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Table of Contents: “…Slatter -- "Let's marry!" said the cherry -- The Island of Murray -- The Island of Yarrow -- Mr. …”

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Table of Contents: “…The riddle song (I gave my love a cherry) --…”

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Table of Contents: “…"There was a child went forth"; Whitman -- Yankee Doodle; Traditional -- Grace at Kirkudbright; Burns -- Infant joy; Blake -- Another grace for a child; Herrick -- Morning song; Plath -- I see a bear; Hughes -- Here comes a lusty wooer; Traditional -- Baby-sitting; Clarke -- The mirror; Graves -- "Lavender's blue"; Traditional -- "I know where I'm going"; Traditional -- My young man's a cornishman; Causley -- Henry and Mary; Graves -- I am cherry alive; Schwartz -- To mistress Margaret Hussey; Skelton -- The shade-catchers; Mew -- Where go the boats?…”

Table of Contents: “…Street sweeper -- Garbage truck -- Dump truck -- Backhoe -- Skid-steer loader -- Excavator -- Bulldozer -- Cement mixer -- Fire truck -- Ambulance -- Cherry picker -- Tow truck -- Steamroller -- Forklift -- Semi -- Snowplow.…”

Table of Contents: “…You plant -- Botanical jazz -- Winged solstice -- Cherry very -- Something dangerous.…”

Table of Contents: “…Treed by wolves -- Wolf-shucking -- Popcorn -- King Apple -- Fog -- Hero worship -- Cherry tree buck -- Encounter with a painter -- Sour soil & hollow trees -- Quick freeze -- Cold weather -- Hard times -- Barn owls -- Sweat fish -- Water auger -- More fish stories -- Hoop snakes -- Plowing -- Churning -- Adventure with a bear -- Good hunting -- Sidehill gougers -- Soft soap Satan -- Shotgun farming -- Snorka birds -- Turtle eggs -- Big green worms -- Boiler episode -- Mosquitoes invade the cabin -- Pet goldfish -- Indian story -- Tom Quick -- Special delivery -- Going away.…”

Table of Contents: “…The sleeping beauty in the wood -- Hop-O'-My-Thumb -- Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper -- Adventures of John Dietrich -- Beauty and the Beast -- Litte One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes -- Jack the Giant Killer -- Tom Thumb -- Rumpelstilzchen -- Fortunatus -- The Bremen Town musicians -- Riquet with the tuft -- House Island -- Snow White and Rose Red -- Jack and the beanstalk -- Graciosa and Percinet -- The iron stove -- The invisible prince -- The woodcutter's daughter -- Brother and sister -- Little Red Ridinghood -- Puss in Boots -- The wolf and the seven young goslings -- The fair one with golden locks -- The butterfly -- The frog prince -- The white cat -- Prince Cherry -- Little Snowdrop -- The blue bird -- The yellow dwarf -- The six swans -- The prince with the nose -- The hind of the forest -- The juniper tree -- Clever Alice.…”

Table of Contents: “…The woman who flummoxed the fairies -- Fairy cake recipe -- Come, butter, come -- Butter cookies recipe -- Brewery of eggshells (Wales) -- The old woman who lost her dumpling (Japan) -- Cherry dumpling recipe -- Clever Oonagh (Ireland) -- Griddle bread recipe -- Dwarf Long Nose (Germany) -- Chocolate potato cake -- Chocolate butter icing -- Cushy cow, bonny -- Molasses milk shake recipe -- Pinto Smalto (Italy) -- Marzipan recipe -- Coconut kisses -- The miller, his cook, and the king (Slovenia) -- Menu for a king -- Clever Grethel -- Roast chicken recipe -- The one-legged crane (Italy) -- A very great curiosity -- Pancake day -- Pancake recipes -- Honey butter recipe -- The birth of Simnel cake (England) -- Simnel cake recipe -- The perambulatin' pumpkin -- Pumpkin chiffon pie recipe -- Gingersnap crumb crust recipe -- The old woman and the tramp (Sweden) -- Hearty soup recipe.…”

