Classics of Children's Literature Book

Preface.

Introduction.

Charles Perrault (1623-1703).

The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods. Little Red Riding-hood. Blue Beard. The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots. Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper.

Mme Le Prince de Beaumont (1711-1780).

Beauty and the Beast.

John Newbery (1713-1767).

I won’t be my father’s Jack. Three wise men of Gotham. There was an old woman. Ding dong bell. Little Tom Tucker. Se saw, Margery Daw. Great A, little a. High diddle diddle. Ride a cock horse. Cock a doodle doo. Jack and Gill. Hush-a-by baby. Little Jack Horner. Pease-porridge hot. Jack Sprat. Tell tale tit. Patty cake, patty cake. When I was a little boy. This pig went to market. There was a man of Thessaly. Bah, bah, black sheep. There were two blackbirds. Boys and girls come out to play. Dickery, dickery, dock.

The Brother's Grimm (Jacob, 1785-1863; Wilheim, 1786-1859).

Snow-white. The Frog Prince. Hansel and Gretel. Rumpelstiltskin. Mother Hulda. The Bremen Town Musicians. Aschenputtel. The Fisherman and His Wife. The Brave Little Tailor. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids. Rupunzel. The Robber Bridegroom. The Almond Tree. The Sleeping Beauty.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875).

The Snow Queen: A Tale in Seven Stories. The Little Mermaid. The Princess and the Pea. The Tinder Box. The Little Match Girl. The Swineherd. The Emperor's New Clothes. The Steadfast Tin Soldier. The Ugly Duckling.

Heinrich Hoffman (1809-1894),

Struwwelpeter.

Peter Asbjörnsen and Jörgen Moe (1812-1885; 1813-1882).

East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon. The Three Billy-goats Gruff.

Edward Lear (1812-1888).

There was an Old Man in a tree. There was an Old Man in a boat. There was an Old Person of Philoe. There was an Old Man of the Dee. There was an Old Man who said, “How.” There was an Old Man who said, “Hush!” There was an Old Person of Bangor. There was an Old Man with a beard. The Owl and the Pussy-Cat. The Dong with a Luminous Nose.

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888).

Little Women.

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898).

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Mark Twain (1835-1910).

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894).

Treasure Island.

Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916).

Tom Tit Tot. Jack and the Beanstalk. The Story of the Three Little Pigs. The Story of the Three Bears. Henny-Penny. Molly Whuppie. Lazy Jack. Johnny-Cake. Master of All Masters.

Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932).

The Wind in the Willows.

James M. Barrie (1860-1937).

Peter Pan.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936).

The Jungle Books.

Beatrix Potter (1866-1943).

The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

L.M. Montgomery (1874-1942).

Anne of Green Gables.

Margery Williams Bianco (1880-1944).

The Velveteen Rabbit.

E.B. White (1899-1985).

Charlotte’s Web.

Index of Authors, Titles, and First Lines.