Forest Lakes Community Library

A collection of tales of magic, princesses and princes, wicked giants, and peasants, to awaken the child to the power of his heart.

"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the castle.

Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. "Even in the future, beware of the big, bad wolf . . . . Cinder, the cyborg machechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She is trying to break out of prison--even...

That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. 'My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child.' I stopped. So begins this richly entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who wants nothing more than to be free of Lucinda's...

Retellings of twenty of Shakespeare's best known plays, using the playwright's own words when possible.

A cunning cat wins for his master a castle, a fortune, and the hand of a princess.

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.

An easy-to-read abridgement of the classic tale of Peter Rabbit's mischievous cousin, Benjamin Bunny, who persuades him to go back to Mr. McGregor's garden to retrieve the clothes he lost there.

A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of animals until he meets a clever fox.