This gorgeous Ladybird treasury of eight classic, traditional tales is guaranteed to delight and entertain young children. Each favourite fairy tale or story has been sensitively retold for modern readers. An ideal gift, it also comes with a ribbon page marker and foil on the cover.

The stories included are: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, The Magic Porridge Pot, Little Red Hen and The Ugly Duckling.

This book has been graded for interest at 3-7 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2011 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Mandy Archer is a freelance editor and writer. She has developed a host of titles for all age groups ranging from baby cloth books to teenage fiction. Puffin Books is the children's imprint of British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s it has been among the largest publishers of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world. Bethan James, a former teacher and youth worker, has written a number of books for children. She lives with her husband and children in a rural part of England. Estelle Corke is based in the west of England, where she lives with her husband and young daughter. She works in guache, watercolour and pen and ink.