Description
Rhythmical repetition of words, sounds, and phrases is used throughout the book but especially widely in the tales for younger children. The stories themselves are engaging and beautifully written.
C O N T E N T S:
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
