Classics Illustrated Junior
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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
.
), the series kicked off in October 1953 with an adaptation of the Grimm Brothers' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs illustrated by Alex Blum
. The series' last original issue was The Runaway Dumpling, issue 577 of 1962. The series ceased publication in Spring 1971. Published monthly, issues cost slightly more than other comic books of the time with a 15 cent cover price rather than the usual 10 or 12-cents. Close to the end of publication in 1971, prices jumped to 25-cents. At its peak, in 1960, Classics Illustrated Juniors average monthly circulation was 262,000.
Issues included among their contents features such as comics adaptations of Aesop Fables (usually two to three pages), a limerick by Edward Lear
, a Mother Goose
rhyme, or poem from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses
(one page), and a one page factual article about a bird, beast, or reptile. As the publisher allowed only in-house advertising in his books, the back cover interior sometimes offered a catalog of titles and a subscription order form. First editions included a "Coming Next Month" ad and a dot-to-dot puzzle on the inside front cover. The interior of the back cover featured a "Color this Picture with your Crayons" full-page line-drawn illustration of a scene from the tale. The exterior of the back cover often depicted a full-page color illustration from the tale. Artists included John Costanza
, Kurt Schaffenberger
, L. B. Cole
and Graham Ingels
. Unlike other comic book publishers, Kanter reprinted his titles regularly and the line was distributed abroad.
In September of 2008
, Classic Comic Store Ltd., based in the UK, began publishing both the original Gilberton Classics Illustrated regular and Junior lines for distribution in the UK, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The issue number sequence is different to the original runs, starting at issue 1 rather than at issue 501. The contents are generally similar to the original run, but the exterior of the back cover is used to advertise future issues, along with details of Classic Comic Store's website. The final page of the issue contains a brief biography of the author(s) of the main story written by William B. Jones, Jr, author of Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History
In common with the first-run series in America, the inside back cover contains an outline picture to colour in from the main story (although the first print run of Issues 1-4 used the American spelling color instead of the British spelling colour).
The authorship is based on the information held by Michigan State University Libraries,
Special Collections Division in their Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection, as well as information found on Wikipedia under the title of the individual stories.
From issue 13 onwards, Classic Comic Store Ltd no longer published the titles (although still publishing the Classics Illustrated line), but imported the issues from Canada (where the series was already being published by Jack Lake Productions Inc.). These issues hence follow the Canadian numbering of the issues (513 onwards).
The authorship is based on the information held by Michigan State University Libraries,
Special Collections Division in their Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection, as well as information found on Wikipedia under the title of the individual stories.
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated
Classics Illustrated
Classics Illustrated is a comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Iliad. Created by Albert Kanter, the series began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues. Following the series' demise, various companies...
.
Publication history
Published by Famous Authors, Ltd. (The Gilberton Company, Inc.Gilberton (publisher)
The Gilberton Company, Inc. was an American publisher best known for the comic book series Classics Illustrated. Beginning life as an imprint of the Elliot Publishing Company, the company became independent in 1942, before being sold to the Frawley Corporation in 1967...
), the series kicked off in October 1953 with an adaptation of the Grimm Brothers' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs illustrated by Alex Blum
Alex Blum
Alexander Anthony Blum was a comic book artist best remembered for his contributions to the long-running comic book series Classics Illustrated . Born in Hungary, Blum studied at the National Academy of Design in New York before signing-on with the Eisner & Iger shop...
. The series' last original issue was The Runaway Dumpling, issue 577 of 1962. The series ceased publication in Spring 1971. Published monthly, issues cost slightly more than other comic books of the time with a 15 cent cover price rather than the usual 10 or 12-cents. Close to the end of publication in 1971, prices jumped to 25-cents. At its peak, in 1960, Classics Illustrated Juniors average monthly circulation was 262,000.
Issues included among their contents features such as comics adaptations of Aesop Fables (usually two to three pages), a limerick by Edward Lear
Edward Lear
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised.-Biography:...
, a Mother Goose
Mother Goose
The familiar figure of Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes which are often published as Mother Goose Rhymes. As a character, she appears in one "nursery rhyme". A Christmas pantomime called Mother Goose is often performed in the United Kingdom...
rhyme, or poem from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses
A Child's Garden of Verses
A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions...
(one page), and a one page factual article about a bird, beast, or reptile. As the publisher allowed only in-house advertising in his books, the back cover interior sometimes offered a catalog of titles and a subscription order form. First editions included a "Coming Next Month" ad and a dot-to-dot puzzle on the inside front cover. The interior of the back cover featured a "Color this Picture with your Crayons" full-page line-drawn illustration of a scene from the tale. The exterior of the back cover often depicted a full-page color illustration from the tale. Artists included John Costanza
John Costanza
John Costanza is an artist and letterer who has worked in the American comic book industry. He has worked for both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He was the letterer during Alan Moore's acclaimed run on Swamp Thing...
