Showing results for "Weston" in Classics

Three clever soliders devise a plan to get food and lodging from the selfish inhabitants of a French village during the time of Napoleon.

To keep from being eaten, a resourceful inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

A witty retelling of a well-known fairy tale features the adventures of two children who are abandoned in the forest and lured into the clutches of a witch by her confection cottage. By the creator of the George and Martha series.

Sendak's classic comic fantasy of Mickey's adventures in the night kitchen tells us how we get our morning cake.

Strega Nona's meddling assistant Big Anthony is determined to prove to the townspeople his knowledge of the magic secrets contained in the pasta pot of Strega Nona. In so doing, he unleashes a torrent of pasta which threatens to engulf their little Italian town.

James Marshall retells the familiar tale in which one of three pigs survives a wolf's attacks by using his head.

Peter wanders around his neighborhood enjoying the snowy city weather.

A little girl befriends an invisible creature named a "crumbpicker".

Harold draws an enchanted garden, only to discover that nothing can grow there because of the machinations of a Giant Witch.

Red Riding Hood encounters an urbane wolf on the way to her sick grandmother's house.

Little Tim lived in a house by the sea. He wanted very much to be a sailor, but his parents said he was much too young and must wait for years and years, until he was grown up. So when Tim got a chance to stow away on a steamer, of course he jumped at it, little expecting the hard work, the stormy sea, and the sinking ship to come!

What happened in the house that Jack built? It all started with the cheese that lay in the house that Jack built. And then came the rat that ate the cheese and the cat who killed the rat. Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator Simms Taback brings his distinctive humor and creativity to the beloved story of Jack and the house that he built. There is even a special guest star at the end of this humorous and unique interpretation of an age-old classic.

A moving musical score helps bring to life this unforgettable story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

A little rabbit is lulled to sleep surrounded by all that he knows and loves best in the great green room of his house.

A sturdy, well tended little house standing on a hill in the countryside watches the days, nights, and seasons come and go as the town around her grows and develops before her.

When the poor shoemaker and his wife discover the two naked little elves who have helped them become successful, they sew fine outfits for them. The classic fairy tale of elfin magic that generations of children have loved.

“Out on the islands that poke their rocky shores above the waters of Penobscot Bay, you can watch the time of the world go by, from minute to minute, hour to hour, from day to day . . .” So begins this classic story of one summer on a Maine island from the author of One Morning in Maine and Blueberries for Sal. The spell of rain, the gulls and a foggy morning, the excitement of sailing, the quiet of the night, the sudden terror of a hurricane, and, in the end, the peace of the island as the family packs up to leave are revealed in poetic language.

An affectionate and quick-thinking boa constrictor saves the day during a burglary and receives a medal.

Big diesel machines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his little old steam shovel, Mary Anne, out of business until Mike agrees to tackle a big job.

In this charming classic story, Harry, the little white dog with black spots, runs away before bath time and plays outside until he changes into a black dog with white spots.