Baby & toddler (1-3): Ladybird tales series
Ladybird recommends
Cinderella £2.50
Poor Cinderella is forced to work for her wicked stepmother and ugly sisters until her fairy godmother appears. With a bit of magic can all her dreams come true?
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Rumpelstiltskin £2.50
When a miller tells the king that his beautiful daughter can spin straw into gold, she is locked in a room full of straw and told if she does not prove it, she will die. How will she escape this desperate fate?
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The Three Little Pigs £2.50
"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in" cries the wolf, knocking down the houses the little pigs have built from straw and sticks, eating them up. The third little pig is more clever and builds a brick house - what will the angry wolf do now?
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff£2.50
How do the three billy goats Gruff get to the greenest grass they've ever seen whilst avoiding an ugly old troll who lives under the only bridge that reaches it and who gobbles up anyone who dares cross?
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The Gingerbread Man £2.50
'Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!'. Cries the gingerbread man to the old woman, the old man, the cow and the horse as they chase him down the road. But when he gets to the river, he's no match for the sly old fox who has a cunning plan of his own to catch him!
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Hansel and Gretel £2.50
Abandoned in the depths of the forest, Hansel and Gretel discover a cottage made of cake and sweets. However, the cottage is owned by a witch in disguise and she wants to cook and eat them. How will they escape the wicked witch? Will they ever find home?
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs£2.50
'Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?' How will Snow White escape the wicked plots of her evil stepmother who is overcome with jealousy of Snow White's beauty.
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Little Red Riding Hood £2.50
When Little Red Riding Hood goes to visit her Grandmother's house in the forest, all is not quite as it seems. A cunning wolf has swallowed her Grandmother and disguised himself to trick Little Red Riding Hood - and then he's going to eat her too!
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Sleeping Beauty £2.50
The 13th fairy curses a new born princess and she is destined to prick her finger on her 18th birthday and die. Softened by a good fairy, she falls asleep for a hundred years instead. Only true love from a handsome prince can save her...
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The Elves and the Shoemaker£2.50
A poor shoemaker and his wife wonder what will become of them until one day their fortunes are turned. But who is behind it? Who are the mysterious cobblers and how can the shoemaker and his wife ever repay them?
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Jack and the Beanstalk £2.50
"Fee, fi, fo, fum I smell the blood of an Englishman!" When Jack discovers an enormous beanstalk growing in his garden, he climbs up and discovers a castle. A greedy, rich and bloodthirsty giant lives there and Jack must use his wits to escape.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears £2.50
When Goldilocks gets lost in the forest and happens upon an empty cottage, she quickly makes herself at home. She doesn't realise the three bears live there and they're on their way home for some porridge!
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Watch out for new publishing in this series in June!



















