Gustaf Tenggren

A retelling of the medieval poem about a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the tales they tell each other. With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth...

A lion finds a cure for his hunger.

Features a collection of sea stories and poems with tales of treasure chests, stowaways, sea serpents, sea captains, and pirates.

Tales told at the fireside and in the woods, adapting such classical myths as Pandora's Box, Baucis and Philemon, and Perseus and Medusa to the storyteller's gothic or romantic environment.

Retells five of the best loved folk tales for children

A collection of twelve classic French fairy tales, including "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, " "Puss in Boots, " and "Blue Beard."