The Golden Treasury of Children's Literature
This was one of the books my parents read to me as a child, and we occasionally read stories from it. Please note that some of these stories may be considered too scary for young children.
 | author: bryna untermeyer rating:  asin: B000QYDNG8 binding: Hardcover |
Cinderella
K.Y. Craft has richly illustrated this classic fairy tale. In fact of all the versions of Cinderella we've read, this is our favorite, it's so beautiful.
 | author: K. Y. Craft rating:  asin: 1587170043 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.95 USD amazon price: $16.61 USD |
This brilliant edition of a timeless story is sure to become the favorite of a generation. Readers young and old will be enchanted by the vision and mastery of Kinuko Y. Craft's luminous paintings, inspired by the lavish artwork of late seventeenth-century France and embellished with extraordinary borders and ornamentation. Rich with radiant color and astonishing detail, here is a dream come true for anyone who has ever believed in living happily ever after.
The Sun Egg
The illustrations in this book are amazing, and I love how the beautiful little elf dances the creatures awake. There is some harsh language in this book that I just edit out every time I read it aloud, but otherwise it is a really sweet book that our (then) 4 year old loved to hear over and over.
 | author: Elsa Maartman Beskow rating:  asin: 0863151639 binding: Hardcover list price: $17.95 USD amazon price: $12.21 USD |
My Fairy Winter Wonderland
The story in this book is OK, we read it only once, and all the other times we just open it right up to be played with like a doll house. Ella (then 6) really loves to move all the paper fairy dolls around, it is perfect for some quiet alone play time.
 | author: Maggie Bateson rating: asin: 1405049944 binding: Hardcover list price: $21.63 USD amazon price: $21.63 USD |
The fairies of Snowberry Wood live in a sparkling world of ice and snow. Read their story, press out the fairy play pieces and unfold this magical world of frozen waterfalls, snowy markets and cosy cabins. Your fairies can go from scene to scene, zooming down ice toboggans, skating on the lake or playing in the toy and sweet emporium. With moving pieces including ballet dancers on a tiny stage and a ski lift, a complete miniature Cinderella storybook, and glitter on every sparkling, snowy scene!
Little House in the Highlands
This is truly an outstanding book that will appeal to a large audience. Our girls (then 10 and 7) hung on every word. I loved that this was about Laura Ingalls Wilder's great grandmother! There was a lot of research put into it and I loved reading all about Scotland, as my own mother was born there. I especially enjoyed how the author wove in retellings of fairy stories and myths. This is the first the series and we are very excited to continue on. PLEASE NOTE I am referring to the unedited version with the painted cover, not the one with the photographed cover (which amazon insists on linking to). I have not read both but I have heard that the 2nd version is considerably abridged.
 | author: Melissa Wiley rating:  asin: 0061148172 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $18.82 USD |
It's 1788 and Martha lives in a little stone house in Glencaraid, Scotland. Her father is Laird Glencaraid, which means Martha must behave like a young lady even when she would much rather run around the Scottish hillside!
Good Night Fairies
 | author: Kathleen Hague rating: asin: 1587171341 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $12.74 USD |
Children enamored with the notion of fairies will drink up Kathleen and Michael Hague's lush picture book like nectar. When a mother is asked by her child about how fairies spend their days and nights, she embarks on a dreamy account of these mysterious, magical creatures.
Elf Night (Picture Books)
 | author: Jan Wahl rating: asin: 1575055120 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.95 USD amazon price: $16.95 USD |
Hardbound Book - Raggedy Ann Stories By Johnny Gruelle
Each page has a small/large color illustration, so this is the perfect beginning chapter book - though we just read one story at a sitting and never went in any particular order. These are the classic stories (written roughly 80 years ago) about Raggedy, the endlessly cheerful doll and her adventures.
 | rating:  asin: B000SOVW3W binding: Unknown Binding |
Synopsis: A collection of Raggedy Ann stories, including "Raggedy Ann Rescues Fido," and "Raggedy Ann and the Kittens."
Publisher's Note:
Among the well-loved stories in this volume are how Marcella discover Raggedy Ann, the tale that explains the origin of her candy heart, her adventures on the rivers with a kite, and the dolls' rescue of Fido.
Raggedy Ann Stories includes the tale of Raggedy Ann's arrival in Marcella's nursery, the origin of her candy heart, the rescue of Fido, and other stories in which Raggedy Ann leads the dolls by her generous example. Full-color illustrations.
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth
 | author: Jane Yolen rating: asin: 0316957208 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 |
"According to certain tales, faeries leave the underworld once a year to join together in a faerie ring beneath the moonlight on All Hallow's Eve.One time during this magical celebration, a faerie boy meets a human girl, and the two become friends.Here is their story..."
Twig
This is a delightful classic, written in 1942. It is a chapter book (152 pages) that our (then) 5 year old loved so much that she requested it twice in one year. Twig builds a fairy house out of a tomato can and hopes a fairy will come "any minuet." Instead, a dear and cheeky little elf shows up, and magically changes her into an elf too. They have many simple, humorous adventures. We absolutely love this book!
 | rating: asin: 1930900058 binding: Hardcover list price: $18.95 USD amazon price: $12.89 USD |
Twig was just a plain, ordinary little girl who lived on the fourth floor of a "high sort of house" in the city. The back yard behind that house was Twig's little world. It was a bare little world, with nothing but a dandelion and a stream of drainpipe water to make it beautiful; with nobody but Old Boy, the ice-wagon horse, Old Girl, the cat, and the Sparrows, to keep Twig company. But one day, out in the alley, Twig found an empty tomato can, with pictures of bright red tomatoes all round it. When it was upside down, it looked like a pretty little house, just the right size for a fairy!
