Bernadette Watts
2) Varenka
Author
Publisher
North South
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Varenka lives contently in her cottage in the woods, until passersby warn her that war has broken out. Pack up a bundle and come along with us. But Varenka can't leave. Who will care for the children who wander and get lost in the forest? Who will shelter the animals and feed the birds when winter comes? Soon, Varenka shelters a young artist, an old farmer and his goat, and a lost child. And each night she prays for a wall to be built around her...
5) Rapunzel
Author
Publisher
Crowell
Pub. Date
[1975]
Language
English
Description
Retells the tale of the beautiful girl imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
6) The fir tree
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
A young fir tree in the forest can't wait to grow tall enough to be a Christmas tree, not realizing that that will end its life.
7) Tattercoats
Author
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by Holt
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Description
A once proud scarecrow becomes more and more bedraggled as the children neglect him during the winter months, and he loses hope of ever feeling happy again.
18) Snow White
Author
Language
English
Description
Now, when poor Snow White found herself alone in the big forest, she didn't know which way to turn, but she knew that she must run as far from the queen as she could go. There were so many strange noises in the forest--and the towering dark trees and their looming shadows looked fierce and ominous. She felt so frightened that she didn't know what to do, but she ran like the wind over sharp stones and through bramble bushes and across mountains. Sometimes...
20) The ragamuffins
Author
Series
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
A cock and a hen go in search of nuts and begin an adventure which proves them to be mischievous and irresponsible characters.