Stories for Seven-Year-Olds

Acknowledgements A Word to the Story-teller The Tinder Box - Hans Andersen Rumpelstiltskin - Grimm (adapted) The Twelve Dancing Princesses - Grimm (adapted) Lazy John - Traditional The Princess on the Pea - Hans Andersen The Husband who was to Mind the House - P. C. Asbjornsen The Giant with the Three Golden Hairs - Grimm The Sneezing Donkey, The Magic Tablecloth and The Stick - Tradtional The Three Sillies - Joseph Jacobs East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Gwyn Jones The Emperor's New Clothes - Hans Andersen (adapted) Spindle, Shuttle and Needle - Wanda Gag The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids - Wanda Gag The Ugly Duckling - Hans Andersen The Hare and the Hedgehog - Water de la Mare The Grateful Beasts - Walter de la Mare Little One-Eye, Little Two-Eyes, and Little Three-Eyes - Andrew Lang The Three Dogs - Rose Fyleman Baba Yaga and the Little Girl with the Kind Heart - Arthur Ransome The Golden Goose - Grimm The Flying Postman - V. H. Drummond The Fantastic Tale of the Plucky Sailor and the Postage Stamp - Stephen Corrin The Elephant's Child - Rudyard Kipling Persephone - Freda Saxey The Golden Touch - Nathaniel Hawthorne (adapted)