Here is a magnificent addition to the beloved "Tall Books" of Mother Goose, Nursery Tales, and Fairy Tales. It contains the best imaginative writing for children in stories and in poetry of such masters of make-believe as Walter de la Mare, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Katharine Mansfield. These and many others are represented in a collection in which imagination is the common denominator—and the passkey to a world of "let's pretend," a world of fun and beauty.

Garth Williams' full-color illustrations—more than 50 of them—and his 61 black-and-white drawings have warmth, humor, irresistible charm, and above all the true touch of make-believe.

From the dust jacket