Presents an illustrated collection of fifteen stories told in verse, including "Jabberwocky," "Paul Revere's Ride," and "A Visit from St. Nicholas."
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Jim who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion by Hilaire Belloc -- Paul Revere's ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll -- Merlin and the snake's egg by Leslie Norris -- The Man from Snowy River by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson -- A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore -- Brave boy rap by Tony Mitton -- The Grateful dragon by Raymond Wilson -- The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes -- The Late passenger by C.S. Lewis -- Goldilocks and the three bears by Roald Dahl -- The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service -- O What is that sound by W.H. Auden -- The Owl and the pussy-cat and The Children of the owl and the pussy-cat by Edward Lear -- and Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field.