Table of Contents: “…Rococo skates / Marjorie Fischer -- Pennsylvania -- The keystone state -- A free Saturday: story of a susquehanna flood / Elsie Singmaster -- Blueberry mountain / Stephen W. Meader -- Cherry Hill / Cornelia Meigs -- New Jersey -- The garden state -- Highway past her door / Mary Wolfe Thompson -- Hopkins corners / Kate Seredy -- Two "Tall tales" -- Stormalong -- Retold by Anne Malcolmson -- Ethan Crawford / Carl Carmer -- A few facts of interest.…”

Table of Contents: “…When We Were Very Young -- Just Before We Begin -- Corner-of-the-Street -- Buckingham Palace -- Happiness -- The Christening -- Puppy and I -- Twinkletoes -- The Four Friends -- Brownie -- Independence -- Nursery Chairs -- Lines and Squares -- Market Square -- Daffodowndilly -- Water-Lilies -- Politeness -- Disobedience -- Spring Morning -- The Island -- The Three Foxes -- Missing -- Jonathan Jo -- At the Zoo -- Rice Pudding -- The King's Breakfast -- Hoppity -- At Home -- The Wrong House -- Summer Afternoon -- The Dormouse and the Doctor -- Shoes and Stockings -- The Mirror -- Knights and Ladies -- Sand-Between-the-Toes -- Little Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue -- Halfway Down -- The Invaders -- Before Tea -- Teddy Bear -- The Alchemist -- Growing Up -- If I Were King -- In the Fashion -- Bad Sir Brian Botany -- Vespers -- Now We Are Six -- King John's Christmas -- Solitude -- Busy -- Cherry Stones -- Us Two -- Buttercup Days -- Sneezles -- The Charcoal-Burner -- Binker -- The Knight Whose Armour Didn't Squeak -- The Old Sailor -- The Engineer -- Journey's End -- Furry Bear -- The Emperor's Rhyme -- Knight-in-Armour -- Down by the Pond -- Forgiven -- Come Out with Me -- The Little Black Hen -- The Good Little Girl -- The Friend -- Explained -- A Thought -- Twice Times -- King Hilary and the Beggarman -- Cradle Song -- Swing Song -- The Morning Walk -- Pinkle Purr -- Wind on the Hill -- Forgotten -- Waiting at the Window -- In the Dark.…”

Table of Contents: “…Fox -- Tom tit tot -- No-beard -- The little bird -- The knight and the greyhound -- Whittington and his cat -- The three children of fortune -- The poor miller's boy and the cat -- The ass, the table, and the stick -- The travelling musicians -- The dog and the sparrow -- The grateful beasts -- The queen bee -- The golden bird -- The donkey -- The goose-girl -- The black bull of Norroway -- Cherry, or the frog-bride -- Mr. Fox -- The bad mother -- Tropsyn -- The juniper tree -- Ashputtel -- Cat-skin -- The six swans -- How the manx cat lost its tail -- A sailor's yarn -- The seal man -- The lord fish -- Running wolf -- "Underneath" -- The marriage of the frog and the mouse -- What? …”

Table of Contents: “…Wilkins Freeman, Thanksgiving Day -- Master of all masters / Joseph Jacobs, Rainy day -- The Peterkins celebrate the Fourth of July / Lucretia Hale, Fourth of July -- The magic ball / Charles Finger, Halloween -- Christmas cherries / Elizabeth Janet Gray, Christmas -- The General did wrong / Jeanette Eaton, Washington's Birthday -- The elegant snoop / William Hall, Die Stultorum -- Christmas in summer / Charlotte Lohse, Christmas -- Candles at midnight / Alice Geer Kelsey, Easter -- Gifts for the first birthday / Ruth Sawyer, Christmas -- The truce of the wolf / Mary Gould Davis -- The peddler of Ballaghadereen / Ruth Sawyer, St. …”

Table of Contents: “…Reading ; Miracle of Saint Nicholas ; The cherry-tree carol ; Christmas song / J.S. Bach -- Easter. …”

