In 1984 the first book was 'Poems and Rhymes'. In between these releases, the information was re-sequenced. The material within 'Once Upon a Time', 'Time to Read', and 'Stories and Poems' of the 1988 editions comes mainly from the 1984 editions first two titles of 'Poems and Rhymes' and 'Stories and Fables'. The third book 'Children Everywhere' does not have an equal in the 1988 edition set. The inside front says 0716601885, however this may be an ISBN for the entire 1988, 15-book set.

    Time to Read is a collection of 21 stories and 129 poems and riddle rhymes selected to meet the needs and interests of two groups of children: young listeners and young readers.

    Stories and Poems contains 27 stories and 91 poems for you to enjoy. Here is your chance to go adventuring in many times and places: ancient Greece and China, colonial America, and modern-day California, Florida, and New York. You can raise an orphan crow or a baby owl, sail a pirate ship to safety, or weave an enchantment that saves a town.

    Six fairy tales: The Brementown Musicians; The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Emperor's New Clothes, Stone Soup, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Princess and the Pea, with illustrations portraying all the characters as animals.

    These wonderfully wrought moral tales charm children with bright and basic truths as they delight adults with reflectively subtle, sophisticated facets of wit and wisdom.