ILLUSTRATIONS by Reginald Birch
Reading edition
Song of Summer DaysFrontispiece
The Adams’s Boysfacing page 10
Billy Peeble’s Christmas14
A Modern Miracle32
A Little Love Story42
The Gingercake Man52
The Waders84
A Prayer for Jimmy Banks88
Once Upon A Time94
The Neighbor’s Boys104
Asleep at the Circus136
In Swimming162
The Parted Ways176
Lullaby180
Verses of a Little Child208
Lover’s Lane228