This collection tells the stories of some of the most popular classical ballets. The tales are full of drama, excitement, and humour, from the fairytale splendour of "The Song of the Nightingale" and the classic romanticism of "Swan Lake", to the rural comedy of "The Girl who Needed Watching".

 

This book is part of a book series called Kingfisher Mini Treasury .

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Pan Macmillan .

Antonia Barber's The Ghosts was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and filmed as The Amazing Mr Blunden . The Mousehole Cat was a finalist for the Smarties Prize, winner of the 1990 British Book Award and Commended for the 1991 Kate Greenaway Medal; it was later made into an animated film. In 1993 Tales from Grimm was selected for Child Education Best Collections of the Year.