Children will love to read this collection of delightful stories and poems. This volume contains reprints from many classical and multicultural stories and includes 11 stories and 23 poems. The collection includes stories from Shakespeare such as The Tempest, adventure stories from Sherlock Holmes, excerpts from Little Women, as well as life stories of the young and brave such as Frederick Douglass. Poetry selections in this volume focus on Transportation and American Themes. Medium-sized fonts with black and white images enable children to focus on the story.