A DELL YEARLING BOOK Bedtime Stories
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40626-9«U.S. $3.99 Can. $4.99 A DELL YEARLING BOOK Bedtime Stories 1 by Shari Lewis with Lan O’Kun illustrated by Art Cumings 6 3 A YEARLING BOOK Other Shari Lewis ONE-MINUTE STORIES available in hardcover from Doubleday Books for Young Readers: ONE-MINUTE FAVORITE FAIRY TALES ONE-MINUTE ANIMAL STORIES ONE-MINUTE BIBLE STORIES-OLD TESTAMENT ONE-MINUTE BIBLE STORIES-NEWTESTAMENT (coauthor: Florence Henderson) ONE-MINUTE GREEK MYTHS ONE-MINUTE CHRISTMAS STORIES ONE-MINUTE STORIES OF SISTERS AND BROTHERS ONE-MINUTE JEWISH STORIES ONE-MINUTE EASTER STORIES ONE-MINUTE STORIES OF GREAT AMERICAN HEROES ONE-MINUTE BIRTHDAY STORIES ONE-MINUTE SCARY STORIES Published by Dell Publishing a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. 666 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10103 If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book." Text copyright © 1982 by Shari Lewis Illustrations copyright © 1982 by Art Cumings All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the Publisher, except where permitted by law. For information address Doubleday Books for Young Readers, New York, New York 10103. The trademark Yearling® is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The trademark Dell® is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ISBN: 0-440-40626-9 Reprinted by arrangement with Doubleday Books for Young Readers Printed in the United States of America November 1991 10 987654321 Contents Rumpelstiltskin 8 That’s No Way to Do It! 10 The Boy Who Cried Wolf 12 Rip Van Winkle 14 The Lion and the Mouse 16 Dumling and the Golden Goose 18 Why the Cat Washes After Meals 20 The Man Who Buried His Money 22 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 24 A Mouse’s Wedding 26 A Bell for the Cat 28 The Emperor’s New Clothes 30 The Baker’s Daughter 32 Paul Bunyan 34 The Big Family in the Little House 36 SlNBAD AND THE GeNIE 38 On Naming a Son 40 The Smartest Man in the Countryside 42 The Lazy Miner 44 Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They’re Hatched 46 “A delight for both parents and children.”—Dr. Joyce Brothers Shari Lewis has collected twenty favorite multiethnic fairy and folk tales that have delighted generations of children. These classic tales have been condensed into quick-telling one-minute versions that will not only leave working parents with more free time at bedtime but will also be fun for children themselves to memorize and tell. World-famous ventriloquist and puppeteer SHARI LEWIS, otherwise known as Lamb Chop’s mother, has been honored with six Emmy awards, a Peabody, and the 1983 Kennedy Center Award for Excellence and Creativity in the Arts. She also conducts symphony orchestras across the United States and Canada. Star of eleven home videos and author of fifty-one books, Shari Lewis is on the boards of the International Reading Foundation and the Los Angeles Zoo. She lives in Beverly Hills, California. Other Yearling One-Minute Stories available: One-Minute Bible Stories -Old Testament One-Minute Bible Stories -New Testament One-Minute Favorite Fairy Tales ISBN 0-440-40626-9 40626 USA IN A Yearling Book Dell Publishing PRINTED New York 0 71009 00399 6 004-008 0-440-40626-9 COVER.