Paul Galdone

A poor young man gains a fortune and meets a beautiful princess when his cat, the clever Puss, outwits an evil giant.

The Gingerbread Boy eludes the hungry grasp of everyone he meets until he happens upon a fox more clever than he.

Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain. Retells the traditional tale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge.

The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.

Three little kittens lose, find, soil, and wash their mittens.

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

A mistreated kitchen maid, with the help of her fairy godmother, attends the palace ball on the condition that she leave before midnight.

An old nursery poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.

An old English rhyme names all the animals a farm boy feeds on his daily rounds.

Paul Galdone created hundreds of books in his lifetime. Many of his picture books quickly became accepted as the definitive version of traditional stories. Collected here are four of his most popular picture books: The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, The Little Red Hen, and Cat Goes Fiddle-i-fee. Parents who grew up with these whimsical retellings will enjoy revisiting them and sharing them with the family, bringing Galdone's timeless artistry and bright,...