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.