Table of Contents: “…-- All the ducks -- If all the world were paper -- Muffin man -- Brother rabbit -- To people who have gardens -- God, our loving Father -- Cocky Robin -- Bobby Shaftoe -- Ally Bally -- Little black bull (Hoosen Johnny) -- Lazy John -- Polly, put the kettle on -- I had a little nut tree -- Billy boy -- By'n bye -- Jackfish -- Riddle song (I gave my love a cherry) -- Young lambs to sell --Tottenham toad -- Cock-a-doodle-doo -- Mockingbird (Hush up, baby) -- Daddy shot a bear -- Allee-allee o -- Little pig -- Phoebe in her petticoat -- Lavender's blue -- Mary wore a red dress -- Go and tell Aunt Nancy (Old gray goose) -- Will you wear red? …”

Table of Contents: “…The three May peaches -- Jean, the soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's daughter -- The giant Goulaffre -- The white dove -- The Devil and the two little girls -- The story of John-of-the-Bear and the story of Cricket -- King Fortunatus's golden wig -- Father Roquelaure -- The lost children -- The godchild of the fairy in the tower -- Petit Jean and the frog -- The gilded fox -- The love of three oranges -- The doctor and his pupil -- Little Johnny Sheep-Dung -- The three dogs and the dragon -- The self-propelled carriage -- The old woman in the well -- The little girl's sieve -- Father Big-Nose -- The serpent and the grape-grower's daughter -- The three stags -- The miller's three sons -- The marriage of Mother Crumb -- Father Louison and the Mother of the Wind -- Grain-of-Millet -- The little sardine -- The story of Grandmother -- The sharpshooter -- Georgic and Merlin -- The little blacksmith -- La Ramée and the phantom -- The woman with three children -- The kid -- How Kiot-Jean married Jacqueline -- Half-Man -- The three blue stones -- The journey to Toulouse of the animals that had colds -- The lion that learned to swing ; The fox that learned how to pick cherries ; The wolf that learned how to split wood -- The sow and the wolf -- The three pullets -- The goat and her kids -- Brother Mazaraud -- A lovely dream and a fateful journey -- Half-Chick -- Turlendu -- The fantastic adventures of Cadiou the Tailor -- The miraculous doctor -- The mole of Jarnages -- The shepherd who got the king's daughter -- Simple-minded Jeanne -- Jean-Baptiste's swaps -- Circular tale.…”

Table of Contents: “…And then the prince knelt down and tried to put the glass slipper on Cinderella's foot / Judith Viorst -- The cat-king's daughter, a story / Lloyd Alexander -- A Valentine's Day poem / Miriam Chaikin -- My valentine / Robert Louis Stevenson -- Giraffes / Mary Ann Hoberman -- from Love song / Arnold Adoff -- Make yourself, and your valentine, a holiday sweet (chocolate cherries) -- Does she love me? Does he love me? -- Did you eever, iver, over / Traditional -- The Lizzie Pitofsky poem / Judith Viorst -- The valentine / Michael Patrick Hearn -- "I love you" around the world.…”

Table of Contents: “…Little Miss Muffet -- Diddle, diddle, dumpling -- Let's go to bed -- Jack Sprat -- There was a little girl -- Jack and Jill -- Hickory, dickory, dock -- There was an old woman -- Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater -- Little Jack Horner -- Old Mother Hubbard -- Little Bo-peep -- The Babes in the Woods -- Old Dan Tucker -- Old Man John -- We're all in the dumps -- I had a little horse -- Georgy-porgy -- April fool -- Johnny's mad -- Cry, baby, cry -- Tell-tale-tit -- Peter Piper -- Swan swam over the sea -- Ickity, pickity -- One-ery, two-ery -- Inty, minty -- Intery, mintery -- Trit-trot -- Hippity-hop -- This·little mouse -- Here we go up, up, up -- A Cherry -- A Fodder Field, a Hog, and a Dog -- Hens -- A Churn -- An Egg -- A Star -- There was a man who had no eyes -- I am a gold lock -- As I was going to St. …”

Table of Contents: “…Yeats -- Long John Brown and little Mary Bell / William Blake -- Lore / R.S. thomas -- Loveliest of trees, the cherry now / A.E. Housman -- The lowest trees have tops, the ant her gall / Edward Dyer -- Macavity: the mystery cat / T.S. …”