My Favourite Fairy Tales

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This humorous and imaginative collection of classic fairy tales is ideal for reading aloud to young children. The collection consists of seven easy-to-read stories with hilariously detailed accompanying illustrations: Beauty and the Beast, Fairy Gifts, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, Rumpelstiltskin, Sweet Porridge, The Hedley Kow and The Musicians of Bremen.

Reviews

"A humorous and imaginative collection of fairytales ideal for reading aloud to young children...hilariously detailed illustrations." * Nursery Education *
"Tony Ross' energetic illustrations are big, action-packed, bright and can't help but draw in the young audience." -- Keith Dudhnath * The Bookbag *
"Ross is one of our best-loved comic illustrators. Every line of his dazzling drawings quivers with comical intensity of feeling. Accessible, funny and direct. Not to be missed." -- Amanda Craig * Times *
"Best-selling illustrator Tony Ross brings zest to this original mixture of familiar favourites and less well-known stories." -- Julia Eccleshare * LoveReading *
"Hilarious detail in both the text and the illustration which truly does leap off the page" -- Louise Ellis-Barrett * armadillomagazine.com *

Author Bio

Tony Ross (Author, Illustrator) Tony Ross has been illustrating books for 50 years, and has been published all over the world. He is perhaps best known for his much-loved Little Princess series, which has been adapted for TV and is currently showing on Channel 5's Milkshake, and for his collaboration on David Walliams best-selling childrens books. Tonys books have been shortlisted for the The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (Slug Needs a Hug) and the Kate Greenaway (Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Tiggers), and Tadpoles Promise won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize. He was named as the best-selling illustrator in the UK for three years in a row, and he is the UKs libraries' most-borrowed illustrator. He lives in Macclesfield.