The little fawn -- The wonderful carpet -- Dozymouse and Flittermouse -- The poor little sparrow -- The sunset fairies -- The grey miner -- The pixies and the primroses -- How Derry the dormouse lost his secret -- The blue visitor -- The tail of Bup the Bunny -- The funny little hedgehog -- Susan and the birds -- The ugly old toad -- Belinda and the bulbs -- Sly the squirrel gets a shock -- Lightwing the swallow -- The elm tree and the willow -- Black bibs -- Where shall we nest? -- Betty and the lambs' tails -- The cross little tadpole -- The bumblebee hums -- Rabbity ways -- The whistler -- The adventurers -- The crab with a long tail -- The little ploughman -- The mistle thrush and the mistletoe -- The wonderful traveller -- New tails for old.
A collection of thirty wonderful stories about the nature and the countryside from one of the world's best-loved children's authors. Enjoy the freedom of the outdoors, the beauty of the countryside and the charm of all creatures great and small in this bumper short-story collection. Enid Blyton loved the countryside, animals and birds and she wrote many wonderful stories to teach children all about the natural world. Each story is perfect for reading aloud to young children and is the ideal length for bedtime or classroom story time.