New York, 1966. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior) Comics. Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ("The Arabian Nights"), and one of the best known. Aladdin is an impoverished young ne'er-do-well in a Chinese town, who is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb, who passes himself off as the brother of...
New York, 1957. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior) Comics. Two china figurines (a shepherdess and a chimney sweep) stand side by side on a table top. They are in love. Their romance is threatened, however, by the carved mahogany figure of a satyr called "General-clothes-press-inspector-head-superintendent-Goat-legs" living on a nearby cabinet who wants the shepherdess...
New York, 1958. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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Two lizards scramble about the entrance to the Elf Mound, commenting on the hustle and bustle within. They have heard the elf maidens are practicing new dances and both wonder the reason why. An old maid elf hurries out and summons a raven to deliver invitations to an important event. The elf maidens begin...
New York, 1955. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. A vain Emperor who cares about nothing except wearing and displaying clothes hires two swindlers who promise him the finest, best suit of clothes from a fabric invisible to anyone who is unfit for his position or "hopelessly stupid". The Emperor's ministers cannot see the clothing themselves, but pretend that...
New York, 1956. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. The Emperor of China learns that one of the most beautiful things in his empire is the song of the nightingale. When he orders the nightingale brought to him, a kitchen maid (the only one at court who knows of its whereabouts) leads the court to a nearby forest where the bird is found. The nightingale agrees...
New York, 1955. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior) Comics. On his birthday, a boy receives a set of 25 toy soldiers and arrays them on a table top. One soldier stands on a single leg, having been the last one cast from an old tin spoon. Nearby, he spies a paper ballerina with a spangle on her sash. She too is standing on one leg and the soldier falls in love. That...
New York, 1953. — 33 p. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. "The Ugly Duckling" (Danish: Den grimme ælling) is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875). The story tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from the others around him until, much to his delight (and to the surprise of others), he matures...
New York, 1956. — 33 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior)
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The Wild Swans is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who tries to rescue her eleven brothers from a spell cast by the evil queen. In this fairy tale, eleven princes are turned into swans and their only sister, Princess Elise, must gather nettle and make it into thread to weave...
New York, 1955. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior) Comics. Follow the adventures of Thumbelina as she encounters toads, butterflies, bees, mice, moles and swallows on her quest to marry The King of the Flowers. Thumbelina is content to spend her days rowing in a boat made from a tulip petal and sleeping in a cradle made from a polished walnut shell. Then one horrible...
New York, 1972. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. Dorothy is a young orphaned girl raised by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in the bleak landscape of a Kansas farm. She has a little black dog Toto, who is her sole source of happiness on the dry, gray prairies. One day the farmhouse, with Dorothy and Toto inside, is caught up in a cyclone and deposited in a field...
New York, 1968. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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A high-spirited tale of a resourceful soldier who unwittingly serves his king Beautifully illustrated, this classic tale will capture children's interest and spark their imagination inspiring a lifelong love of literature and reading.
New York, 1953. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Cinderella is a must for any child's library, one of the best-loved fairy tales of all time Cinderella is the classic story of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother who helps her to meet the prince of her dreams. It is a fairy tale magic to treasure forever. There is...
New York, 1960. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
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Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1945. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
A timeless tale of adventure, heart, mischief, and family, Pinocchio is one of the most renowned childrens books of all time. Since its publication in 1881, there have been countless editions.
New York, 1969. — 30 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior) Comics. In the tale, three anthropomorphic bears – "a Little, Small, Wee Bear, a Middle-sized Bear, and a Great, Huge Bear" – live together in a house in the woods. Southey describes them as very good-natured, trusting, harmless, tidy, and hospitable. Each of these "bachelor" bears has his own porridge bowl, chair, and...
New York, 1968. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1961. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1954. — 33 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior) Comics. Jack is a young lad living with his widowed mother and a milk cow who is their only source of income. When the cow stops giving milk, Jack's mother has him take her to market for sale. On the way, he meets an old man who offers "magic beans" in exchange for the cow, and Jack makes the trade. When he arrives...
New York, 1956. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
A fairy-tale about a king and his beautiful but very conceited daughter who cruelly mocks each of her suitors, she sends away one after the other, none is good enough for her. The princess is forced by the king to marry a beggar. The poor life, hard work and love teach the princess a lesson and turn her...
New York, 1969. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. Paul Bunyan is a lumberjack figure in North American folklore and tradition. One of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, he is usually described as a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and is often accompanied in stories by his animal companion, Babe the Blue Ox. Paul Bunyan...
New York, 1990. — 34 p. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Charles Perrault, though not as well-known in the English-speaking world as the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, is one of the three great sources of European fairy tales. The French author is responsible for passing along such classic Stories as Cinderella (CI JR No. 503), The Sleeping Beauty (CI JR No. 505),...
New York, 1990. — 34 p. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Charles Perrault, though not as well-known in the English-speaking world as the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, is one of the three great sources of European fairy tales. The French author is responsible for passing along such classic Stories as Cinderella (CI JR No. 503), The Sleeping Beauty (CI JR No. 505),...
