An illustrated retelling of twenty-two folktales, fairy tales and fables. Contents: Tom Thumb, The Fisherman and his Wife, The Magic Boots, The Rabbit and the Turtle, The Cat and the Mouse, The Monkey and the Fox, The Wild Swans, The Winners, The Blackbird and the Peacocks, The Fox and the Crow, The Lion and the Mouse, The Frog and the Ox; Big Klaus, Little Klaus; Hans in Luck; The Seven Swabians; The Wolf and the Dog; The Fox and the Crane; The Wolf and the Lamb; The Grasshopper and the Ants; The Marsh King's Daughter; The Traveling Companion; The Evil King.

Four stories (Tom Thumb; The Fisherman and his Wife, Hans in Luck, and The Seven Swabians) are reissued in Tom Thumb, by Eric Carle.