PREFACE:
In the field of modern children's literature, no name has been more firmly established than that of Jane Thayer, who has provided children with stories they love to hear - stories that never fail to delight and entertain. Her writing is distinguished by a simple, free-flowing storyteller's technique, an infallible childlike charm, and a merriment as real - yet as subtle - as a twinkle. Parents, teachers and librarians have joined children everywhere in merited praise for her outstanding achievments.

Jane Thayer, in real life, is actually Catherine Woolley - a name equally renowned in the world of juvenile literature for her stories and books for somewhat older boys and girls.

This valued collection of stories will enable you to share with your child not only the pleasures of reading and reading aloud, but also the fun, the smiles and the laughter of uninhibited childhood.