, Kurt Schaffenberger
Kurt Schaffenberger
Kurt Schaffenberger was an American comic book artist. Schaffenberger was best known for his work on Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family , as well as his work on the title Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane during the 1950s and 1960s.-Early career:Schaffenberger was born on a farm in the...
, L. B. Cole
L. B. Cole
Leonard Brandt Cole was a comic book artist, editor, and publisher who worked during the Golden Age of Comic Books, producing work in various genres. Cole was particularly known for his bold covers, featuring what he referred to as "poster colors"—the use of primary colors often over black...
and Graham Ingels
Graham Ingels
Graham Ingels was a comic book and magazine illustrator best known for his work in EC Comics during the 1950s, notably on The Haunt of Fear and Tales from the Crypt, horror titles written and edited by Al Feldstein, and The Vault of Horror, written and edited by Feldstein and Johnny Craig...
. Unlike other comic book publishers, Kanter reprinted his titles regularly and the line was distributed abroad.
In September of 2008
2008 in comics
-January:*January 9: Teen Titans: The Lost Annual, delayed since 2003, is published.*January 23: Hellblazer #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.-February:...
, Classic Comic Store Ltd., based in the UK, began publishing both the original Gilberton Classics Illustrated regular and Junior lines for distribution in the UK, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The issue number sequence is different to the original runs, starting at issue 1 rather than at issue 501. The contents are generally similar to the original run, but the exterior of the back cover is used to advertise future issues, along with details of Classic Comic Store's website. The final page of the issue contains a brief biography of the author(s) of the main story written by William B. Jones, Jr, author of Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History
In common with the first-run series in America, the inside back cover contains an outline picture to colour in from the main story (although the first print run of Issues 1-4 used the American spelling color instead of the British spelling colour).
Complete List of Classics Illustrated Junior comic books (original US run; also 2004-2009 Canadian run)
The Canadian run which began in 2004 followed the same sequence as the original U.S. run.The authorship is based on the information held by Michigan State University Libraries,
Special Collections Division in their Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection, as well as information found on Wikipedia under the title of the individual stories.
| Issue | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 501 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White "Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm... |
Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
| 502 | The Ugly Duckling The Ugly Duckling "The Ugly Duckling" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen . The story tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from his neighbors until, much to his delight , he matures into a beautiful swan, the most beautiful bird of all... |
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
| 503 | Cinderella Cinderella "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune... |
Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... |
| 504 | The Pied Piper | Robert Browning Robert Browning Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.-Early years:... |
| 505 | The Sleeping Beauty (also contains The Real Princess The Princess and the Pea "The Princess and the Pea" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal identity is established by a test of her physical sensitivity. The tale was first published with three others by Andersen in an inexpensive booklet on 8 May 1835 in Copenhagen by C.A... ) |
Charles Perrault/Brothers Grimm (The Real Princess: Hans Christian Andersen) |
| 506 | The 3 Little Pigs Three Little Pigs Three Little Pigs is a fairy tale featuring anthropomorphic animals. Printed versions date back to the 1840s, but the story itself is thought to be much older... |
Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
| 507 | Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions... |
William Godwin William Godwin William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism... |
| 508 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Robert Southey Robert Southey Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843... |
| 509 | Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740... |
Credited to Charles Perrault, but other sources credit Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, French author , influenced by Madame d'Aulnoy, Charles Perrault, and various précieuse writers.... |
| 510 | Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings.... |
Charles Perrault |
| 511 | Puss-In-Boots Puss in Boots 'Puss' is a character in the fairy tale "The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots" by Charles Perrault. The tale was published in 1697 in his Histoires ou Contes du temps passé... |
Gianfrancesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector from Caravaggio, Italy. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe... /Charles Perrault |
| 512 | Rumplestiltskin Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin is the eponymous character and protagonist of a fairy tale which originated in Germany . The tale was collected by the Brothers Grimm, who first published it in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 513 | Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi Carlo Collodi Carlo Lorenzini , better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian children's writer known for the world-renowned fairy tale novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio.-Biography:... |
| 514 | The Steadfast Tin Soldier The Steadfast Tin Soldier "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. After several adventures, the tin soldier perishes in a fire with the ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A... |
Hans Christian Andersen |
| 515 | Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed , born John Chapman, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois... |
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| 516 | Aladdin and His Lamp Aladdin Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland .... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 517 | The Emperor's New Clothes The Emperor's New Clothes "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent... |
Hans Christian Andersen |
