Title: The Children's Treasury: Best-Loved Stories and Poems from Around the World.

Author and contributors: Edited by Paula S. Goepfert and featuring works by Rudyard Kipling, Aesop, Sir Walter Scott, A. B. Paterson, Chief Dan George, Emily Pauline Johnson, Kenneth Grahame, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hilaire Belloc, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Lewis Carroll, Robert Frost, William Blake, A. A. Milne, Langston Hughes, Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Shakespeare, Dennis Lee, Anna Sewell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Carl Sandburg, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, Elizabeth Coatsworth, James Whitcomb Riley, Louisa May Alcott, Clement Clarke Moore, Cecil Frances Alexander, and other classic children's authors and poets.

Format and binding: Vintage English-language children's anthology bound in laminated white pictorial hardcover boards with a full-color front cover scene of two animal friends sharing a picnic and a back cover illustration of a child sitting in a tree outside a brightly lit house, finished with dark blue endpapers and standard cream stock text pages; issued as a stand-alone pictorial hardcover without a separate dust jacket.

Publication details: Copyright 1987 by Discovery Books, published in Canada by Discovery Books and Key Porter Books Limited, 70 The Esplanade, Toronto, Ontario, with design by Don Fernley, jacket design by Marie Bartholomew, and typesetting by Compeer Typographic Services Ltd.; printed and bound in Italy with a copyright-page number line of 87 88 89 90 6 5 4 3 2 1 indicating a first edition printing.

Genre and subject: Illustrated children's literature collection in the genres of fairy tale, folklore and mythology, world literature and classics, bringing together short stories, retold legends, fables, and narrative poems that highlight traditions and voices from around the world.

Contents and structure: Opens with an introductory note titled To the Reader and continues with a large selection of tales and poems including The Elephant's Child, A Lion and a Mouse, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Lochinvar, The Man from Snowy River, stories from the Riverbank with Mole and Rat, Baucis and Philemon, The Grasshopper and the Ants, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, Hansel and Gretel, Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, Rapunzel, A Mad Tea-Party from Alice in Wonderland, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, The Hare and the Tortoise, Everyone Loves a Tail and Pooh Finds One, Mother to Son, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Song of the Witches, selections from Black Beauty, Treasure Island, and Little Women, A Visit from St. Nicholas, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and many additional pieces, followed by an index, acknowledgements, and credits to the illustrators.

Illustrations and design: Interior pages intersperse clear serif text with numerous color paintings and vignette illustrations, ranging from panoramic scenes of Aladdin's city and deserts to cozy domestic interiors, woodland cabins, nursery scenes, talking animals, and classic storybook characters, presented as full-page art, framed half-page images, and small spot drawings that enliven nearly every spread.

Intended audience and use: Created for children roughly ages 4 to 8 and 9 to 12 as well as parents, teachers, and caregivers seeking a single-volume treasury for bedtime reading, classroom story time, or early literature study, and appealing to collectors of vintage illustrated children's anthologies and world classic stories.

Identifiers and special notes: Language: English; publisher: Discovery Books / Key Porter Books Limited; format: hardcover first edition; ISBN: 1-55013-019-6; country of origin noted as printed and bound in Italy. Listing is for this single Discovery Books hardcover volume only and does not include a dust jacket, slipcase, or any additional inserts or media.