Sixteen nursery tales for little children collected and retold by Veronica S. Hutchinson, a noted librarian and storyteller. Six full page color illustrations and dozens of black and white drawings by Lois Lenski enliven the text. The stories included are Henny Penny-The Old Woman and Her Pig-The Pancake-The Three Bears-The Three Billy Goats Gruff-Peter Rabbit-The Three Pigs-The Little Red Hen and the Grain of Wheat-Little Black Sambo-The Cock, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen-The Travels of a Fox-Epaminondas-Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar-The Elves and the Shoemaker-Bremen Town Musicians-Cinderella.