| 518 | The Golden Goose Golden Goose The Golden Goose is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm .-Story:The hero is the youngest of three brothers, given the nickname Dummling. 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... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 519 | Paul Bunyan Paul Bunyan 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... |
W.B. Laughead |
| 520 | Thumbelina Thumbelina "Thumbelina" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Traveling Companion" in the second installment of Fairy Tales Told for Children. "Thumbelina" is about a tiny girl and... |
Hans Christian Andersen |
| 521 | The King of the Golden River The King of the Golden River The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria by John Ruskin was originally written in 1841 for the twelve-year-old Effie Gray, whom Ruskin later married. It was published in book form in 1851, and became an early Victorian classic which sold out three editions... |
John Ruskin John Ruskin John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political... |
| 522 | The Nightingale | Hans Christian Andersen |
| 523 | The Valiant Little Tailor The Valiant Little Tailor The Valiant Little Tailor or The Brave Little Tailor is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 20. Joseph Jacobs collected another variant A Dozen at One Blow in European Folk and Fairy Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 524 | The Wild Swans The Wild Swans "The Wild Swans" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her eleven brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen.... |
Hans Christian Andersen |
| 525 | the Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince... |
Hans Christian Andersen |
| 526 | The Frog Prince The Frog Prince (story) "The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection. In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a frog , who magically transforms into a handsome prince... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 527 | The Golden-Haired Giant The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 29. It falls under Aarne-Thompson classification types 461, "three hairs from the devil", and 930, "prophecy that a poor boy will marry a rich girl."... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 528 | The Penny Prince | Hans Christian Andersen |
| 529 | The Magic Servants | Brothers Grimm |
| 530 | The Golden Bird The Golden Bird "The Golden Bird" is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, number 57, about the pursuit of a golden bird by a king's three sons.A French version, collected by Paul Sébillot, is called The Golden Blackbird. Andrew Lang included that variant in The Green Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson folktale type 550,... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 531 | Rapunzel Rapunzel "Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 532 | The Dancing Princesses The Twelve Dancing Princesses "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" is a German fairy tale originally published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 in Kinder- und Hausmärchen as tale number 133... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 533 | The Mountain Fountain | --- |
| 534 | The Golden Touch Midas For the legend of Gordias, a person who was taken by the people and made King, in obedience to the command of the oracle, see Gordias.Midas or King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. This was called the Golden touch, or the... |
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| 535 | The Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of... |
L. Frank Baum L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz... |
| 536 | The Chimney Sweep The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen . The tale follows the romance between a china shepherdess and a china chimney sweep who are threatened by a carved mahogany satyr who wants the shepherdess for his wife... |
Hans Christian Andersen |
| 537 | The Three Fairies The Three Fairies The Three Fairies is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.It is Aarne-Thompson tale 480, the kind and the unkind girls, and appears to stem from an oral source... |
Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
| 538 | Silly Hans | --- |
| 539 | The Enchanted Fish | --- |
| 540 | The Tinder-Box | Hans Christian Andersen |
| 541 | Snow White and Rose Red Snow-White and Rose-Red Snow-White and Rose-Red is a German fairy tale. In the seventeenth century Charles Perrault was the first to write it down, but the best-known version is the one collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 161.... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 542 | The Donkey's Tale The Donkey (fairy tale) The Donkey is a German fairy tale collected by Brothers Grimm by Grimm's Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 430, The Donkey Bridegroom.-Synopsis:... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 543 | The House in the Woods The Hut in the Forest The Hut in the Forest or The House in the Wood is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 169. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 431.-Synopsis:... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 544 | The Golden Fleece Golden Fleece In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-haired winged ram, which can be procured in Colchis. It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest by order of King Pelias for the fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus... |
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| 545 | The Glass Mountain The Glass Mountain (fairy tale) The Glass Mountain is a Polish fairy tale collected by Hermann Kletke. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.The name also appears as a mythical location in a different story, one of the original Brothers Grimm fairytales. -Synopsis:The Polish story begins with: On a glass mountain grew... |
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| 546 | The Elves and the Shoemaker The Elves and the Shoemaker The Elves and the Cobbler or The Shoemaker and the Elves is an often copied and re-made story about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed help from elves.... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 547 | The Wishing Table | --- |
| 548 | The Magic Pitcher | "Based on The Miraculous Pitcher by Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer.Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include John Hathorne, a judge during the Salem Witch Trials... ". |
| 549 | Simple Kate | --- |
