Juvenile Literature: Storytime Interactive Reading.

The Gingerbread Man is a short story about a freshly baked cookie who leaps from the oven and makes a run for it, leaving a little old couple far behind. With each escape, his confidence grows as he outpaces shredders, lawnmowers, a cow, and a pig — boasting louder with every stride. But when he crosses paths with a fox, quick as lightning, the little man's winning streak meets its match in the most dramatic and darkly funny way possible.

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The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing (Perry Index 451) is one of Aesop’s most widely quoted fables and the origin of the English idiom "a wolf in sheep’s clothing." The phrase also appears in the Bible (Matthew 7:15), where Jesus warns: "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." Whether the biblical usage influenced later tellings of the fable, or vice versa, has been debated by scholars for centuries. The fable appears in numerous classical collections and was retold by Jean de La Fontaine in his Fables (1668).

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The Emperor's New Clothes, also known as The King's New Clothes, is a timeless fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that delights readers of every age. Two clever swindlers convince a vain emperor that they are weaving a magical fabric only the wise can see — until one honest child speaks the truth. This short story, complete with pictures, is a perfect read-aloud about honesty, vanity, and the courage it takes to say what you really see.

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The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf" is one of Aesop's most enduring fables, following a bored shepherd boy who amuses himself by crying wolf to lure worried villagers away from their work. Twice they come running, and twice they find him laughing. But when a real wolf emerges from the shadows at dusk and tears into the flock, the boy's desperate cries go unanswered — the villagers have learned not to trust him. The fable builds quiet dread as the boy's idle mischief leads to irreversible consequences.

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The Chick and the Duckling by Mira Ginsburg pictures by Jose Aruego & Ariana Dewey.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 1996. All Right Reserved.

A Giant First Reader, Five Little Kittens by Sharon Peters Illustrated by Amye Rosenberg.

This song is sung in The Merchant of Venice (Act III. Scene ii) while Bassanio is trying to choose among the caskets of gold, silver, and lead, knowing that only by making the correct choice will he be able to win Portia as his wife.

Literature The British Tradition Paramount Edition. 1989. Prentice Hall, A Division of Simon & Schuster. Englewood Cliff, New Jersey 07632.

Shakespearean Sonnet. During the Elizabethan period, the sonnet sequence, a group of sonnets unified by a common theme, became a popular literary form.

Literature The British Tradition Paramount Edition. 1989. Prentice Hall, A Division of Simon & Schuster. Englewood Cliff, New Jersey 07632.

This beloved fairy tale is featured in our Favorite Fairy Tales collection. Young readers can compare this classic version with The Brothers Grimm's original telling, Little Red-Cap, to discover how the story has evolved over time.

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