The Three Bears features the famous ursine family that hosts an unexpected blond visitor - in a charming new version that captures the best of Robert Southey's 1837 original. Young children deserve to experience the classic nursery tales at their best. Norman Messenger has illustrated a little library that includes Jack and the Beanstalk by Rosemary Wells The Little Red Hen by Alan Garner and The Gingerbread Man by Barbara Baumgartner. The first books in the series have already received praise from press and parents alike.