The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales

America's oldest university president believed children deserved the very best stories. In 1912, Harvard's Charles William Eliot assembled this anthology to prove it. The result is a treasury of wonder that has sparked young imaginations for over a century. Here lie mischievous giants and brave heroes, magic beans and talking animals, lessons wrapped in laughter and adventure. The collection draws from Native American legend, European folklore, and ancient fable, creating a passport to every kind of magic. Whether following Manabozho through the northern forests or tumbling down a beanstalk, readers discover what fairy tales have always known: the world is stranger and more wonderful than we dare imagine. This is the book families return to generation after generation, because some doors are meant to be opened again and again.