A compilation of children's stories geared towards the reading ability of 8 to 12 year olds. The stories listed in the Table of Contents 'Flipper to the Rescue' by Richard Hardwick 'The Post Sir Peter Bombazoo' by Charles Edward Carryl 'Bluebonnets for Lucinda' by Frances Clarke Sayers 'Mr. A and Mr. P' by Margery Williams Bianco' 'When the Root Children Wake Up' by Helen Dean Fish 'Rufus Moffat's First Day of School' by Eleanor Estes 'I Want to be an Animal Doctor' by Carla Greene 'Shells of Land and Sea' 'How Morse Sent Letters by Lightning' by Smith Burnham 'Hunt for Unburied Treasure' by Hal Burton and 'Let's Visit Canada'. Book has many colored illustrations throughout text.