Eric Kincaid

This book forms part of our 'Pook Press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature. 'The Wind in the Willows' is a true classic of Children's literature, penned by Kenneth Grahame and first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the English Thames valley - a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality...

A mistreated kitchen maid, with the help of her fairy godmother, attends the palace ball on the condition that she leave before midnight. This version of the fairy tale includes large type and two pages of pre-reading activities.

When a little man reappears to claim the first-born child promised him by the Queen in exchange for his help in spinning straw to gold, he gives her a chance to keep the child if she guesses his name.

An angry fairy who feels slighted because she was not invited to a princess' christening casts a spell over the royal baby which will cause the princess to prick her finger and die.

A beautiful princess survives the murderous rage of her wicked stepmother with the help of seven kindly little men.

A busy hen's lazy friends, though unwilling to help her plant or harvest her wheat, are eager to help eat the bread she makes from it.

A boy who can never do anything right becomes rich in spite of himself. This version of the traditional tale includes large type and two pages of pre-reading activities.