True classics are enjoyed by generation after generation of young readers. These classic stories, with rich illustrations, will be welcome in every collection.
This book is part of a book series called World Classics .
There are 28 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by The ChoiceMaker Pty Limited .
The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, were German professors whose collections of folk tales and fairy tales have been loved for generations. Joy Cowley has written hundreds of stories for children, some of which are published all over the world.
This book contains the following story:
Thumbelina
Thumbelina is so small she sleeps in a walnut shell bed with a rose petal sheet. One day, a toad steals her away from her home to marry his son and keeps her captive on a lilypad, until she is rescued by a beetle who takes her back to his family. She runs away into the forest only to be met by a mole who thinks she is so lovely he must marry her. Eventually Thumbalina escapes on the back of a swallow.
