A Treasury Of Stories For Five Year Olds

Description

Bringing together stories from all over the world, this collection features tales from Eleanor Farjeon, Margaret Mahy, Jean Chapman and many other popular children's authors.

Table of contents

"The Rare Spotted Birthday Party", Margaret Mahy; "The Cat and the Parrot", Virginia Haviland; "How the Starfish was Born", Donald Bisset; "The Witch and the Little Village Bus", Margaret Stuart Barry; "The Cross Photograph", Dorothy Edwards; "Round the World with a Tyre", Edward Blishen; "The Donkey that Helped Father Christmas", Elizabeth Clark; "The Old Woman and her Pig", retold by Edward Blishen; "The Giant who threw Tantrums", David L. Harrison; "The Mermaid's Crown", Ruth Ainswoth; "Mother Kangaroo", John Kershaw; "The Toymaker's Shop", Marie Smith; "A Little Bit of Colour", Nancy Blishen; "The King who Wanted to Walk on the Moon - A Persian Tale", retold by Edward Blishen; "Things are Puzzling", James Reeves; "The Elephant Party", Paul Biegel; "The Tale of Mr and Mrs Peppercorn and their Cuckoo-Clock", Elizabeth Clark; "The Stamping Elephant", Anita Hewett; "RAbbit and the Wolves", Ruth Manning-Sanders; "The Sea-Baby", Eleanor Farjeon; "One at a Time - A Slevenian tale", retold by Edward Blishen.