| 550 | The Singing Donkey Town Musicians of Bremen The Town Musicians of Bremen is a folktale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Despite the title of the fairy tale, the characters never actually arrive in Bremen... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 551 | The Queen Bee The Queen Bee The Queen Bee is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 62. It is Aarne-Thompson type 554, the grateful animals.-Synopsis:... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 552 | The Three Little Dwarfs The Three Little Men in the Wood The Three Little Men in the Wood or The Three Dwarfs is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 13. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book, and a version of the tale appears in A Book of Dwarfs by Ruth Manning-Sanders.It is Aarne-Thompson type 403B, the black and the... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 553 | King Thrushbeard King Thrushbeard King Thrushbeard is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 52.It is Aarne-Thompson type 900.-Synopsis:A beautiful, but spoiled, rude, and shallow princess criticizes all her suitors because she is too proud. She is impressed with the last of her suitors, but her pride will not... |
Brothers Grimm |
| 554 | The Enchanted Deer | --- |
| 555 | The 3 Golden Apples | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 556 | The Elf Mound The Elf Mound "The Elf Mound" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen . The tale is about a feast held in an elf mound for the Goblin Chief of Norway and his two sons, both of whom are expected to select elf brides. The tale was published in Copenhagen, Denmark by C.A... |
Hans Christian Andersen |
| 557 | Silly Willy | |
| 558 | The Magic Dish | --- |
| 559 | The Japanese Lantern | --- |
| 560 | The Doll Princess | --- |
| 561 | Hans Humdrum | --- |
| 562 | The Enchanted Pony | --- |
| 563 | The Wishing Well | --- |
| 564 | The Salt Mountain | |
| 565 | The Silly Princess Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's A Story" Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's A Story" or The Ash Lad who made the Princess Say, "You're A Liar" is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.It is Aarne-Thompson type 852.... |
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| 566 | Clumsy Hans | Hans Christian Andersen |
| 567 | The Bearskin Soldier | Brothers Grimm |
| 568 | The Happy Hedgehog | --- |
| 569 | The Three Giants | --- |
| 570 | The Pearl Princess | --- |
| 571 | How Fire Came To The Indians | --- |
| 572 | The Drummer Boy | --- |
| 573 | The Crystal Ball | Brothers Grimm |
| 574 | Brightboots | --- |
| 575 | The Fearless Prince | --- |
| 576 | The Princess Who Saw Everything | --- |
| 577 | The Runaway Dumpling | --- |
List of Classics Illustrated Junior comic books (UK series from 2008)
Up until September 2009 (issue 12), the runs for both the US and the UK runs were identical, albeit with issue numbers starting at 1 for the UK version rather than at 501.From issue 13 onwards, Classic Comic Store Ltd no longer published the titles (although still publishing the Classics Illustrated line), but imported the issues from Canada (where the series was already being published by Jack Lake Productions Inc.). These issues hence follow the Canadian numbering of the issues (513 onwards).
The authorship is based on the information held by Michigan State University Libraries,
Special Collections Division in their Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection, as well as information found on Wikipedia under the title of the individual stories.
| Issue | Publication Date | Title | Author | Extras | US issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 2008 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White "Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm... |
Brothers Grimm Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular... |
The Farmer in the Dell The Farmer in the Dell "The Farmer in the Dell" is a singing game, nursery rhyme and children's song. It probably originated in Germany, and was brought to North America by immigrants. From there it spread to many other nations and is popular in a number of languages. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of... |
501 |
| 2 | November 2008 | The Ugly Duckling The Ugly Duckling "The Ugly Duckling" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen . The story tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from his neighbors until, much to his delight , he matures into a beautiful swan, the most beautiful bird of all... |
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
The Cat and the Fiddle Hey Diddle Diddle "Hey Diddle Diddle" is an English nursery rhyme... |
502 |
| 3 | December 2008 | Cinderella Cinderella "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune... |
Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... |
Jack and Jill Jack and Jill (song) "Jack and Jill" is a classic nursery rhyme in the English speaking world. The origin of the rhyme is obscure and there are several theories that attempt to interpret the lyrics. The rhyme is known to date back to at least the 18th century. The song is sometimes titled "Jack and Gill", particularly... |
503 |
| 4 | January 2009 | The Pied Piper | Robert Browning Robert Browning Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.-Early years:... |
Sing a Song of Sixpence Sing a Song of Sixpence Sing a Song of Sixpence is a well-known English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is also listed in the Roud folk song index as number 13191.-Lyrics:... |
504 |
| 5 | February 2009 | The Sleeping Beauty | Charles Perrault/Brothers Grimm | The Real Princess The Princess and the Pea "The Princess and the Pea" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal identity is established by a test of her physical sensitivity. The tale was first published with three others by Andersen in an inexpensive booklet on 8 May 1835 in Copenhagen by C.A... by Hans Christian Andersen Simple Simon Simple Simon (nursery rhyme) "Simple Simon" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19777.-Lyrics:The rhyme is as follows;*Simple Simon was played by Charley Rogers in Babes in Toyland .... |
505 |
| 6 | March 2009 | The 3 Little Pigs Three Little Pigs Three Little Pigs is a fairy tale featuring anthropomorphic animals. Printed versions date back to the 1840s, but the story itself is thought to be much older... |
Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature... |
I Saw a Ship A-sailing | 506 |
| 7 | April 2009 | Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions... |
William Godwin William Godwin William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism... |
My Shadow from A Child's Garden of Verses A Child's Garden of Verses A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions... by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.... |
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| 8 | May 2009 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Robert Southey Robert Southey Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843... |
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| 9 | June 2009 | Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740... |
