Elsa Beskow

Princess Sylvie and her father, the king, go for a walk in the woods one day. Who will they meet there? Then Sylvie's dog Oskar runs off after a long-eared hare, and Sylvie's adventure begins.

Pelle has a lamb whose coat grows longer and longer, while Pelle's suit grows shorter! Pelle shears his lamb but he doesn't know what to do next. Pelle offers to do chores and run errands for his family and neighbors in exchange for their help to card, spin, dye and weave the wool. When the fleece has finally been made a fine blue cloth, Pelle asks one last favor -- for the tailor to make it into a smart new suit. This is a delightful story from the...

Rosalind must persuade the mighty king to part with his pet deer -- the same deer that once roved freely and that she loved to play with in the shade of her lime tree.

"Elsa Beskow's charming illustrations bring to life this classic Hans Christian Andersen tale of a thumb-sized girl who has big adventures. Thumbelina is so small she sleeps in a walnut shell bed with a rose petal sheet y, a toad steals her away from her home and keeps her captive on a lilypad, until some fish set her free to find her way through the countryside"--

Six year old Olle receives a pair of skis from his father and on his first ski trip meets Uncle Hoarfrost, and they travel to King Winter's castle meeting Old Woman Thaw along the way.