 Fifteen of the stories were adapted from Baum, L. Frank (qv)s  "Mother Goose in Prose." Excluded from that source were "The  Wondrous Wise Man," "The Little Man and His Little Gun," "Tom, The  Pipers Son," "The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe," "Three Wise Men of  Gotham," and "Little Bun Rabbit." Written new for the series in a  simlar style were "Willie Winkie," "Pat