Credited to Charles Perrault, but other sources credit Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, French author , influenced by Madame d'Aulnoy, Charles Perrault, and various précieuse writers.... |
Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today... : The Dog and the Shadow The Dog and the Bone The Dog and its Reflection is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 133 in the Perry Index. An indication of how old and well-known this story was is given by a mere allusion to it in the work of the philosopher Democritus from the 5th century BCE... Ride A Cock-Horse Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross "Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross" is an English language nursery rhyme connected with the English town Banbury. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 21143.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,... |
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| 10 | July 2009 | Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings.... |
Charles Perrault | Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Grapes The Fox and the Grapes "The Fox and the Grapes" is one of the traditional Aesop's fables and can be held to illustrate the concept of cognitive dissonance. In this view, the premise of the fox that covets inaccessible grapes is taken to stand for a person who attempts to hold incompatible ideas simultaneously... Little Bo Peep Little Bo Peep "Little Bo Peep" or "Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6487.-Lyrics:As with most products of oral tradition, there are many variations to the rhyme... |
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| 11 | August 2009 | Puss-In-Boots Puss in Boots 'Puss' is a character in the fairy tale "The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots" by Charles Perrault. The tale was published in 1697 in his Histoires ou Contes du temps passé... |
Gianfrancesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco Straparola Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector from Caravaggio, Italy. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe... /Charles Perrault |
Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Stork There was a Crooked Man There Was a Crooked Man There Was a Crooked Man is a nursery rhyme. The phrase can also refer to:*There Was a Crooked Man..., a 1970 western film starring Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda*There Was a Crooked Man , featuring Norman Wisdom... Peter Piper Peter Piper "Peter Piper" is an English language nursery rhyme and well-known tongue twister. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19745.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:-External links:* at Project Gutenberg... |
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| 12 | September 2009 | Rumplestiltskin Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin is the eponymous character and protagonist of a fairy tale which originated in Germany . The tale was collected by the Brothers Grimm, who first published it in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales... |
Brothers Grimm | Aesop's Fables: The Miller, his Son and their Donkey To market, to market 3 Wise Men of Gotham |
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| 513 | October 2009 | Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi Carlo Collodi Carlo Lorenzini , better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian children's writer known for the world-renowned fairy tale novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio.-Biography:... |
Aesop's Fables: The Ant and the Grasshopper The Ant and the Grasshopper The Ant and the Grasshopper, also known as The Grasshopper and the Ant , is one of Aesop's Fables, providing an ambivalent moral lesson about hard work and foresight. In the Perry Index it is number 373... Pirate Story from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson Grizzly Bear Grizzly Bear The grizzly bear , also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 514 | November 2009 | The Steadfast Tin Soldier The Steadfast Tin Soldier "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. After several adventures, the tin soldier perishes in a fire with the ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A... |
Hans Christian Andersen | Aesop's Fables: The Actor and the Farmer Young Night Thought from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson Dingo Dingo The Australian Dingo or Warrigal is a free-roaming wild dog unique to the continent of Australia, mainly found in the outback. Its original ancestors are thought to have arrived with humans from southeast Asia thousands of years ago, when dogs were still relatively undomesticated and closer to... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 515 | December 2009 | Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed , born John Chapman, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois... |
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| 516 | January 2010 | Aladdin and His Lamp Aladdin Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland .... |
Brothers Grimm | Aesop's Fables: The Boy and the Wolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf, is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 210 in the Perry Index. From it is derived the English idiom 'to cry wolf', meaning to give a false alarm.-The fable and its history:... The Fat Man of Bombay from Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear Edward Lear Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised.-Biography:... Wee Willie Winkie Wee Willie Winkie "Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme, whose titular figure has become popular the world over as a personification of sleep. The poem, written by William Miller and titled "Willie Winkie", was first published in Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside in 1841... by William Miller William Miller (poet) William Miller was a Scottish poet best known for the nursery rhyme Wee Willie Winkie.Miller, known as "The Laureate of the Nursery", was born in Glasgow and lived in Dennistoun, Scotland. He suffered from ill health and was unable to become a surgeon and instead took up woodturning and cabinet... Sperm Whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 517 | February 2010 | The Emperor's New Clothes The Emperor's New Clothes "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent... |
Hans Christian Andersen | Aesop's Fables: The City Mouse and the Country Mouse The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" is one of Aesop's Fables. It is number 352 in the Perry Index and type 112 in Aarne-Thompson's folk tale index. Like several other elements in Aesop's fables, 'town mouse and country mouse' has become an English idiom.... Peter, Peter Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13497.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:... Baa, Baa, Black Sheep The Swing from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson |
