Author : Dionne, Wanda
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Stories in rhyme
ISBN : 9781455607556
Little Thumb recounts rhyming reasons why it really should not go into its owner's mouth.
Author : Charles Perrault
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 34,99 MB
Release : 2018-09-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781727395792
Along with the collections of Andersen, Lang, and the Brothers Grimm, the Fairy tales of Charles Perrault is among the great books of European fairy tales. These stories have been enjoyed by generation after generation of children in many countries, and are here, waiting to be enjoyed again. Little Thumb is the youngest of seven children in a poor woodcutter's family. His greater wisdom compensates for his smallness of size. When the children are abandoned by their parents, he finds a variety of means to save his life and the lives of his brothers. After being threatened and pursued by an ogre, Poucet steals his magic seven-league boots while the monster is sleeping... Includes a unique illustration!
Author : Charles Perrault
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 29,89 MB
Release : 1857
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN :
Author : Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher : Primento
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 19,50 MB
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 2511030349
Age: 8-9 years old Reading Level: 3rd grade The best illustrated fairytales for children! Once upon a time were a couple of woodcutters so poor that they tried to abandon their seven sons. Despite the attempts of the youngest one, the parents succeeded and the children were left on their own. They started looking for help, far from imagining the problems they would have to face... The collection "Once Upon a Time" offers a new and richly illustrated version of the most famous fairytales. EXCERPT Once upon a time, there lived in the forest a poor logger’s family with seven sons. The family had no food to eat so the mother and father decided to abandon the seven sons in the forest to fend for themselves. The youngest son, Little Thumb, who got his name because he was just the size of a thumb at birth, heard his mother and father talking. He decided to fill his pockets with pebbles and dropped them all along the path on their way to the forest. So the seven boys were able to find their way home. In the same collection: • Thumbelina • The Ugly Duckling • The Brave Little Tailor • The Tin Soldier • The Musicians of Bremen • Hansel and Gretel • Three Little Pigs • Beauty and the Beast • Goldilocks and the 3 Bears • Puss in Boots • Little Red Riding Hood • Sleeping Beauty • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs • Cinderella • Peter Pan
Author : Charles Perrault
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 20,82 MB
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8726668017
One man and his wife had seven children. However they were all so poor that the parents decided to leave their children in the forest. The smallest, Little Thumb, was the smartest and although he was often neglected, he managed to get his brothers out of trouble several times. Will he however succeed and save them when they end up in an ogre’s house or this will be beyond his power? Will they find their way home? Find out how the story ends in "Little Thumb". Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a French author. He is known for being a pioneer of the fairy tale genre, deriving his stories from traditional folk tales. His most famous stories include "Puss in Boots", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Cinderella". His stories have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with classic animated films like "Sleeping Beauty" and "Cinderella". His story "Puss in Boots" was the basis for the character from the animated films "Shrek 2" and "Puss in Boots".
Author : Anon E Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 31,16 MB
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 158 ÿ In this 158th story in the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the perennial fairy tale of Little Thumb ÿalso known as Tom Thumb. A poor woodcutter and his wife give birth to a seventh child and christen him Tom. He small in stature and is not as able to carry out tasks like his brothers. However, he does have brains....??. Download and read this story to find out how Tom uses his brains to improve his family?s fortunes. ÿ INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES ÿ Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. ÿ Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". ÿ It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through the Middle East and Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, can be altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture. ÿ
Author : Elizabeth Arkward Newton
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 2008-04
Category :
ISBN : 1434369684
This story is about a little boy who found consolation in sucking his thumb. Jamal sucked his thumb when he was nervous or scared. He sucked his thumb when he was happy or sad. He even sucked his thumb when he was mad. That is until he came up against Mr. Pepper. Mr. Pepper had magical fire power that only he could control. One day he sit fire to Jamal's thumb and would not put out the flame until Jamal promised never to suck his thumb again.
Author : Gabriella Ballarin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,99 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788809042650
Author : Dino Lingo
Publisher : Dino Lingo
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release :
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ISBN :
Author : Dr. Bhojraj Dwivedi
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 24,35 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 9788171822386
