Includes a history of the development of the picture book and a list of milestones in children's literature. This book is a combination of three books compiled by Arbuthnot: Time for Poetry, Time for Fairy Tales, and Time for True Tales.

The editor chose excellent books for this anthology, but there are too few illustrations. Even absolutely indispensable illustrations are missing. Mike Mulligan doesn't get one. That's sad. ( )

Even though some of the stories ended up playing a role in my nightmares, I loved this book as a kid and couldn't put it down! ( )

This book had many poems in it. It had the poems arranged by diferent tags which made it easy to identify. There were many poems about the different types of play that the children do. There were some poems that used the letters of the alphabet to complete a poem. The arrangement of the book was helpful to locate items quickly. Even though the book is an older book it had a lot of neat poems to use throughout many lessons. I think you could use this book for lessons on friendships, about animals, and to help with learning the alphabet

Although officially a textbook for students of education and library science, this is also just a fine anthology that would be an excellent addition to any home with children. However, I must say that this revision has, for example, replaced the lovely retelling of "Cinderella" by Walter de la Mare with an earlier translation from the French which is probably too dry for most children. I still search for the edition I used to have, but haven't found it yet. ( )