Books published by publisher Nelson Doubleday, Inc.

Best in Children's Books, Volume 12 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1958. The contents of Volume 12 include With Alice in Wonderland, selections adapted from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", written by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by John Tenniel; The Man Who Didn't Wash His Dishes written by Phyllis Krasilovsky and illustrated by Peter Spier; The Three Little Kittens illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; The Sun Keeps Us Warm written by Victor C. Smith, Katherine Clarke, and W. R. Teeters and illustrated by George Guisti; Plink Plink! written and illustrated by Ethel and Leonard Kessler; America's Lake and River Fish illustrated with color photographs; Val Rides the Oregon Trail written by Sanford Tousey and Illustrated by Edward Shenton; and Let's Visit Brazil with color photographs and an illustrative map. Best in Children's Books was a reading program for youngsters, for which a staff of experts assembled each month a collection of the world's best children's literature, old and new. These volumes, richly illustrated in color by famous artists, are packed from cover to cover with full-length books, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science and geography sections -- a wide variety of wholesome reading.

Best in Children's Books, Volume 21 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1959. The contents of Volume 21 include The Winged Horse: Pegasus written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Colleen Browning; Lion Cub written by Hamilton Williamson and illustrated by Feodor Rajankovsky; Animal Crackers and Other Poems written by Christopher Morley and illustrated by Barbara Cooney; Rapunzel written by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith; Milly and Her Dogs written by Lena Barksdale and illustrated by Theresa Sherman; The Magic Porridge Pot illustrated by Andy Warhol; Bob and the Railroad written by Sanford Tousey and illustrated by Ray Houlihan; Exploring Caves illustrated with color photographs; Rabbits as Pets written by Margery Bianco and illustrated by Phoebe Erickson; The True Book of Building written by Jerome Leavitt and illustrated by Harvey Weiss; and Let's Visit Bermuda with color photographs and an illustrative map. Best in Children's Books was a reading program for youngsters, for which a staff of experts assembled each month a collection of the world's best children's literature, old and new. These volumes, richly illustrated in color by famous artists, are packed from cover to cover with full-length books, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science and geography sections -- a wide variety of wholesome reading.

Best in Children's Books, Volume 18 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1959. The contents of Volume 18 include The Land of Storybooks written by Robert Louis Stevenson and illustrated by Ruth Ives; Beauty and the Beast retold by Hamilton Wright Mabie and illustrated by Colleen Browning; George Washington written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire; Angus and the Ducks written by Marjorie Flack with original drawings by Marjorie Flack adapted by Leonard Kessler; Five Favorite Fables adapted from Aesop and illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; Raggedy Andy Meets Raggedy Ann, selections from "Raggedy Andy Stories" written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle; City Boy, Country Boy written by Miriam Schlein and illustrated by Leonard Kessler; Keeping Our Wildlife Safe with color photographs; Be a Magician written by Bill and Sue Severn and illustrated by Susan Perls; This Amazing Planet: Earth written by Jane Sherman and illustrated by George Giusti; and Let's Visit the Belgian Congo with color photographs and an illustrative map. The final story, Let's Visit the Belgian Congo, was replaced by Let's Visit Israel in later printings. The replacement story is indicated on the back cover of the book, in the Table of Contents on the front and back end papers, and at the foot of the rear dust jacket flap; otherwise, the two books are identical. Best in Children's Books was a reading program for youngsters, for which a staff of experts assembled each month a collection of the world's best children's literature, old and new. These volumes, richly illustrated in color by famous artists, are packed from cover to cover with full-length books, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science and geography sections -- a wide variety of wholesome reading.

Anthology of children's stories and poetry. Contents: "Robin Hood" retold by Mary Macnab, illustrated by H. B. Vestal; "Heidi Goes to the Pasture" (a selection from "Heidi") by Johanna Spyri, illustrated by Ninon and Robin Jacques; "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Aldren A. Watson; "How the Camel Got His Hump" (from "Just So Stories) by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; "Mop Top" written and illustrated by Don Freeman; "One Horse Farm" written and illustrated by Dahlov Ipcar; "What the Good-Man Does Is Always Right" by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; "Hunters from the Sky" (no author noted), color photographs; "Thomas Jefferson: Father of Democracy" by Smith Burnham, illustrated by Henry Pitz; "The True Book of Health" by Olive V. Haynes, R.N., illustrated by Harvey Weiss; "Tricks to Fool Your Friends" by Robert North, illustrated by Leonard Kessler; "Let's Go to Argentina" (no author noted), color photographs, full-color illustrated map.

Best in Children's Books, Volume 10A edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York.1963. The contents of Volume 10A include Lassie Come-Home written by Eric Knight and illustrated by Phoebe Erickson; The Story of William Tell edited by James Baldwin and illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith; Penny and the White Horse written by Margery Bianco and Marjory Collison and illustrated by Janina Domanska; Rumpelstiltskin written by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Fritz Kredel; The Three Little Pigs edited by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by Richard Scarry; The Poppy Seed Cakes written by Margery Clark and illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham; Peanuts Are Not Nuts and Other Surprising Facts by written by Robert L. Ripley; The Sounds We Hear written by Gerald S. Craig and Beatrice Davis Hurley and illustrated by Jack Keats; Rhymes to Learn By illustrated by Harvey Weiss; Animals of Africa with color photographs; Fern and Wilbur, an adventure from Charlotte's Web, written by E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; Theodore Roosevelt, "Rough Rider" President written by Smith Burnham and illustrated by Ray Houlihan; and Let's Visit Spain. Best in Children's Books was a reading program for youngsters, for which a staff of experts assembled each month a collection of the world's best children's literature, old and new. These volumes, richly illustrated in color by famous artists, are packed from cover to cover with full-length books, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science and geography sections -- a wide variety of wholesome reading.

It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and must now reside with her maiden great aunts, the matriarchs of her wealthy Boston family. When Rose's guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, he takes over her care. Through his unorthodox theories about child-rearing, she becomes happier and healthier while finding her place in her family of seven boy cousins and numerous aunts and uncles. She also makes friends with Phebe, her aunts' young housemaid, whose cheerful attitude in the face of poverty helps Rose to understand and value her own good fortune.