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| 518 | March 2010 | The Golden Goose | Brothers Grimm | Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Mouse The Lion and the Mouse The lion and the mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 146 in the Perry Index. In the Renaissance the fable was provided with a sequel condemning social ambition.-The fable in literature:... Hark! Hark! Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English language nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an egg and has appeared or been referred to in a large number of works of literature and popular culture... Rain/At the Seaside from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson |
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| 519 | April 2010 | Paul Bunyan Paul Bunyan 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... |
W.B. Laughead | Aesop's Fables: The Donkey and the Little Dog Little Boy Blue Little Boy Blue "Little Boy Blue" is a popular English language nursery rhyme, often used in popular culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318.-Lyrics:The most common version of the rhyme is:... Where go the Boats? from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson |
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| 520 | May 2010 | Thumbelina Thumbelina "Thumbelina" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Traveling Companion" in the second installment of Fairy Tales Told for Children. "Thumbelina" is about a tiny girl and... |
Hans Christian Andersen | Aesop's Fables: The Crow and the Pitcher The Crow and the Pitcher The Crow and the Pitcher is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 390 in the Perry Index. It is found in the 2nd century CE Greek fable collection by pseudo-Dositheus, and later appears in the 4th–5th century Latin verse collection by Avianus. The history of this fable in antiquity and the Middle... Bed in Summer from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson Cock Robin Cock Robin "Who Killed Cock Robin" is an English nursery rhyme, which has been much used as a murder archetype in world culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 494.-Lyrics:... and Jenny Wren |
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| 521 | June 2010 | The King of the Golden River The King of the Golden River The King of the Golden River or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria by John Ruskin was originally written in 1841 for the twelve-year-old Effie Gray, whom Ruskin later married. It was published in book form in 1851, and became an early Victorian classic which sold out three editions... |
John Ruskin John Ruskin John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political... |
Aesop's Fables: The Unhappy Crow The Land of Nod from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson This is the Way |
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| 522 | July 2010 | The Nightingale | Hans Christian Andersen | Aesop's Fables: The Hare and the Tortoise The Tortoise and the Hare The Tortoise and the Hare is a fable attributed to Aesop and is number 226 in the Perry Index. The story concerns a hare who ridicules a slow-moving tortoise and is challenged by him to a race. The hare soon leaves the tortoise behind and, confident of winning, decides to take a nap midway through... The Moon from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson Mary Had a Little Lamb |
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| 523 | August 2010 | The Valiant Little Tailor | Brothers Grimm | Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Crow The Fox and the Crow (Aesop) "The Fox and the Crow" is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 124 in the Perry Index. There are early Latin and Greek versions and the fable may even have been portrayed on an ancient Greek vase. The story is used as a warning against listening to flattery.... Windy Nights from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson Wouldn't it be funny? Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Nimble is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13902.-Lyrics:The most common version of the rhyme is:-References in popular culture:... |
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| 524 | September 2010 | The Wild Swans The Wild Swans "The Wild Swans" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her eleven brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen.... |
Hans Christian Andersen | Aesop's Fables: The Raven and the Swan I Saw Three Ships come Sailing by The Wind from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson |
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| 525 | October 2010 | The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince... |
Hans Christian Andersen | Aesop's Fables: The Milkmaid and Her Pail The Milkmaid and Her Pail The Milkmaid and Her Pail is a folktale of Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 1430 about interrupted daydreams of wealth and fame. Ancient tales of this type exist in the East but Western variants are not found before the Middle Ages... Ding, Dong, Bell! Ding Dong Bell "Ding Dong Bell" or "Ding Dong Dell" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 12853.-Lyrics:... A Cat Came Fiddling The Animal World: The Raccoon Raccoon Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals, comprising three species commonly known as raccoons, in the family Procyonidae. The most familiar species, the common raccoon , is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 526 | November 2010 | The Frog Prince The Frog Prince (story) "The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection. In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a frog , who magically transforms into a handsome prince... |
Brothers Grimm | Aesop's Fables: The Hares and the Frogs Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat Pussy Cat Pussy Cat "Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 15094.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:The earliest record of the rhyme is publication in Songs for the Nursery, printed in London in 1805. The Queen most often depicted in... What are Little Boys Made of? What are Little Boys Made of? "What Are Little Boys Made Of?" is a popular nursery rhyme dating from the early nineteenth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 821.-Lyrics:Here is a representative modern version of the lyrics:... The Animal World: The Condor Condor Condor is the name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.They are:* The Andean Condor which inhabits the Andean mountains.... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 527 | December 2010 | The Golden-Haired Giant The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 29. It falls under Aarne-Thompson classification types 461, "three hairs from the devil", and 930, "prophecy that a poor boy will marry a rich girl."... |
