Tumi hears Refilwe singing as he is riding his...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823450817Author Diane ZahlerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 323gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 146mm *...

The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold by Carole Bloch and illustrated by Shayle Bester. The Three Billy Goats Gruff are hungry and tired of living in the dusty and thorny veld. Just across the bridge there is a koppie covered in sweet, green grass that they...

The little girl who didn't want to grow up retold by Veronique Tadjo and illustrated by Catherine Groenewald. Little Ayanda loves her father with all her heart. One day he goes away, and doesn't return. She is so sad that she decides she doesn't want to...

In this whimsical picture book with illustrations by beloved award-winning illustrator Tomie dePaola, the classic Russian Baba Yaga witch story gets an American twist.In Santa Fe, young Manuela finds herself in the cooking pot of Alice Nizzy Nazzy. Can...

In this clever and playful fractured fairy tale picture book, the Big Bad Wolf is so distracted by Little Red's poorly written thank you note to her grandmother that he keeps missing the chance to eat her!Once upon a time, Little Red received a bold new...

Little Red Reading Hood loves--you guessed it--reading! She applies everything she learns from books to the real world. So, when she sets off to take her sick grandmother a homemade treat, she's prepared for anything that comes her way. In keeping with...

In this adorable reimagining of the beloved classic, Wee Bear is on the hunt for something new to read. As he sets off through the woods, he stumbles upon Goldibooks's house. While she and her parents are out for a walk, Wee Bear makes himself at home...

Courageous Cleo and couch potato Cornelius live in ancient Egypt, where cats lie around all day, being pampered like gods and goddesses. One day Cornelius accidentally boards a boat headed to the faraway city of Rome, and Cleo sets off on a quest to find...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781896580548Author Vi HughesFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Tradewind BooksPublisher Tradewind BooksWeight(grams) 292g

The Ugly Duckling retold by Sindiwe Magona and illustrated by Natalie Hinrichsen. The poor ugly duckling looks very different from the other ducklings. His duck family tease him and make him feel unwanted even though he simply wants to be loved and...

Little Red Hen is feeling peckish and decides to make bread; she asks her friends for help but they all refuse. Will she have to do everything by herself? Engaging and beautifully illustrated, this story teaches children the importance of lending a...

Once upon a time a baby princess was born. The kingdom's fairies blessed her with happiness, luck, cleverness, kindness and beauty . . . but one wicked fairy was angry at having been left out of the celebration and placed a wicked curse on the little...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823453207Author G. Z. SchmidtFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 139mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735843271Author Brothers GrimmFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint North-South BooksPublisher North-South Books

From award-winning Cow Boy Is Not a Cowboy author Gregory Barrington comes a twist on a fairytale in need of a serious retelling! Once upon a time, Goldilocks sat peacefully until she heard...one knock!...two knocks!...three knocks! at her door.That day...

The classic nursery rhymes we know and love - upside-down, backward, in gibberish, and fresh out of bounds - as only Jon Scieszka could stage them.Mother knows best, but sometimes a little nonsense wins the day. Inspired by Dadaism's rejection of reason...

This colorfully illustrated multicultural Korean children's book presents Korean fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a vibrant literary culture.Korean Children's Favorite Stories is a captivating collection of Korean folktales for...

This side-splitting spin on a favourite fairy tale is full of wit and humour.So, you think you know the story of Cinderella? Well, you'd better think again because in this hilarious laugh-out-loud tale, nothing is what it seems. Did you know that...

More funny, clever trickster tales from India.Prince Veera's great-uncle, Raja Apoorva, invites the prince and his best friend, Suku, to the summer festival in Peetalpur, where they participate in some of the competitions. Can they make the peahen sing,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735845121Author Alan DrummondFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint North-South BooksPublisher North-South Books

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780794443702Author Editors of Studio Fun InternationalFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Studio Fun InternationalPublisher Studio Fun InternationalSeries...

More of Andrew Matthews' classic retellings of Shakespeare's best-loved plays, illustrated by the award-winning Tony Ross. This special anniversary edition contains A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Hamlet and Henry V, reissued to celebrate 450...

"Andrew Lang and his associates managed to break the stranglehold of the pious sentimentality handed out to children by collecting-from all over the world-fairy tales of all people, and bringing out the volumes we all know and love."-Kirkus Reviews The...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474871747Author Parragon Books LtdFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Paper RocketPublisher ParragonWeight(grams) 140gDimensions(mm) 193mm * 130mm * 16mm

The definitive collection of British and Irish folktales from master storyteller and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland.Rich and strange, these eerie and magical folktales from across Britain and Ireland have been passed down from generation to generation, and...

A beautiful gift edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales featuring five classic stories, charmingly retold in rhyming verse with stunning illustrations.Follow Little Red through the woods, where she encounters a wolf! Find out what happens when Hansel and Gretel...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997449945Author Shonna SlaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Amaretto PressPublisher Amaretto PressSeries Fairy-Tale InheritanceWeight(grams)...

This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Philippine fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a rich storytelling culture.Filipino Children's Favorite Stories presents thirteen well-loved myths and tales from...

A hilarious cautionary tale about greed, gold and the grasping of power - in time for the US election in November.Meet Trumplestiltskin, a vain and gold-obsessed little man with tiny hands who will stop at nothing to become richer and more powerful...

A hilarious cautionary tale about greed, gold and the grasping of power - in time for the US election in November.Meet Trumplestiltskin, a vain and gold-obsessed little man with tiny hands who will stop at nothing to become richer and more powerful...

It's spring and Pippa and Pelle are getting their garden ready for the new year. They dig the earth and plant some little seeds.In the spring sunshine the seeds soon begin to grow, bringing friendly ladybirds, caterpillars and butterflies to the garden...

The start of an exciting series filled with Caribbean folklore and daring adventure. Corinne La Mer claims she isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters made up by parents to...

Has the big bad wolf finally met his match? Find out in this brilliant book of bad wolves, plucky pigs and truly great grandmas. A fabulous twist on two classic fairly tales: Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs.The pig lives in a house in...

A simple, humorous retelling of the classic fairy tale with fun and fresh illustrations by Ed Bryan.Cinderella works hard to clean the house and look after her nasty stepsisters, but when the rest of the family go to a Royal Ball, Cinderella is left...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award 2014.Book InformationISBN 9780375866890Author Margaret McNamaraFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Random House...

Jack and Lilly are no strangers to heroics. They've befriended dragons, battled giants, and even earned the loyalty of a goblin army. So when they meet Zita the Spacegirl, fresh from her interplanetary travels and seeking their help to face a new threat,...

Ten captivating stories of adventure and resilience celebrating LGBTQ+ characters, published as an illustrated collection of queer classics for the first time.These are the fairy tales that history forgot - or concealed. Tales in which gender is fluid...