From the Book - 1st American ed.
A good poem / Roger McGough
Foreword / Kevin Crossley-Holland
Jim who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion / Hilaire Belloc, Peter Bailey (ill.), introd. by J.K. Rowling
Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Carol Lawson (ill.), introd. by Sharon Creech
Jabberwocky / Lewis Carrol, Chris McEwan (ill.), introd. by Philip Pullman
Merlin and the snake's egg / Leslie Norris, Siân Bailey (ill.), introd. by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The man from Snowy River / A.B. "Banjo" Paterson, Peter Bailey (ill.), introd. by Morris Gleitzman
A visit from St. Nicholas / Clement Clarke Moore, Carol Lawson (ill.), introd. by David Almond
Brave boy rap / Tony Mitton, Chris McEwan (ill.), introd. by Philip Ardagh
The grateful dragon / Raymond Wilson, Siân Bailey (ill.), introd. by Eva Ibbotson
The highwayman / Alfred Noyes, Peter Bailey (ill.), introd. by Cornelia Funke
The late passenger / C.S. Lewis, Carol Lawson (ill.), introd. by G.P. Taylor
Goldilocks and the Three Bears / Roald Dahl, Chris McEwan (ill.), introd. by Eoin Colfer
The cremation of Sam McGee / Robert Service, Peter Bailey (ill.), introd. by Avi
O what is that sound / W.H. Auden, Siân Bailey (ill.), introd. by Michael Morpurgo
The Owl and the Pussy-cat and The children of the Owl and the Pussy-cat / Edward Lear, Peter Bailey (ill.), introd. by Jacqueline Wilson
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod / Eugene Field, Chris McEwan (ill.), introd. by Mary Pope Osborne
Afterword / Kevin Crossley-Holland
Sources & acknowledgements.