Brothers Grimm | Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Goat There was a Maid The Animal World: The Moose Moose The moose or Eurasian elk is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic configuration... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 528 | January 2011 | The Penny Prince | Hans Christian Andersen | Aesop's Fables: The Two Goats Three Little Kittens Three Little Kittens "Three Little Kittens" is an English language nursery rhyme, probably with roots in the British folk tradition. The rhyme as published today however is a sophisticated piece usually attributed to American poet Eliza Lee Cabot Follen . With the passage of time, the poem has been absorbed into the... The Animal World:The Rabbit Rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 529 | February 2011 | The Magic Servants | Brothers Grimm | Aesop's Fables: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing is an idiom of Biblical origin. It is used of those playing a role contrary to their real character, with whom contact is dangerous. As a fable it has been falsely credited to Aesop and the theme is now numbered 451 in the Perry Index... Froggie Went A-Courtin' The Animal World:The Tiger Tiger The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to and weighing up to . Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with lighter underparts... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 530 | March 2011 | The Golden Bird The Golden Bird "The Golden Bird" is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, number 57, about the pursuit of a golden bird by a king's three sons.A French version, collected by Paul Sébillot, is called The Golden Blackbird. Andrew Lang included that variant in The Green Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson folktale type 550,... |
Brothers Grimm | Aesop's Fables: The Wind and the Sun London Bridge London Bridge is Falling Down "London Bridge Is Falling Down" is a well-known traditional nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 502.-Lyrics:... The Animal World:The Seal Pinniped Pinnipeds or fin-footed mammals are a widely distributed and diverse group of semiaquatic marine mammals comprising the families Odobenidae , Otariidae , and Phocidae .-Overview: Pinnipeds are typically sleek-bodied and barrel-shaped... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 531 | May 2011 | Rapunzel Rapunzel "Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698... |
Brothers Grimm | Aesop's Fables: The Mice in Council Little Miss Muffet Little Miss Muffet "Little Miss Muffet" is a nursery rhyme, one of the most commonly printed in the mid-twentieth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20605.-Lyrics:-Alternative Lyrics:... The Animal World:The Reindeer Reindeer The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 532 | July 2011 | The Dancing Princesses The Twelve Dancing Princesses "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" is a German fairy tale originally published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 in Kinder- und Hausmärchen as tale number 133... |
Brothers Grimm | Aesop's Fables: The Lark and her Young Ones Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner "Little Jack Horner" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has the Roud Folk Song Index number of 13027.-Lyrics:The most common modern lyrics are:Little Jack HornerSat in the corner,Eating a Christmas pie;He put in his thumb,... The Animal World:The Porcupine Porcupine Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that defend or camouflage them from predators. They are indigenous to the Americas, southern Asia, and Africa. Porcupines are the third largest of the rodents, behind the capybara and the beaver. Most porcupines are about long, with... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 533 | August 2011 | The Mountain Fountain | --- | The Brothers Grimm: The Straw, the Coal and the Bean Septimus Winner Septimus Winner Septimus Winner is best known as a songwriter of the nineteenth century. He used his own name, and also the pseudonyms Alice Hawthorne, Percy Guyer, Mark Mason, Apsley Street, and Paul Stenton... : Where, O Where The Animal World:The Squirrel Squirrel Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots , flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa and have been introduced to Australia... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 534 | October 2011 | The Golden Touch Midas For the legend of Gordias, a person who was taken by the people and made King, in obedience to the command of the oracle, see Gordias.Midas or King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. This was called the Golden touch, or the... |
Nathaniel Hawthorne | Aesop's Fables: Stone soup Stone soup Stone Soup is an old folk story in which hungry strangers persuade local people of a town to give them food. It is usually told as a lesson in cooperation, especially amid scarcity. In varying traditions, the stone has been replaced with other common inedible objects, and therefore the fable is... Mistress Mary Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is a popular English nursery rhyme. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and meaning are disputed... The Animal World: The Turtle Turtle Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines , characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 535 | November 2011 | The Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of... |
L. Frank Baum L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz... |
Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Lion The Lion and the Fox The Lion and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables and represents a comedy of manners. It is number 10 in the Perry Index.-The fable:The fable is only found in Classical Greek sources and was briefly told. 'A fox had never seen a lion before, so when she happened to met the lion for the first time she... Old Mother Hubbard Old Mother Hubbard "Old Mother Hubbard" is an English language nursery rhyme, first printed in 1805 and among the most popular publications of the nineteenth century. The exact origin and meaning of the rhyme is disputed... The Animal World:The Koala Koala The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae.... (source not given, illustrated by William A. Walsh) |
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| 536 | Expected December 2011 | The Chimney Sweep The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen . The tale follows the romance between a china shepherdess and a china chimney sweep who are threatened by a carved mahogany satyr who wants the shepherdess for his wife... |
