{"product_id":"secondhand-chapter-book-age-5-8-bargain-book-box-sp4165","title":"Secondhand Chapter Book (Age 5-8) Bargain Book Box SP4165","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Chapter Book (Age 5-8) Bargain Book Box SP4165\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFifteen Usborne First Reading retellings of the big fairy tales: Andersen’s Tin Soldier, Ugly Duckling and Emperor’s Nightingale, Grimm’s Red Riding Hood, Aesop, Baba Yaga, Dick Whittington and Kenneth Grahame’s Reluctant Dragon. Clean matching set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tin Soldier — Russell Punter — One leg, a paper boat down the gutter, a fish, and a fire. Andersen’s saddest tale, handled gently.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Runaway Pancake — Mairi Mackinnon — Rolls out the door, past everyone, straight to the pig.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDick Whittington — Russell Punter — A poor boy, a cat, and a city where the streets turn out not to be paved with gold until they are.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrincess Polly and the Pony — Susanna Davidson — Polly wants to ride; the king says princesses don’t.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Inch Prince — Russell Punter — A thumb-sized boy rows a soup bowl to the city and fights a demon with a needle. Japanese tale.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Red Riding Hood — Grimm — The wolf in the bed. Mike Gordon’s illustrations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Emperor and the Nightingale — Andersen — A real bird, a jewelled clockwork one, and which of them sings when the emperor is dying.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Reluctant Dragon — Kenneth Grahame — The dragon writes poetry and won’t fight; Saint George agrees to fake it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoldilocks and the Three Bears — Susanna Davidson — Porridge, chairs, beds, bears.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Owl and the Pussycat — Edward Lear — The pea-green boat, the runcible spoon, the Bong-tree. Victoria Ball’s pictures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAndrocles and the Lion — Russell Punter — A slave pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and the lion remembers him in the arena.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Town Mouse and the Country Mouse — Susanna Davidson — Fine food and a cat, or crumbs and peace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaba Yaga the Flying Witch — Susanna Davidson — The witch in the hut on chicken legs, and the girl who escapes with a comb and a towel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hare and the Tortoise — Mairi Mackinnon — Slow and steady.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ugly Duckling — Andersen — The one that always lands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50623605801179,"sku":"SP4165","price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp4165.jpg?v=1791884054","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-chapter-book-age-5-8-bargain-book-box-sp4165","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}