Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Read-Aloud Stories - Children's Thrift Classics Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Brief Description: Presents a collection of twenty-two folk tales from around the world, including "The Teeny, Tiny Lady", "The Wonderful Pot", and "Why the Field Mouse Is Little". Brief Description: Presents a collection of twenty-two folk tales from around the world, including "The Teeny, Tiny Lady, " "The Wonderful Pot, " and "Why the Field Mouse Is Little."Publisher Marketing: Treasury of time-honored tales from many lands includes the title story and such old favorites as "Johnny Cake," "The Three Bears," "The Little Old Woman Who Went to the North Wind," "The Wonderful Pot," "The Gold Bugs," "The Story of Lambikin," and many others. Reprinted in large, easy-to-read type and with 6 new illustrations by Thea Kliros.

Contributor Bio:  Bailey Larry J. Bailey attended Ball State University and taught high school industrial arts prior to completing a Doctor of Education degree in Vocational Education at the University of Illinois. Before joining Southern Illinois University in 1969, he held faculty research appointments at the University of Illinois and at the University of Iowa. The author of seven books and more than 100 other book chapters, articles, papers, and reports, Dr. Bailey also served as a member of the National Advisory Council on Career Education and the Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education, State of Illinois. Dr. Bailey retired from his professorship at SIU in 2004, but continues to work part-time on the development of instructional materials for distance learning and other special projects for the Department of Workforce Education and Development.