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•  Prickety Prackety • (1958) • interior artwork by Jennifer Miles
•  Tim Rabbit • (1958) • interior artwork by Jennifer Miles
•  The Dutch Cheese • (1947) • interior artwork by Irene Hawkins
•  Paul, the Hero of the Fire • (1948) • interior artwork by Edward Ardizzone
•  A Golden Land • (1958) • interior artwork by Peggy Fortnum
•  Granen • (1956) • interior artwork by Tove Jansson
•  A Golden Land • (1958) • interior artwork by Gillian Conway
•  Johnny Crow's Garden • (1903) • interior artwork by L. Leslie Brooke
•  A Golden Land • (1958) • interior artwork by Constance Marshall
•  Calico Pie • (1871) • interior artwork by Edward Lear
•  The Tale of Dobbin and the Silver Shoes • (1958) • interior artwork by Ismena Murmagen
•  The Kind Visitor • (1958) • interior artwork by Eve Garnett
•  The Owl and the Pussy-Cat • (1871) • interior artwork by Edward Lear
•  Roddy and the Red Indians • (1958) • interior artwork by Audrey Walker
•  Paul's Tale • (1958) • interior artwork by Geraldine Spence
•  The Flying Postman • (1948) • interior artwork by V. H. Drummond
•  A Hole in Your Stocking • (1958) • interior artwork by Faith Jaques
•  Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel • (1948) • interior artwork by Edward Ardizzone
•  Spells • (unknown) • interior artwork by Jane Paton
•  Written in March • (unknown) • interior artwork by Jane Paton
•  La Hormiguita and Perez the Mouse • (1958) • interior artwork by Faith Jaques
•  The Small Brown Mouse • (1957) • interior artwork by Rowel Friers
• xv • Introduction (A Golden Land) • (1958) • essay by James Reeves
• 1 • Tim Rabbit • (1937) • short fiction by Alison Uttley
• 7 • The Dutch Cheese • juvenile • (1908) • short story by Walter de la Mare
• 16 • Prickety Prackety • (1951) • short story by Diana Ross
• 24 • Paul, the Hero of the Fire • (1948) • short story by Edward Ardizzone
• 37 • Robin Goodfellow • (1625) • poem by Ben Jonson
• 40 • Hopping Frog • (1872) • poem by Christina Rossetti
• 41 • The Christmas Tree • [Moomins] • (1958) • short story by Tove Jansson (trans. of Granen 1956)
• 52 • The Frog and the Crow • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 53 • The Grand Panjandrum • (1775) • short fiction by Samuel Foote
• 54 • The Story of Caliph Stork • [Die Karawane / The Caravan • 1] • (1892) • short story by Wilhelm Hauff (trans. of Kalif Storch 1825) [as by Andrew Lang (in error)]
• 67 • Old Shellover • (1913) • poem by Walter de la Mare
• 68 • Johnny Crow's Garden • (1903) • poem by L. Leslie Brooke
• 72 • Where Arthur Sleeps • (1955) • short story by Gwyn Jones
• 79 • The Old Woman and Her Pig • (1890) • short story by James Orchard Halliwell
• 82 • The Lory Who Longer for Honey • (1951) • short story by Leila Berg
• 89 • Turn Again Whittington • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 89 •  An Old English Madrigal • (unknown) • interior artwork by Randolph Caldecott
• 90 • Blunder • (1867) • short story by Louise E. Chollet
• 98 • Hare and Tortoise • (1958) • short story by Aesop and James Reeves
• 102 • Theseus and the Minotaur • (1958) • short fiction by Charles Kingsley
• 108 • Sneezing • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 109 • Calico Pie • (1871) • poem by Edward Lear
• 112 • The Tale of Dobbin and the Silver Shoes • (1929) • short story by Elizabeth Clark
• 120 • The Kind Visitor • (1958) • short story by Eve Garnett
• 135 • The Golden Touch • (1958) • short story by Honor Wyatt
• 143 • Lion and Mouse • (1958) • short story by Aesop and James Reeves
• 148 • The Pavilion in the Laurels • (1958) • short story by Barbara Leonie Picard
• 165 • The Baker's Daughter • (1932) • short story by Margery Williams [as by Margery Williams Bianco]
• 172 • Before the Paling of the Stars • (1864) • poem by Christina Rossetti
• 174 • Simple Simon (excerpt) • (1887) • poem by Anonymous
• 175 • Roddy and the Red Indians • (1958) • short story by E. H. Lang
• 191 • Robin Redbreast's Thanksgiving • (1927) • short story by Elizabeth Clark
• 197 • W • (1952) • poem by James Reeves
• 198 • The Jumblies • (1871) • poem by Edward Lear
• 198 •  The Jumblies • (1871) • interior artwork by Edward Lear
• 201 • A Needle and Thread • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 202 • The Boy • (1933) • poem by Eleanor Farjeon
• 202 •  The Boy • (unknown) • interior artwork by Holly Bourne
• 203 • Can Men Be Such Fools As All That? • (1931) • short story by Eleanor Farjeon
• 207 • The Statue • (1952) • poem by James Reeves
• 208 • Gather Ye Rosebuds • (1958) • poem by Robert Herrick
• 209 • Paul's Tale • (1945) • short story by Mary Norton
• 219 • A Cherry • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 220 •  Cripple Creek • (unknown) • interior artwork by Joan Milroy
• 222 • Lady Greensleeves • (1958) • short story by Frances Browne (variant of The Lords of the White and Grey Castles 1857)
• 236 • A Hole in Your Stocking • (1951) • short story by Diana Ross
• 239 • Queen Mab • (1958) • poem by Robert Herrick (variant of The Fairies 1648)
