Description:  The first of two anthologies of the best fairy tales for seven year olds, compiled by Lisa M. Ripperton. Of the 36 fairy tales included in this anthology, 3 come from Andersen, 6 from Grimm, 7 from Howard Pyle's The Wonder Clock, and 4 from Lang. The remaining 16 tales in this collection were selected from a wide variety of sources for their appeal to children of this age.

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1. The Flying Ship
2. How the Good Gifts Were Used by Two
3. Toads and Diamonds
4. Bearskin
5. The Hedley Kow
6. The Staff and the Fiddle
7. Cinderella
8. The Three Little Pigs and the Ogre
9. The Fairy's Two Gifts
10. The Nose
11. Cap o' Rushes
12. Hansel and Gretel
13. Which Is Best
14. Why the Sea Is Salt
15. The Giants' Pot
16. The Twelve Months
17. The Emperor's New Clothes
18. Jorinda and Joringel

19. The Three Wishes
20. The Step-mother
21. The Steadfast Tin Soldier
22. The Mirror of Matsuyama
23. The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
24. The Goose-girl
25. Hans Hecklemann's Luck
26. Longshanks, Girth, and Keen
27. The Three Chests
28. Thumbelisa
29. Prince Cherry
30. The Language of the Birds
31. The Blue Light
32. Peterkin and the Little Grey Hare
33. The Crows and the Soldier
34. Mother Hildegarde
35. King Thrushbeard
36. The Pedlar of Swaffham