I must have read this book dozens of times, and not just as a child. One of my dreams is to publish an anthology of literature for children that would compare to this one. It includes many texts that today won't be classified as suitable for children, and that is precisely what makes this anthology so brilliant. By the way, it is said that Annie Schmidt despised anthologies.
By now, my copy (first print, first edition) is coverless and a few pages are missing from the end (including the contents page).