• 240 • Father Sparrow's Tug-of-War • (1927) • short story by Elizabeth Clark
• 246 • The Flying Postman • (1948) • short story by V. H. Drummond
• 259 •  York, York for my Money • (unknown) • interior artwork by Robert Hodgson
• 261 • The Six Badgers • (1958) • poem by Robert Graves
• 262 • The Swallows • juvenile • (1882) • short story by Mary Louisa Molesworth [as by Mrs. Molesworth]
• 280 • The Thunder, the Elephant, and Dorobo • (1958) • short story by Humphrey Harman
• 287 • The Pumpkin • (1958) • poem by Robert Graves
• 288 • The Magic Ball • (1924) • short story by Charles J. Finger
• 298 • Giacco and His Bean • (1929) • short story by Florence Botsford
• 302 • The Wind in a Frolic • (1830) • poem by William Howitt
• 306 • The Ogre Courting • juvenile • (1871) • short story by Juliana Horatia Ewing
• 312 • Mima • (1913) • poem by Walter de la Mare
• 313 • Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel • (1948) • short story by Edward Ardizzone
• 324 • I Had a Little Nut-Tree • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 325 • The Owl and the Pussy-Cat • juvenile • (1871) • poem by Edward Lear
• 327 • Whence Is This Fragrance? • (1958) • poem by James Reeves
• 329 • Cobwebs • (1864) • short story by Mrs. Alfred Gatty [as by Margaret Gatty]
• 339 • From a Railway Carriage • juvenile • (1885) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 339 •  From a Railway Carriage • (unknown) • interior artwork by Joan Milroy
• 341 • There was a Crooked Man • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 342 • The Constant Tin Soldier • (1846) • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Den standhaftige Tinsoldat 1838) [as by Hans Andersen]
• 349 • O Little Town of Bethlehem • (1868) • poem by Bishop Phillips Brooks
• 351 • Spells • (1950) • poem by James Reeves
• 354 • The Wonderful Tar-Baby • (1958) • short story by Joel Chandler Harris (variant of The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story 1880)
• 357 • Beer Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman • (1958) • short story by Joel Chandler Harris (variant of Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman 1880)
• 361 • The Fairies • (1850) • poem by William Allingham
• 364 • Mary Indoors • (1933) • poem by Eleanor Farjeon
• 364 •  Mary Indoors • (unknown) • interior artwork by Holly Bourne
• 365 • The Hero of Haarlem • (1875) • short fiction by Mary Mapes Dodge
• 371 • The Tailor and the Crow • (1887) • poem by uncredited
• 372 • Lilliput-Land • (1958) • poem by William Brighty Rands (variant of Lilliput Levee 1868)
• 374 • London Sparrow • (1933) • poem by Eleanor Farjeon
• 375 • Lazy Jack • (1958) • short story by James Reeves
• 381 • The Fairies of the Caldon Low • (1958) • poem by Mary Howitt (variant of The Fairies of the Caldon-Low 1844)
• 386 • A Kitten • (unknown) • poem by Eleanor Farjeon
• 387 • The Well of the World's End • (1954) • short story by James Reeves
• 396 • Written in March • (1807) • poem by William Wordsworth
• 399 • La Hormiguita and Perez the Mouse • (1936) • short story by Ruth Sawyer
• 403 • Turtle Soup • [Alice] • (1865) • poem by Lewis Carroll
• 404 • A Naughty Boy (excerpt) • (1958) • poem by John Keats
• 405 • The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship • (1916) • short story by Arthur Ransome
• 419 • Topsyturvey-World • (1867) • poem by William Brighty Rands
• 420 • Birthdays • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 421 • The Small Brown Mouse • (1957) • short story by Janet McNeill
• 430 • Nicholas Nye • (1931) • poem by Walter de la Mare
• 443 • The Fly • (1902) • poem by Walter de la Mare
• 444 • Rilloby-Rill • (1909) • poem by Henry Newbolt
• 444 •  Rilloby-Rill • (unknown) • interior artwork by Jane Paton
• 447 • The Old Woman in the Basket • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 448 • The Cat That Walked by Himself • [Just So Stories] • (1902) • short story by Rudyard Kipling
• 452 •  The Cat That Walked by Himself • (1902) • interior artwork by Rudyard Kipling
• 460 • Night (Stanza 1) • (1958) • poem by William Blake
• 461 • The Fable of the Old Man, the Boy and the Donkey • (1950) • poem by Ian Serraillier
• 463 • How Still the Bells • (unknown) • poem by Emily Dickinson
• 463 •  How Still the Bells • (unknown) • interior artwork by Robert Hodgson
• 464 • Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting • (1968) • short fiction by A. A. Milne (variant of In Which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle)
• 466 •  Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting • (1926) • interior artwork by E. H. Shepard
• 469 • Bells • (1950) • poem by James Reeves
• 471 • Then • (1913) • poem by Walter de la Mare
• 472 • Rapunzel • [
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  • 12] • (1958) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Rapunzel 1812) [as by Brothers Grimm and James Reeves]
• 481 • Foo the Potter • (1958) • short story by James Reeves [as by John Pendry]
• 494 • A Spell for Sleeping • (1958) • poem by Alastair Reid