Book contains the aforementioned stories and is from a reading program for children in the late 1950's and early 1960's. A staff of experts assembled a collection of the world's best children's literature, old and new. Each volume, richly illustrated in color by famous artists, is packed from cover to cover with full-length books, poetry, historical adventure, games, fairy tales, nature, science and geography sections....a wide variety of wholesome reading that makes this series America's finest children's book value!