Which is your favorite fairy tale? Whether it is from the collection of Perrault, or the Brothers Grimm, or Hans Christian Anderson, or Charles Dickens, or the Arabian Nights, or whatever, you may find it in this wonderful series of Children's Classics.

The Children's Classics are the creation of a grand team. Jean Lee Latham, who won the distinguished Newbery Medal, retells each famous story in the very easiest way to read. Pablo Ramirez makes it vivid with lavish pictures, full of color and humor. They sharpen the interest. They make you gasp. The make you laugh.

This is the latest book in the Children's Classics. Many children, and many grownups too, count Hop O My Thumb their favorite fairy tale. Why do they love it? Maybe because they have had handicaps to overcome. Maybe people have thought them too little or too stupid. So they feel better when they read about somebody with real handicaps doing big things.

Hop O' My Thumb was so tiny the poor woodcutter and his wife didn't even give him a name. The family just called him "Dummy".

He was little, but oh my! He wasn't a bit dumb. He kept his wits about him. He saved his six big brothers from starvation. He took the Seven-League Boots from the ogre who liked to gobble up children. He won the King's...

From the dust jacket