A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, Illustrated Edition (Yesterday's Classics) Paperback – Illustrated, February 3, 2009

This is another of the many classic tales that the famed author Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote for children. This is the tale called "The Midas Touch," which children should know because it is part of world culture.King Midas was obsessed by his love of gold which he horded in his basement dungeon. Once when he was in his dungeon, which he had locked so that no one could come and see and take his gold, a smiling stranger appeared. The stranger noticed that he had much gold but was not satisfied. He asked Midas what he wanted. After lengthy thought, Midas said he was tired of searching for gold and wanted that everything he touched would turn into gold. The stranger said he would grant the wish which would begin in the morning.The next morning, the wish materialized. Everything the king touched turned into gold. When he put on his gasses, it turned to gold and he could not see through them. When he dressed in his clothes, they turned to gold and were heavy. He touched his much-admired rose garden and all the roses became gold and lost their color and smell. He tried to eat, but his food and drink turned to gold and he could consume nothing.But then something excitingly worse occurred.Children will enjoy the adventure, learn much about greed and about appreciating what one has, and they will look forward to discovering what happens in this classic tale. I think they will enjoy it so much they will want to hear other classics.

This book, full of imagination and adventure, is worth every second. The comfortable atmosphere allows for one to fall back and enjoy the story as though Eustace were truly sharing it with us personally, as if we are the children eagerly waiting on his every word. Wonderfully written and an intriguing look at what people of the past saw in their mysterious world.

Bought this for my grown son, who lost this when he was 9 and we couldn't remember the name of it to replace it. After looking for many years we found it here! What an amazing thing to be able to gift my son for his birthday. He was over the moon! Great condition, great price and happiness to last forever that we found his favorite book. Thank you!

I love the stories that are in this book. I am a big fan of greek mythology and this is in a perfect format for kids to enjoy.

A must read for every parent, grandparent and kid. We don't read to our kids nearly enough and this is an excellent book for us older folks to read to the young ones.

Great book; nice illustrations. Good bedtime reading for my 10-year old son who is currently into mythology. I recommend it.

My kids enjoyed this book.

Was good and was also good at talking about Pegasus and was also was really funny about some kids was just hilarious