Table of Contents

Hay For My Ox -- Isabel Wyatt
Brother Ox and Brother Ass -- Isabel Wyatt
The Hare -- translated by Rose Fyleman
Where Go the Boats? -- R. L. Stevenson
The Prince Who Kept Pigs -- Isabel Wyatt
Mark and His Lamp -- Isabel Wyatt
Ripe Plums in Spring -- Gesta Romanorum (medieval)
Spring -- William Blake
Some One -- Walter de la Mare
The Elves’ Dance -- Anonymous
The Tree of Three Cries -- Celtic Legend
How Sheep Got Sheep Bells -- Old Legend
The Giant and the Child -- Old Legend
Two Prayers of Olden Days -- Anonymous
King Vincent and Lord Tom-Tit -- Isabel Wyatt
Do Not Go into the Wood -- Indian Fable
The Cuckoo -- Anonymous
May Day -- Anonymous
The Caterpillar -- Christina Rossetti
The Rain -- William H. Davies
The Fork-Tail and the Rams -- Indian Fable
King Cackle -- Indian Fable
The Monkey and the Pea -- Indian Fable
Old Riddles -- Anonymous

About the Author

Isabel Wyatt was born in England in 1901. She spent many years teaching young children and was then, until her retirement in 1965, co-director of studies at Hawkwood College in Gloucestershire. She compiled many books for children, including The Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book, Homer's Odyssey, King Beetle-Tamer and The Book of Fairy Princes. She died in 1992.