Good poem / Roger McGough --
Foreword / Kevin Crossley-Holland --
Jim who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion / Hilaire Belloc --
Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow --
Jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll --
Merlin and the snake's egg / Leslie Norris --
Man from snowy river / A.B. "Banjo" Paterson --
Visit from St. Nicholas / Clement Clarke Moore --
Brave boy rap / Tony Mitton --
Grateful dragon / Raymond Wilson --
Highwayman / Alfred Noyes --
Late passenger / C.S. Lewis --
Goldilocks and the three bears / Roald Dahl --
Cremation of Sam McGee / Robert Service --
O what is that sound / W.H. Auden --
Owl and the pussy-cat and the children of the owl and the pussy-cat / Edward Lear --
Wynken, blynken, and nod / Eugene Field --
Afterword / Kevin Crossley-Holland --
Poem / Langstom Hughes --
Sources & acknowledgements.
