This is a beautifully illustrated and lavishly produced collection of favourite stories and classic rhymes. Ian Beck's illustrations are known and loved throughout the world. This unmissable new story collection is destined to become a children's classic, and brings together five well-loved fairy tales, each beautifully illustrated in its own distinct period and style. This is a soothing selection of night-time poetry and verse complements the stories, to create the perfect book for bedtime. It is a wonderful new classic from a best-selling artist, whose book sales exceed one million copies. It contains stories and rhymes that are essential childhood reading - from Cinderella, to Beauty and the Beast, and The Emperor and the Nightingale. Perfect to share, this is a comforting and happy collection that takes the child reader into a vividly imagined and appealing fairytale world.