Mother’s Nursery Tales by Katharine Pyle is a charming collection of traditional fairy tales and fables that have been passed down through generations. Each story is beautifully illustrated and written in a way that is engaging and easy for young children to understand.

The tales in this collection cover a wide range of themes, from the importance of kindness and generosity to the dangers of greed and vanity. The characters are relatable and memorable, making it easy for children to learn valuable lessons from each story.

Overall, Mother’s Nursery Tales is a delightful book that is perfect for reading aloud to young children. The combination of timeless stories and enchanting illustrations make it a book that will be treasured by families for years to come. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a collection of classic tales to share with their children.

Book Description:
Perhaps you did not know that fairy tales were ever truths, but they are—the best and oldest of them. That does not mean they are facts like the things you see around you or learn from history books. Facts and truths are as different as the body and the spirit. Facts are like the body that we can see and touch and measure; we cannot see or measure the Spirit, but it is there. No one knows who first told them, nor where nor when. Perhaps none of them was told by any one particular person. Perhaps they just grew upon the Tree of Wisdom when the world was young, like shining fruit, and our wise and simple first parents plucked them, and gave them to their children to play with, and to taste. These are not new fairy-tales, the ones in this book that has been newly made for you and placed in your hands. They are old fairy-tales gathered together, some from one country, and some from another. They are old, old, old. As old as the hills or the human race,—as old as truth itself. Long ago, even so long ago as when your grandmother’s grandmother’s grandmother was a little rosy-cheeked girl, and your grandfather’s grandfather’s grandfather was a noisy shouting little boy, these stories were old.They could not harm the children, these fruits from the tree of wisdom, for each one was a lovely globe of truth, rich and wholesome to the taste. Magic fruit, for one could eat and eat, and still the fruit was there as perfect as ever to be handed down through generations, until at last it comes to you, as beautiful as in those days of long ago