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First published 1958
Publisher Grolier Incorporated
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Jo Spier
Pages xiv+345
ISBN 0717214508

From copyright page:

  • © Copyright 1958, Grolier Incorporated
  • Standard Book Number 7172-1450-8 (ISBN derived from this)
  • LCCN: 58-5038
  • Designer: Ernst Reichl
Cover artist not specifically credited, but the artist style matches illustrations done by Jo Spier. The same artist did a few spot illustrations within the book on pp. i-vii
Interior artists are credited only once for each story, though there are usually multiple illustrations throughout each story
The following stories have the author credited "retold by":
  • The Pancake
  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff
  • The Story of the Three Bears
  • The Story of the Three Little Pigs
  • The Little Engine That Could
  • The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen
  • Budulinek
  • The Cat and the Parrot
  • The History of Tom Thumb
  • Whittington and His Cat
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • Lazy Jack
  • Mighty Mikko
  • The Golden Cobwebs
  • Teeny-Tiny
The following works indicate the "author" is actually the editor, with no other author credited:
  • "The Princess and the Glass Hill"
  • "The Half-Chick"
The following were edited by Andrew Lang:
  • "The Brave Little Tailor"
  • "Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes"
  • "Rumpelstiltzkin"
  • "Hansel and Gretel"
The following were translated by E. V. Lucas, Lucy Crane, and Marian Edwardes:
  • "The Elves and the Shoemaker"
  • "The Twelve Dancing Princesses"
  • "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs"
The following were translated by Wanda Gág:
  • "The Musicians of Bremen"
  • "Six Servants"
"The Tinder-Box" was translated by Paul Leyssac

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter Short Story
8 The Pancake Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen Short Story
13 The Three Billy Goats Gruff Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen Short Fiction
16 The Story of the Three Bears L. Leslie Brooke Short Fiction
22 The Night Before Christmas Clement C. Moore Poem
25 The Story of the Three Little Pigs L. Leslie Brooke Short Fiction
30 The Little Engine That Could Watty Piper Short Fiction
37 The Story of Little Black Sambo Helen Bannerman Short Fiction
42 And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Dr. Seuss Short Fiction
48 The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen Félicité Lefèvre Short Fiction
56 The Elves and the Shoemaker The Brothers Grimm Short Fiction
59 A Roundabout Turn Robert Charles (I) Poem
63 Budulinek Parker Fillmore Short Story
70 The Cat and the Parrot Sara Cone Bryant Short Fiction
74 Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper Charles Perrault Short Fiction
85 The History of Tom Thumb Joseph Jacobs Short Story
92 The Jumblies Edward Lear Poem
95 A Young Lady's Eyes Edward Lear Poem
96 The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins Dr. Seuss Short Fiction
113 The Brave Little Tailor The Brothers Grimm Short Story
125 Whittington and His Cat Joseph Jacobs Short Story
137 Little One-Eye, Little Two-Eyes, and Little Three-Eyes The Brothers Grimm Short Fiction
148 The Half-Chick Andrew Lang Short Story
153 The Musicians of Bremen The Brothers Grimm Short Fiction
160 The Princess on the Glass Hill Andrew Lang Short Story
173 The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Brothers Grimm Short Fiction
179 Jack and the Beanstalk Joseph Jacobs Short Story
188 Rumpelstiltzkin The Brothers Grimm Short Fiction
193 Yesterday in Oxford Street Rose Fyleman Poem
195 The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots Charles Perrault Short Fiction
202 Hansel and Gretel The Brothers Grimm Short Fiction
213 Lazy Jack Joseph Jacobs Short Story
215 A Young Lady's Bonnet Edward Lear Poem
216 The Tinder-Box Hans Christian Andersen Short Story
226 Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore William Brighty Rands Poem
228 Pinocchio Carlo Collodi Short Fiction
240 Mighty Mikko Parker Fillmore Short Story
254 Six Servants The Brothers Grimm Short Fiction
267 The Golden Cobwebs Sara Cone Bryant Short Fiction
270 The Owl and the Pussy-Cat Edward Lear Poem
272 The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods Charles Perrault Short Fiction
285 The Lion and the Mouse Aesop Short Story
286 The North Wind and the Sun Aesop Short Story
287 The Hare and the Tortoise Aesop Short Story
288 How the Good Gifts Were Used by Two Howard Pyle Short Story
298 Teeny-Tiny Joseph Jacobs Short Story
299 An Old Man's Beard Edward Lear Poem
300 Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs The Brothers Grimm Short Fiction
313 Little Red Riding Hood Charles Perrault Short Story
316 Peterkin and the Little Grey Hare Howard Pyle Short Story
329 Doctor Dolittle and the Pushmi-Pullyu Hugh Lofting Short Fiction
334 Young Lady of Ryde Edward Lear Poem
ix Mostly Magic Phyllis Fenner Essay
vii Through Golden Windows Bernice E. Leary Essay