Collection of children's stories, including folk tales, historical stores, poems, and fairy tales. Some are "retold," such as Pinocchio, Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby, and Snow-White and Rose-Red. Contents are broken into sections: I-Wise and Foolish Tales II-Amazing Animals III-Up and Down America IV-Words with Wings V-Strong Magic VI-When Our Country was Younger VII-Tales that Grew Tall VIII-It Could Happen to You IX-THere was a Time
A collection of all kinds of stories. Squirt's favorite was the Scandinavian Folk Tale about the boy and the North Wind. Some of the stories were boring for him, but many were great. The one about ice fishing surprised him - he hadn't heard of it before and couldn't believe it. "That's impossible!"