The World Treasury Children's Literature BOOK ONE

SELECTED AND WITH COMMENTARY BY CLIFTON FADIMAN

WITH ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY LESLIE MORRILL

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY BOSTON TORONTO Contents

BOOK I

Let s Talk xiii A NORSE ΜΥΤΗ 54 NURSERY RHYMES 3 Thor and Loki Englisb Nursery Rhymes 4 in the Giants City 55 A Hungarian Nursery Rhyme 32 THREE GREEK MYTHS 63 Two Danish Nursery Rhymes 33 King Midas 6 3 Five Chinese Nursery Rhymes 3 5 Theseus 66 AESOP’S FABLES 38 The Golden Fleece 74 The Crow and the Pitcher 40 VIRGINIA LEE BURTON The Town Mouse The Fittle House 85 and the Country Mouse 41 L. LESLIE BROOKE Androcles 43 Johnny Crow's Garden 96 44 The Lion and the Mouse MARIE HALL ETS The Two Fellows and the Play with Me 98 Bear 45 GELETT BURGESS 7 he Farmer's Quarrelsome Sons 46 The Goops 10 2 The Oak and the Reed 47 MARGARET WISE BROWN The Fox and the Grapes 47 Goodnight Moon 10 3 A RIJSSIAN FABLE RACHEL FIELD 7 he Fox and the Crane 48 General Store 10 7 a n o n . 50 HARDIE GRAMATKY As I Was Standing Fittle Toot in the Street 50 on the Grand Canal 10 8 Peas 51 DENNIS LEE The Groaning Board 51 Alligator Pie 1 1 9 There Was a Young Lady P. C. ASBJ0 RNSEN of Niger 51 AND JORGEN E. MOE Oh! Dear! 52 The Husband Who Went to the River 53 Was to Mind the House 12 0

CONTENTS ix RUTH KRAUSS The Hippopotamus 18 9 Λ Hole Is to Dig: A First The Lion 18 9 Book of First Definitions 123 The Tiger 18 9 CLEMENT MOORE 129 The Yak 19 0 A Visit from Saint Nicholas 130 WANDA GA' G 191 JEAN DE BRUNHOFF 132 The Funny Thing 19 2 The Story of Babar AND JOHN YEOMAN the Little Elephant 133 Improbable Records 200 ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS The People 142 ARNOLD LOBEL The Letter 206 The Star: A Song 142 MUNRO LEAF MOMOKO ISHII Issun Boshi: The Inchling 143 The Story of Ferdinand 2 1 0 RUTH KRAUSS ELSA BESKOW No More Woxes: Pelle’s New Suit 2 1 7 A Short Tall Tale 148 LEO LIONNI EZRA JACK KEATS Frederick 2 1 9 Hi, Cat! 149 ELSE HOLMELUND MINARIK ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 15 4 A Kiss for Little Bear 224 Bed in Summer 155 ROBERT MC CLOSKEY 236 At the Seaside 155 Make Way for Ducklings 2 3 7 Rain 156 MARGERY WILLIAMS My Shadow 156 The Velveteen Rabbit: The Swing 157 or How Toys Become Real 245 Time to Rise 157 MORRIS BISHOP WATTY PIPER Song of the Pop-Bottlers 258 The Little Engine That Could 158 JUDITH VIORST DOROTHY ALDIS Alexander and the Terrible, Alone 167 Horrible, No Good, NATALIE SAVAGE CARLSON Very Bad Day 259 The Talking Cat 168 N. M. BODECKER AGNIA BARTO Mr. Skinner 263 Two Sisters Looking Mr. ’Gator 264 at Baby Brother 177 ENGLISH FAIRY TALES 265 Η. A. REY The Story of the Three Bears 2 66 Curious George 178 The Story of the HILAIRE BELLOC Three Little Pigs 2 7 1 G 188 Mr. Miacca 2 75

x CONTENTS Whittington and His Cat 278 TOMI UNGERER BEATRICE CURTIS BROWN The Three Robbers 289 A New Song to Sing REINER ZIMNIK about Jonathan Bing 288 The Bear on the Motorcycle 293

