Featuring favorite traditional tales, these goodhearted but mischievous stories make for perfect bedtime reading. The timeless tales "The Wind and the Sun," "Stone Soup," "The Shoemaker's Slippers," "The Greatest Pear in the World," "The Golden Goose," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Three Bundles of Sticks," "The Giant's Footprints," "Green Leaves," and "Two Islands" are presented in a warm and witty light, and each can be read aloud in just five minutes.