Contos de Grimm

The adventures of the wooden puppet who wants to become a real boy, translated into Portuguese and illustrated. The chapters are short and each one closes an episode, so it can be read a little at a time without losing the thread.

Carlo Collodi

Alice follows a hurried rabbit and falls into a world where nothing obeys logic. The Portuguese translation keeps the wordplay and the nonsense humour that made the book a classic.

Lewis Carroll

The story of the boy who refused to grow up, retold in Portuguese by Monteiro Lobato in the voice of Dona Benta. It is not a literal translation but a Brazilian version, with the spoken tone of someone telling a story to the children around her.

Monteiro Lobato

A selection of Andersen tales in Portuguese, including The Princess and the Pea, The Emperor's Nightingale, Thumbelina and The Steadfast Tin Soldier. Each story stands on its own and runs only a few pages.

Hans Christian Andersen

The Greek animal fables that end in a moral, gathered in Portuguese and illustrated. Each one runs under a page, which makes them comfortable material for practising the language without committing to a long read.

Esopo