Twenty-four top tales! A brilliant collection, specially selected to appeal to four year olds. The collection features a host of famous and best-loved children's writers including Dick King-Smith, Italo Calvino, Alison Lurie, Leila Berg, Joan Aiken, Margaret Mahy and Russell Hoban. Each story is wittily illustrated with lively half-tone artwork by Caroline Dinan. From the everyday to the amazing, her are stories about a paper palace, a thin king, a toy donkey, a very fierce bear and a flying apple pie. This wideranging anthology of funny and exciting stories is sure to enthrall and entertain all young readers.