Vera Southgate

This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of "Chicken Licken" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, following Chicken Licken and his friends as they go to tell the king the sky is falling down. Other exciting titles in the "Ladybird Tales" series include "The Three Billy Goats Gruff", "Cinderella", "The Thre...

Fairy stories and traditional tales have a special place in the life of every child. Trust Ladybird to bring you all the best-loved titles in our famous small, hard-wearing format. This tale of The Little Red Hen is perfect for reading aloud, or for older, more confident readers to read by themselves. There are 24 Ladybird Tales to collect, so the only problem is which one to choose first!

This beautiful hardback "Ladybird" edition of "The Enormous Turnip" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and will always remember, these classi...

This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of "Dick Whittington" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with Dick setting off on his London adventure through to the loss of his cat and the riches his cat eventually brings him. Other exciting titles in the "Lad...

Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. These are based on the original Ladybird retellings, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved and will always remember these classic stories and sharing them together is an experience to tre...

The Princess and the Frog, as told by Brothers Grimm. Ladybird's 1973 retelling by Vera Southgate is a classic of its time and helped to bring the story to a new generation of children.

Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. This classic version of Cinderella is based on the original Ladybird retelling by Vera Southgate, with beautiful new illustrations of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. An essential part of any child's bookshelf, Ladybird Tales are...

This beautiful Ladybird Tales ebook edition of Hansel and Gretel is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with Hansel and Gretel being left in the woods and finding their way to a house made of sweets. But nothing is quite as it seems...

This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of "The Big Pancake" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. This cumulative tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with seven hungry boys waiting for their pancake to cook, through to the boys and other people and animals chasing the pancake all the way to the...

One of Charles Perrault's most popular Mother Goose tales is brought to stunning new life When a miller's youngest son inherits nothing but a cat, he thinks he might as well make himself a hat out of it. What else would it be good for? But this is no ordinary cat - and one of the first things she demands is a handsome pair of boots.