From the publisher:
A choice collection of stories for the preschool child, carefully selected, adapted, and arranged by two veteran kindergarten teachers. Includes nature stories, holiday stories, fairy tales and fable, as well as stories of home life. Emphasis is placed on fanciful tales for their value in the training of the imagination and on cumulative tales for developing a child's sense of humor and appealing to his instinctive love of rhyme and jingle.
Table of Contents:
STORIES OF THE HOME RELATIONSHIP
MOTHER AND THE CHILDREN
1. The Little Gray Grandmother
2. Grandmother's Curtains
3. Hans and the Wonderful Flower
4. The Mince Pie
5. The Fairy Who Came to Our House
6. Selling Timothy Titus
7. The Top and the Ball
8. The Long Procession
THE HOME
THE HOME
9. How the Home Was Built
10. What Kept the New Chimney Waiting
11. The Stone Baby
12. The Tale of the Littlest Mouse
13. The House That Jack Built
14. The Sheep and the Pig
FOOD-STUFFS
15. The Tomato Story
16. Little King Brogan
17. Two Little Cooks
18. Smiling Girls and Rosy Boys
19. Pat-a-Cake
20. The Big Red Apple
21. The Wonderful Porridge Pot
22. The Gingerbread Boy
23. The Gingerbread Man
THE FARMER
24. Do What You Can
25. The Stolen Corn
26. Making the Best of It
27. Why the Bean Wears a Stripe Down Its Back
28. The Little Field Mice
29. The Ugly Duckling
30. The Rich Goose
CLOTHING
31. The Flax
32. The Calico's Story
33. The New Red Dress
34. Little Bo Peep
35. Baa, Baa Black Sheep
STORIES OF INDUSTRY
36. The Story of Nehemiah
37. The Stone Cutter
38. The Village Blacksmith
39. The Elves and the Shoemaker
40. The Stone in the Road
41. Pippa Passes
NATURE STORIES
FALL: PREPARATION FOR WINTER
42. The Story of Persephone
43. The Seed Babies' Blanket
44. The Snowflake and the Leaf
45. The Robin
46. The Anxious Leaf
47. The Elder Brother
WINTER: THE SKY, ICE, AND SNOW
48. Winter
49. Silvercap, King of the Frost Fairies
50. What Broke the China Pitcher
51. The Legend of the Dipper
52. The Snowman
53. Grandfather's Penny
SPRING: LIGHT, WATER, BIRDS, TREES
54. The Sleeping Princess
55. The Old Street Lamp
56. The Candles
57. Little Nancy Etticoat
58. The Windmill
59. Little Half Chick
60. The Wind and the Sun
61. The Story of Phaeton
62. The Sun's Sisters
63. Tom, the Water Baby
64. Latona and the Rustics
65. How We First Came to Have Umbrellas
66. Who Likes the Rain?
67. The Oriole's Journey
68. The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
69. The Legend of the Woodpecker
70. How the Robin's Breast Became Red
71. How the Apple Blossom Came Back
72. Apple-Seed John
73. Up in a Green Orchard
74. The Oak Tree and the Linden
75. The Little Pine Tree Who Wished for New Leaves
SUMMER: FLOWERS AND INSECTS
76. The Legend of the Arbutus
77. The Daisy
78. The Legend of the Dandelion
79. The Dandelion
80. The Story of Clytie
81. Goldenrod and Aster
82. The Little Brown Bowl
83. The Story of Arachne
84. The Cricket and the Poet
85. Cupid and Psyche
86. The Baby Queen
87. Mother Spider
88. Little Miss Muffett
89. The Little Girl Who Would Not Work
HOLIDAY STORIES
THANKSGIVING
90. The Story of Ruth and Naomi
91. The Story of the First Corn
92. Who Ate the Dolly's Dinner?
93. A Great Surprise
CHRISTMAS
94. The Christmas Story
95. The Good Shepherd
96. The Legend of St. Christopher
97. Babouscka
98. The Legend of the Christmas Tree
99. How the Fir Tree Became the Christmas Tree
100. The Pine Tree
101. Little Cosette
102. Tiny Tim
103. Mrs. Santa Claus
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY
104. Stuart's Valentine
105. Big Brother's Valentine
STORIES OF HEROISM
106. St. George and the Dragon
107. The Story of Theseus
108. A Little Lad of Long Ago
109. How Cedric Became a Knight
110. The Brave Tin Soldier
EASTER
111. Daffy Down Dilly
112. The Snowdrop
113. Herr Oster Hare
114. The Coming of the King
FAIRY TALES AND FABLES
FAIRY TALES
115. The Old Woman and Her Pig
116. The Cat and the Mouse
117. The Little Red Hen
118. Chicken Little
119. The Travels of a Fox
120. The Living Alarm Clock
121. The Three Bears
122. The Three Little Pigs
123. Peter, Paul, and Espen
124. Little Sunshine
125. Eavesdropper, the Ugly Dwarf
126. Rumpel-Stilts-Kin
127. The House in the Wood
128. The Spindle, Needle, and Shuttle
FABLES
129. The Ant and the Grasshopper
130. The Ant and the Dove
131. The Crow and the Pitcher
132. The Gourd and the Pine Tree
133. The Crow and the Fox
134. The Dog and His Shadow
