Five O'Clock Tales

Forty-five magical short stories to enjoy round the clock from one of the world's best-loved children's authors.

Fly away with the Snippet Pixies in search of a new home, discover the secret ingredient in the fairies' spell to make people better, and join Chitter the gnome as he discovers a Wishing-Balloon!

Ideal for bedtime these magical short stories for 5-8 year-olds will enchant a new generation of children.

Look out for more O'Clock tales with: Six O'Clock Tales, Seven O'Clock Tales and Eight O'Clock Tales.

First published in 1941, this edition contains the following stories:

The Red and White Cow

The Clock in the Wood

The Peppermint Rock

Brer Fox's Onions

There and Back Again!

Snapdragon Snippets

Oh, no Brer Fox!

The top of the Wall

A busy Morning

The Witch's Egg

Chestnut Prickles

The Remarkable Doughnut

The Wrong Side of the Bed

The Stupid Little Girl

The Bread and Milk

The Sulky Sweets

The Stupid Goblin

The Boast that came True

Sly-one is Caught

Timothy's Tooth

The Four-Leaved Clover

Tuppy and the Goblins

The Five Lost Beans

The Wishing Balloon

The Little Stickleback

Who? Who? Who?

Good Old Jock!

The very old Kettle

Brer Rabbit plays Blind Man's Buff

The Birthday Kitten

The three Hunters

Pitter-Patter's Dance

Well, Really Amelia!

The Brownie and the Witch

Grunt! Grunt!

Brer Rabbit plays Ball

The Little Bird

The Bunch of Carrots

Little Miss Dreamy

Brer Fox's New Suit

The two Cats

Little Suck-A-Thumb

Lazy Kate

Well, Really, Brer Rabbit!

Little Black Bibs

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