Traditional tales for boys [hardcover]

Ladybird Traditional Tales for Boys (Treasury) is a collection of famous children's stories. The book contains six most - famous stories, each of them being a household tale told to children throughout generations. Suitable both for girls and boys, this book recreates the age - old fables of heroes, magical creatures and adorable animals. The book includes the stories Jack and the Beanstalk, the Gingerbread Man, the Elves and the Shoemaker, the Three Billy Goats Gruff, the Three Little Pigs and the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Jack and the Beanstalk is an age - old tale of young Jack who climbs up a giant beanstalk which springs up out of some magic beans he receives from a stranger. Jack encounters a giant who is hungry and looking to eat. Will Jack escape this strange and dangerous predicament?

The Gingerbread Man is a classic tale of a living gingerbread, who has to escape many hungry pursuers and try to survive his life and as an edible live being. The Elves and the Shoemaker is also a wonderful tale of a poor shoemaker who is helped by a mysterious group of elves, who visit his store at night to make him great shoes. This helps him pull his family out of poverty. The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a fable about the town of Hamelin and its trouble with rat infestation. A mysterious Pied Piper appears and is promised a reward if he can get rid of the rats. The piper plays a tune which forces all the rats out of their hole. He makes them follow him to the sea and drowns them. But, the town reneges on the deal. The angry piper vows to return one day and cause pain to the town. What will he do and how will the town pay a heavy price for their treachery is the remaining mystery of the story.