Bethlehem Books List: Picture Books

3 stars

In a glorious castle set deep in a mysterious forest, the tale of a father's fate-filled promise and a daughter's courage unfolds. This story, themed on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's version first published in France in 1756, is filled with sumptuous paintings and ornamental detail.

4 stars

A collection of fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Scandinavia, Scotland, and England.

In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper. The illustrations set the story in 1920s London.

A collection of thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Lithuania, Africa, Germany, Greece, and France.

4 stars

An illustrated retelling of the classic tale about a boy named Jack who uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make a fortune for himself and his widowed mother. A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.

A collection of folktale and fairy tale adaptations incorporates the author's signature silly animal characters into such classics as "The Three Little Pigs" and "Little Red Riding Hood."

Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.

4 stars

A retelling of the classic fairy tale follows twelve princesses who, despite being locked in their rooms at the end of each day, are found in the morning with their slippers in tatters from dancing through the night.