New York, 1956. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. A lonely couple, who want a child, live next to a walled garden belonging to an enchantress. The wife, experiencing the cravings associated with the arrival of her long-awaited pregnancy, notices a rapunzel plant (or, in some versions of the story, rampion), growing in the garden and longs for it, desperate to...
New York, 1969. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior) Comics. Rumpelstiltskin (also spelt as Rumplestiltskin) is the title character and protagonist of a fairy tale that originated in Germany (where he is known as Rumpelstilzchen). The tale was collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. In order to make himself appear more...
New York, 1965. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior)
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The King of the Golden River tells the story of young Gluck, a willful boy with two greedy brothers who constantly mistreat him. Gluck's kind heart and willingness to help a stranger lead him to the river of gold in Treasure Valley. Will young Gluck live happily ever after? Beautifully illustrated, this...
New York, 1957. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. Out in the country there was an old mansion, and in it lived an old squire and his two sons, who were so witty that they were really too clever by half; they wanted to woo the king's daughter, which they were quite at liberty to do, for she had publicly announced that she would marry the person who could speak...
New York, 1964. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
A needle in a haystack? A goat in his pocket? A calf on his head? There once was a lad named William who was as silly as the day is long, and everyone called him Silly Willy! Although Silly Willy tries to do what he is told, he always gets mixed up, until the day his silliness leads him to find a bride....
New York, 1968. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1965. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Snow White and Rose Red are two little girls living with their mother, a poor widow, in a small cottage. They are very good little girls; they love each other dearly; and their mother is very fond of them. Rose-Red is outspoken and cheerful and loves to play outside. Snow White is quiet and shy and prefers...
New York, 1953. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. "Snow White" is a German fairy tale known across much of Europe, and is today one of the most famous fairy tales worldwide. The fairy tale features such elements as the magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the glass coffin, and the characters of the evil queen and the seven dwarfs, who were first given individual...
New York, 1960. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1961. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах. Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1956. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Twelve princesses, each more beautiful than the last, sleep in twelve beds in the same room. Every night, their doors are securely locked. But in the morning, their dancing shoes are found to be worn through as if they had been dancing all night. The king, perplexed, promises his kingdom and each daughter...
New York, 1959. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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Once there was a king who had twelve tall, handsome sons, though only the youngest, named Prince Eric, was as kind as he was handsome The king decided it was time for each of his sons to choose a bride. The King has one condition however: the girl must be able to spin and weave and sew a shirt in one day!...
New York, 1957. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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A king and queen long lamented their childlessness until the queen gave birth to a son who was a donkey. The queen was grieved, but the king had him raised as a prince. He was very fond of music and insisted on learning to play the lute, at which he grew skilled. One day, he saw his own reflection in a pool...
New York, 1961. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. One summer, the King of a happy land held a festival in his castle. Soldiers paraded in the courtyard. Their drummer boy beat gaily on his drum...
New York. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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A poor shoemaker and his wife need money to pay the rent. He gives away the last pair of shoes he has to a needy lady. He has leather to make one more pair of shoes. Elves come in the night and make a pair of shoes which he sells for more than his asking price the next day. He uses that money to pay the rent, buy...
New York, 1956. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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Once upon a time there lived a brother and sister named Gretchen and Jon They lived with their cruel stepmother in the edge of the woods. The wicked stepmother was really a witch. What will happen when the witch casts a spell to punish the brother and sister for running away? Will they drink from the...
New York, 1957. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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A classic tale of an enchanted fish with wondrous powers, a fisherman and his wife.
Definitely a story where too much of a good thing can lead to ruin, The Enchanted Fish tells the story of a poor fisherman who pulls a golden fish out of the sea. Upon finding out that the fish is magical, the fisherman's...
New York, 1959. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1962. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах. Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1947. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a frog (possibly meeting him after dropping a gold ball into his pond), who magically transforms into a handsome prince. Although in modern versions the transformation is invariably triggered by the princess kissing the frog, in the original Grimm version...
New York, 1956. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. A tailor is preparing to eat some jam, but when flies settle on it, he kills seven of them with one blow. He makes a belt describing the deed, "Seven at one blow". Inspired, he sets out into the world to seek his fortune. The tailor meets a Giant who assumes that "Seven at one blow" refers to seven men. The...
New York. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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The Polish story begins with: On a glass mountain grew a tree with golden apples. An apple would let the picker into the golden castle where an enchanted princess lived. Many knights had tried and failed, so that many bodies lay about the mountain.
A knight in golden armor tried. One day, he made it halfway up...
New York, 1956. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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Brothers Grimm story of the youngest son's quest for the golden bird, the golden horse, and the princess from the golden castle. The book is illustrated throughout with gold-leaf designs by Isabelle Brent.
New York, 1957. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. The Golden Fleece was the treasure sought by Jason and the Argonauts. It originated in the following fashion. Phrixus and Helle were the children of Athamus and the goddess Nephele. When Athamas remarried, the children's stepmother, Ino, became jealous of them and plotted to get rid of them. She arranged to...
