A well-known illustrator of children's books discusses her life and art.

Each letter of the alphabet is illustrated with a boy or girl playing with or using objects beginning with that letter.

Each letter of the alphabet is illustrated with a boy or girl playing with or using objects beginning with that letter.

A little girl's quest for Christmas leads her into the Great Snow Forest where she is joined in her search by a cat, a dog, a hawk, a fox, and a

Enraged at not being invited to the princess' christening, the thirteenth fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred ye

On her way to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandmother, Elisabeth encounters a sly wolf.

Setting out to visit her grandmother deep in the woods, Little Red Riding Hood soon suspects her basket of sweets isn't the only thing her new fr

A young girl ignores her parents' wishes and persuades her great-grandmother to relate the story of her escape from czarist Russia. The escape of

A little girl was not very good at playing Hide and Seek with her friends, but she was expert at finding castles, knights, pixies, and gnomes in

Describes the history and important ingredients of bread-making. Includes customs and legends about bread and discusses breads popular in differe

Banished for breaking a mechanical doll that replaced him as the king's favorite, a court musician rebuilds the doll in exile. When they are agai

A brother and sister walk through a wood into another world whose inhabitants are convinced that the girl is a descendant of a revered but nearly