This superb collection has been specially chosen to be read to eight-year-olds, but all ages will enjoy the variety and excellence of these stories of wacky ghosts, animals, wizards, kings and princesses. Illustrations. "A Narrow Squeak" by Dick King-Smith, "How the Bee Became" by Ted Hughes, and Alison Lurie's "Kate Crackernuts" are among the many entertaining stories in this anthology.

"A Narrow Squeak" by Dick King-Smith, "How the Bee Became" by Ted Hughes, and Alison Lurie's "Kate Crackernuts" are among the many entertaining stories in this anthology.