New York, 1969. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. The hero is the youngest of three brothers, given the nickname Simpleton. His eldest brother is sent into the forest to chop wood, fortified with a rich cake and a bottle of wine. He meets a little gray man who begs a morsel to eat and a swallow of ale but is rebuffed. The eldest brother meets an accident and...
New York, 1964. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
A Tale from Ancient Greece.
There was once a king named Midas who did a good deed for a Satyr and was granted a wish by the God of wine, Dionysus. For his wish, Midas asked that whatever he touched would turn to gold. Although Dionysus tried to dissuade him, Midas insisted that the wish was an excellent...
New York, 1965. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1957. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
A wood-cutter told his wife to have his oldest daughter bring him his dinner in the woods. She lost her way and in the night found a house with a gray-haired man and a hen, a cock, and a brindled cow. She asked for shelter. The man asked the animals, the animals said "Duks", and the man agreed, and told her...
New York, 1964. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1969. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior) Comics. The story revolves around a girl called Little Red Riding Hood, after the red hooded cape/cloak (in Perrault's fairytale) or simple cap (in the Grimms' version called Little Red-Cap) she wears. The girl walks through the woods to deliver food to her sickly grandmother (grape juice and banana bread, or wine and...
New York. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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A classic tale of a servant boy, a king, and a dish with magical powers Eating the food in the magic dish gives the servant boy the power to understand animals. He meets a beautiful princess whom he wishes to marry, but must overcome many obstacles before the princess agrees to marry a mere servant. Will the...
New York, 1964. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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In this tale based on a Brothers Grimm story, Prince Alfred searches for an enchanted castle that holds a magic fountain whose waters can cure his seriously ill father, the king. His two evil brothers are determined to stop him so they can have the kingdom for themselves when their father dies. A magic...
New York, 1958. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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An old man Philemon and his wife Baucis, graciously show hospitality to strangers who turn out to be, none other than Mercury, messenger of the Gods and old Jupiter, Father of us all. From an empty pitcher, milk flows endlessly. Find out what happens to the mean villagers when the valley fills with water....
New York, 1954. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. There once was a princess named Pauline who was so beautiful that young men came from near and far to see her. Each one wanted to marry her more than the next, including Prince Rudolph. Prince Rudolph set off at once to meet the princess. Along the way he met a large man, a man who could hear everything his...
New York, 1961. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1956. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. Once upon a time, there was a prince who was so poor he was called "The Penny Prince". Though poor, The Penny Prince wished to marry the emperor's daughter! He set off to win the princess with two wonderful gifts. Will the princess give The Penny Prince 100 kisses, as he demands for his magic pot and his magic...
New York, 1962. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
The tale of a beautiful princess who lives in a castle twelve stories high As the princess is in such a tall castle, she can see for miles and miles. Wishing to marry a man more clever than herself, the princess decides that only a man that can hide himself from her will become her husband. Unfortunately,...
New York, 1958. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
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Once there was a king who had three sons The eldest son, named Savvo, was very smart. The second son was very strong and was named Sturdo. The youngest son was not at all like his older brothers, neither strong nor smart, and was named Simpleton. Simpleton loved nature and animals. Follow Simpleton as he...
New York, 1970. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics. Based on a Japanese fairy tale.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics...
New York, 1965. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. A Russian Fairy Tale Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах. Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1945. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
New York, 1958. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах. По мотивам сказки Братьев Гримм.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics...
New York, 1945. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
There once lived a good king and a gentle queen who ruled a rich and happy land. They wished for a child for many years. Finally, a princess is born to the king and queen. The good fairies are called to give the baby a gift. An old fairy is hurt that she is not invited and puts a curse on the child. The...
New York, 1956. — 33 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior)
Comics.
Once upon a time there was a fair young maiden who lived with her evil step-mother. Unable to please her stepmother the young maiden sighs and accidently blows a feather pile in the air; wishing for someone to help her, a fairy godmother suddenly appears. Will the fairy save the maiden from her stepmother?...
New York. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
A classic tale of good and evil Will the three giants capture the princess and her golden slippers? Will the huntsman and his magic gun save the day? Will the Princess and the huntsman live happily ever after? Beautifully illustrated, this classic tale will capture children's interest and spark their imagination...
New York, 1958. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Greek Folk Fairy-tale.
Once Upon a Time…
There were dragons and dracosnakes, Mermaids, simple houses, vast castles, old-ladies without any tooth, kings and queens, caves, canyons, unknown mountains, dark forests, horses, eagles and bees that were helping people, wells that could turn anything into...
New York, 1954. — 33 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior) Comics. The Three Little Pigs is a fable featuring anthropomorphic pigs who build three houses of different materials. A big bad wolf is able to blow down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and wood respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks. Printed versions date back to the...
New York, 1967. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior). Comics. ...Each son apprentices himself to a craftsman, and at the end of their apprenticeships, they each receive a magical item. The eldest son receives a magic table. When you say: "Table, set thyself!", the table produces a lavish feast...
New York, 1959. — 34 pages. — (Classics Illustrated Junior).
Comics.
Классическая сказка для детей, представленная в комиксах.
Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
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