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| 537 | Expected January 2012 | The Three Fairies The Three Fairies The Three Fairies is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.It is Aarne-Thompson tale 480, the kind and the unkind girls, and appears to stem from an oral source... |
Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while... |
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| 538 | Expected February 2012 | Silly Hans | --- | (tbc) | |
| 539 | Expected March 2012 | The Enchanted Fish | --- | (tbc) | |
| 540 | Expected April 2012 | The Tinder-Box | Hans Christian Andersen | (tbc) | |
| 541 | Expected May 2012 | Snow White and Rose Red Snow-White and Rose-Red Snow-White and Rose-Red is a German fairy tale. In the seventeenth century Charles Perrault was the first to write it down, but the best-known version is the one collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 161.... |
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| 542 | Expected June 2012 | The Donkey's Tale The Donkey (fairy tale) The Donkey is a German fairy tale collected by Brothers Grimm by Grimm's Fairy Tales.It is Aarne-Thompson type 430, The Donkey Bridegroom.-Synopsis:... |
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| 543 | Expected July 2012 | The House in the Woods The Hut in the Forest The Hut in the Forest or The House in the Wood is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 169. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson type 431.-Synopsis:... |
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| 544 | Expected August 2012 | The Golden Fleece Golden Fleece In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-haired winged ram, which can be procured in Colchis. It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest by order of King Pelias for the fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus... |
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| 545 | Expected September 2012 | The Glass Mountain The Glass Mountain (fairy tale) The Glass Mountain is a Polish fairy tale collected by Hermann Kletke. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.The name also appears as a mythical location in a different story, one of the original Brothers Grimm fairytales. -Synopsis:The Polish story begins with: On a glass mountain grew... |
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| 546 | Expected October 2012 | The Elves and the Shoemaker The Elves and the Shoemaker The Elves and the Cobbler or The Shoemaker and the Elves is an often copied and re-made story about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed help from elves.... |
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| 547 | Expected November 2012 | The Wishing Table | --- | (tbc) | |
| 548 | Expected December 2012 | The Magic Pitcher | "Based on The Miraculous Pitcher by Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer.Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include John Hathorne, a judge during the Salem Witch Trials... ". |
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| 549 | Expected January 2013 | Simple Kate | --- | (tbc) | |
| 550 | Expected February 2013 | The Singing Donkey Town Musicians of Bremen The Town Musicians of Bremen is a folktale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Despite the title of the fairy tale, the characters never actually arrive in Bremen... |
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| 551 | Expected March 2013 | The Queen Bee The Queen Bee The Queen Bee is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 62. It is Aarne-Thompson type 554, the grateful animals.-Synopsis:... |
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| 552 | Expected April 2013 | The Three Little Dwarfs The Three Little Men in the Wood The Three Little Men in the Wood or The Three Dwarfs is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 13. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book, and a version of the tale appears in A Book of Dwarfs by Ruth Manning-Sanders.It is Aarne-Thompson type 403B, the black and the... |
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| 553 | Expected May 2013 | King Thrushbeard King Thrushbeard King Thrushbeard is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 52.It is Aarne-Thompson type 900.-Synopsis:A beautiful, but spoiled, rude, and shallow princess criticizes all her suitors because she is too proud. She is impressed with the last of her suitors, but her pride will not... |
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| 554 | Expected June 2013 | The Enchanted Deer | --- | (tbc) | |
| 555 | Expected July 2013 | The 3 Golden Apples | Nathaniel Hawthorne | (tbc) | |
| 556 | Expected August 2013 | The Elf Mound The Elf Mound "The Elf Mound" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen . The tale is about a feast held in an elf mound for the Goblin Chief of Norway and his two sons, both of whom are expected to select elf brides. The tale was published in Copenhagen, Denmark by C.A... |
Hans Christian Andersen | (tbc) | |
| 557 | Expected September 2013 | Silly Willy | --- | (tbc) | |
| 558 | Expected October 2013 | The Magic Dish | --- | (tbc) | |
| 559 | Expected November 2013 | The Japanese Lantern | --- | (tbc) | |
| 560 | Expected December 2013 | The Doll Princess | --- | (tbc) | |
| 561 | Expected January 2014 | Hans Humdrum | --- | (tbc) | |
| 562 | Expected February 2014 | The Enchanted Pony | --- | (tbc) | |
| 563 | Expected March 2014 | The Wishing Well | --- | (tbc) | |
| 564 | Expected April 2014 | The Salt Mountain | --- | (tbc) | |
| 565 | Expected May 2014 | The Silly Princess Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's A Story" Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's A Story" or The Ash Lad who made the Princess Say, "You're A Liar" is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.It is Aarne-Thompson type 852.... |
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| 566 | Expected June 2014 | Clumsy Hans | Hans Christian Andersen | (tbc) | |
| 567 | Expected July 2014 | The Bearskin Soldier | Brothers Grimm | (tbc) | |
| 568 | Expected August 2014 | The Happy Hedgehog | --- | (tbc) | |
| 569 | Expected September 2014 | The Three Giants | --- | (tbc) | |
| 570 | Expected October 2014 | The Pearl Princess | --- | (tbc) | |
| 571 | Expected November 2014 | How Fire Came To The Indians | --- | (tbc) | |
| 572 | Expected December 2014 | The Drummer Boy | --- | (tbc) | |
| 573 | Expected January 2015 | The Crystal Ball | Brothers Grimm | (tbc) | |
| 574 | Expected February 2015 | Brightboots | --- | (tbc) | |
| 575 | Expected March 2015 | The Fearless Prince | --- | (tbc) | |
| 576 | Expected April 2015 | The Princess Who Saw Everything | --- | (tbc) | |
| 577 | Expected May 2015 | The Runaway Dumpling | --- | (tbc) | |
External links
- Classics Illustrated Junior Commentary on CIJ adaptations of Aesop's Fables
- Jack Lake Productions Selected Classics Illustrated Junior reprints