BOOK II

GÜNTER SPANG SERGEI MIKHALKOV The House A Mismatch 36 0 in Sunflower Street 30 0 Trapp ed! 3 6 1 LUCILLE CLIFTON ARNOLD LOBEL Sunday Morning Lonely 311 The Bad Kangaroo 361 WILLIAM STEIG A. A. MILNE 364 Amos and Boris 3 1 2 Buckingham Palace 364 ELIZABETH COATSWORTH The King’s Breakfast 3 66 March 3 2 1 370 NORMA FÄRBER The Tomten 3 7 1 As I Was Crossing DAVID MC CORD 3 7 5 Boston Common 3 2 2 Every Time I Climb a Tree 376 CHARLES PERRAULT 328 Glowworm 3 7 7 The Master Cat 32 9 The Pickety Fence 378 Bananas and Cream 379 The Night Will Neuer Stay 3 3 5 ALICE RITCHIE THE GRIMM BROTHERS 380 Two of Everything 3 3 6 The Shepherd Boy 3 8 1 EUGENE FIELD The Sleeping Beauty 3 8 2 The Duel 3 4 2 Cinderella 3 8 7 3 9 7 EDWARD LEAR 344 Rumpelstiltskin 4 0 1 The Owl and the Pussycat 345 Rapunzel The Pobble Who Has Red Riding Hood 406 No Toes 3 4 7 Hansel and Gretel 4 1 0 Seven Limericks 3 5 0 JAMES REEVES BEATRIX POTTER 3 5 2 W 4 2 0 The Tale of Peter Rabbit 3 5 3 MARIA LEACH Fables Up-to-Date 36 0 The Yellow Ribbon 4 2 1

CONTENTS XI ALEXANDER RESNIKOFF MARJORIE FLACK AND KURT WIESE The Diver 4 23 The Story about Bing 515 RUSSELL HOBAN d r . s e u s s 5 2 2 Λ Near Thing And to Think That I Saw It for Captain Najork 4 25 on Mulberry Street 52 3 LAURA E. RICHARDS AILEEN FISHER Eletelephony 4 33 Noses 531 MICHAEL ROSEN PAUL BIEGEL Before I Count Tifteen 4 34 The Naughty Shoes 5 3 2 This Ship 4 36 MARCEL AYME 535 TED HUGHES The Elephant 5 36 How the Whale Became 4 3 7 LINDA ALLEN HUMPHREY HARMAN Mrs. Simkins Bathtub 5 5 3 Thunder, Elephant RICHARD AND FLORENCE ATWATER and Dorobo 4 4 2 556 IAN SERRAILLIER Mr. Greenbaum and Popper's Ealling Asleep 448 Berforming Benguins 5 5 7 The Diver 449 566 PIERRE GAMARRA The Kings Flower 56 7 The Bridge on the JOSEF CAPEK River Clarinette 4 50 Buss and Bup 5 7 2 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN 4 55 HARRY ALLARD The Emperor’s New Clothes 4 5 7 The Stupids Step Out 576 The Ugly Duckling 463 A. A. MILNE 580 ELEANOR FARJEON 475 Eeyore Has a Birthday Can Men Be Such Fools and Gets Two Bresents 5 8 1 as All That? 4 76 SPIKE MILLIGAN MICHAEL BOND 479 My Sister Laura 593 Baddington Goes JOSE MARIA SANCHEZ-SILVA 594 Underground 479 The Boy and the Whale 595 BEVERLY CLEARY 49Ο 603 Ramona’s Great Day 4 9 1 Where the Wild Things Are 604 LOUISE FATIO Chicken Soup with Rice 6 10 The Happy Lion 505 Index of Titles 617 JOHN BURNINGHAM Index of Contributors 6 21 Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car 5 1 0 Index of First Lines 6 2 7

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