The following 41 stories can be found in this historic edition of the Holiday Book:

The Pixie in the Pond
She Wouldn't Believe It
The Golliwog Who Listened
Slip-Around's Wishing Wand
The Bumble-bee and the Rabbit
Green-Eyes' Mistake
The Tale of Lanky-Panky
Bobby the Cow-Boy
The Cockalorum Bird
The Magic Shell
The Greedy Little Sparrow
Here Comes Santa Claus
The Pig that Went to Market
The Funny Old Dragon
The Mouse that Lost His Whiskers
Tig, the Brownie Robber
The Firework Goblins
The Magic Sweet Shop
The Goblin Looking-Glass
The Tale of Bubble and Squeak
Mr. Snifty's Dustbin
Good Gracious, Bruiny
The Tale of Mr. Busybody
The Rat, the Dormouse and the Robin
Little Mr. Woffles
Oh, Mister Crosspatch!
In the Heart of the Wood
The Christmas Tree Pig
Rain in Toytown
The Bit of Magic Paper
Pinkity's Party Frock
Billy's Little Boats
They Don't Believe in Fairies
Summer Holidays
The Tale of Chuckle and Pip
Big-Hands and Nobbly [Big-Hands the Goblin]
Joey's Lost Key [Mickey-Mouse's Key]
The Top that Ran Away
The Christmas-Tree Fairy
The Tiresome Brownie
The Poor Old Teddy

Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was a British children's writer also known as Mary Pollock. She is noted for numerous series of books based on recurring characters and designed for different age groups. Her books have enjoyed huge success in many parts of the world, and have sold over 600 million copies.

One of Blyton's most widely known characters is Noddy, intended for early years readers. However, her main work is the genre of young readers' novels in which children have their own adventures with minimal adult help. Series of this type include the Famous Five (21 novels, 1942–1963, based on four children and their dog), the Five Find-Outers and Dog, (15 novels, 1943–1961, where five children regularly outwit the local police) as well as The Secret Seven (15 novels, 1949–1963, a society of seven children who solve various mysteries).

Her work involves children's adventure stories, and fantasy, sometimes involving magic. Her books were and still are enormously popular throughout the Commonwealth and across most of the globe. Her work has been translated into nearly 90 languages.

Blyton's literary output was of an estimated 800 books over roughly 40 years. Chorion Limited of London now owns and handles the intellectual properties and character brands of Blyton's Noddy and the well known series the Famous Five.

Blyton books are generally split into three types. One involves ordinary children in extraordinary situations, having adventures, solving crimes, or otherwise finding themselves in unusual circumstances. Examples include the Famous Five and Secret Seven, and the Adventure series.

The second and more conventional type is the boarding school story; the plots of these have more emphasis on the day-to-day life at school. This is the world of the midnight feast, the practical joke, and the social interaction of the various types of character. Examples of this type are the Malory Towers stories, the St Clare's series, and the Naughtiest Girl books and are typical of the times — many comics of the day also contained similar types of story.

The third type is the fantastical. Children are typically transported into a magical world in which they meet fairies, goblins, elves, pixies, or other fantasy creatures. Examples of this type are the Wishing-Chair books and The Faraway Tree. In many of her short stories, toys are shown to come alive when humans are not around.

It was frequently reported (in the 1950s and also from the 1980s onwards) that various children's libraries removed some of Blyton's works from the shelves. The history of such "Blyton bans" is confused. Some librarians certainly at times felt that Blyton's restricted use of language, a conscious product of her teaching background, militated against appreciation of more literary qualities.