Marcia Brown

As it magically changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.

Three clever soldiers devise a plan to get food and lodging from the selfish inhabitants of a French village during the time of Napoleon.

A timid jackal becomes king of the forest by virtue of his extraordinary color.

Two hungry travelers use a stone as a soup starter as a way of demonstating sharing.

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and the whole town enjoys a feast. Este viejo cuento francés relata la historia de unos soldados que regresan hambrientos a casa. Al pasar por una aldea piden algo de alimento, pero los avaros aldeanos han escondido todas las provisiones. Los soldados idean una ingeniosa treta que les permite comer. --Publisher

In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper. The illustrations set the story in 1920s London.

Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal.

In this newly illustrated edition of the Andersen classic, eleven brothers who have been turned into swans by their evil stepmother are saved by their beautiful sister.