Michael Hague's Read-to-Me Book of Fairy Tales

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From once upon a time to happily ever after, these are the fairy tales everyone knows and loves. A girl who is as tiny as your thumb . . . a princess who kisses a frog . . . the transformative power of a fairy godmother . . . an entire castle under an evil spell for one hundred years . . . an ugly duckling who becomes a graceful swan . . . these are timeless stories that beg to be read over and over again.

Each enchanted fairy tale in this collection was selected and illustrated in full color by master artist Michael Hague. Compiled especially for reading aloud to the youngest child, this collection will allow readers to rediscover all the magic in these beloved childhood classics.

Author Bio

Michael Hague is one of America''s foremost illustrators and is renowned as the illustrator of many children''s classics. An honors graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, he has been influenced by a variety of artistic styles, ranging from the work of the Disney Studios to the Japanese printmakers Hiroshige and Hokusai. He has been particularly influenced by the turn-of-the-century illustrators Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, N. C. Wyeth, and Howard Pyle, and he is an avid collector of their books. Michael Hague lives with his wife, Kathleen, a writer of books for children, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.