On the back of this book it says:

A fabulous collection from the work of Annie M.G. Schmidt, with lots of stories and poems (no excerpts) and lavishly illustrated by Wim Bijmoer, Jenny Dalenoord, Margriet Heymans, Carl Hollander, Jan Jutte, Thé Tjong Khing, Mance Post, Fiep Westendorp and Francien van Westering. Of course, we have the Green sisters, Veronica the Sheep and the pastor, the bird Bide-bide-bide that has us all so terrified, the kettle that can't stop singing, and Beverley Beps, who has great fun sliding down the neck of the giraffe. There's Messy-Lou as well and the children from Blusterton. Miss Button goes to a see a movie and ends up on the wrong side of the screen, and Frizzie gets lost. In other words, this book brings Annie M.G. Schmidt's heart-warming world to life .