Anthology of children's stories and poetry. Contents: "Lassie Come-Home" (abridged for young readers) by Eric Knight, illustrated by Phoebe Erickson; "The Story of William Tell" edited by James Baldwin, illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith; "Penny and the White Horse" by Margery Bianco and Marjory Collison, illustrated by Janina Domanska; "Rumpelstiltskin" by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Fritz Kredel; "The Three Little Pigs" edited by Joseph Jacobs, illustrated by Richard Scarry; "The Poppy Seed Cakes", by Margery Clark, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham; "Peanuts Are Not Nuts and Other Surprising Facts" from Ripley's Believe It or Not; "The Sounds We Hear" by Gerald S. Craig and Beatrice Davis Hurley, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats; "Rhymes to Learn By" illustrated by Harvey Weiss; "Animals of Africa" (no author noted) color photographs; "Fern and Wilbur: An Adventure from Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams; "Theodore Roosevelt, 'Rough Rider' President by Smith Burnham, illustrated by Ray Houlihan; "Let's Visit Spain" (no author noted) color photographs, illustrated map.