The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Story Book

The image on the cover of Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, bears, a wolf, a pig and a hen dancing together with joyful abandon sets the mood for Helen Oxenbury's collection of the ten traditional tales which ought surely to be part of every young child's early literary experience. The simple direct tellings read aloud well and are eloquently and generously illustrated making this a treat to share with under sixes who, as developing readers, will doubtless revisit the book and take further pleasures from the tales.