Lion at school / Philippa Pearce -- Hare the hero / A Russian fairy tale retold by Edward Blishen -- The rooster, the cat, and the scythe / James Reeves -- Johnny-Cake / Joseph Jacobs -- The fairy shop / Alison Uttley -- The tortoise, the monkey, and the banana tree / a tale from The Philippines retold by Edward Blishen -- The tale of the silver saucer and the transparent apple / Arthur Ransome -- The sing-song of old man kangaroo / Rudyard Kipling -- Cat and mouse / Margaret Mahy -- Beautiful Catharinella / The brothers Grimm -- The autograph / Margaret Joy -- The steadfast tin soldier / Hans Christian Andersen retold by Naomi Lewis -- Jack and the beanstalk / Joseph Jacobs -- Puss in boots / Charles Perrault -- The old woman who lived in a vinegar bottle / Elizabeth Clark -- Inhaling / Richard Hughes -- The mouse and the sun / a Canadian story retold by Edward Blishen -- King Midas / a Greek legend retold by Edward Blishen -- Why Noah chose the dove / Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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