Publisher's Synopsis
This book contains three original stories written in a fairytale style. In the first story, a small thistle, alone among all the beautiful flowers of the garden, has the wisdom and courage to help a childless king and queen. Then there are the adventures of Tomkin, the little tailor, who dreams of being a king and learns a lesson about keeping promises from his trusty, three-legged stool. Finally there is a tale of the wizard's daughter, the Little Beekeeper, and her three rude and foolish, older brothers.;Vivian French has written "Jackson's Juniors", "Under the Moon", "Zenobia and Mouse", "Mary Poggs and the Sunshine", "Once Upon a Time", "Why the Sea is Salt", "Baker Ben", "Doctor Elsie", "Lazy Jack", "A Song for Little Toad", "Caterpillar Caterpillar" (shortlisted for the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award); "The Apple Trees" and "Spider Watching".;Chris Fisher is the illustrator of "Princess Primrose" (also by Vivian French), "Pappy Mashy" and "Under the Moon".
