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Best in Children's Books, Volume 5 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1957. The contents of Volume 5 include Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by Aldren Watson; The Travels of Babar written and illustrated by Jean de Brunhoff and translated from the French by Merle S. Haas; Wynken, Blynken, and Nod written by Eugene Field and illustrated by Adrienne Adams; The Sugar Plum Tree written by Eugene Field and illustrated by Adrienne Adams; Little Known Mammals with 14 full-color photos; Trucks Are Fun written by Mary Elting and illustrated by Ninon; Funny Words and Riddles written by Alice Salaff and illustrated by Andy Warhol; Daniel Boone written by Smith Burnham and illustrated by Edward Shenton; Birds Build Their Homes written by Addison Webb and illustrated by Sabra Mallett Kimball; Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Red Shoes written by Maj Lindman and illustrated by Virginia Parsons; and This Is England 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 33 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1960. The contents of Volume 33 include Marco Polo's Travels written by Roger Duvoisin and illustrated by Vladimir Bobri; Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes illustrated by Adrienne Adams; Shawneen and the Gander written and illustrated by Richard Bennett; Andrew Jackson, Pioneer Hero written by Smith Burnham and illustrated by Ray Houlihan; Sophocles the Hyena by Jim Moran and illustrated by Andy Warhol; Water, from Reservoir to You written by Herman and Nina Schneider and illustrated by Jack Wolfgang Beck; Nature's Home Builders Illustrated with color photographs; Chi-wee's White Boots written by Grace Moon and illustrated by Doris Rosenthal; A Dime's Worth for Free written by Marion Holland and illustrated by Richard Scarry; and Let's Go to Peru 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 13 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1958. The contents of Volume 13 include Ulysses and the Wooden Horse of Troy written by James Baldwin and illustrated by Aldren Watson; Old Mother Goose Rhymes illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli; Billy and the Bear written by Laura Bannon and illustrated by Phoebe Erickson; Ten Little Indians illustrated by Leonard Kessler; The Sleeping Beauty written by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Colleen Browning; Andy and Polly written by Rhea Wells and illustrated by Phyllis Rowand; Robert Fulton and the Steamboat written by Smith Burnham and illustrated by Edward Shenton; Life on a Farm written by Robert S. Lemmon with color photographs and drawings by Garry MacKenzie; Miss Ant, Miss Grasshopper, and Mr. Cricket written by Rachel Field and illustrated by Paul Galdone; and Let's Visit Alaska 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 16 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1958. The contents of Volume 16 include The Peterkin Family, selections from "The Peterkin Papers", written by Lucretia Hale and illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith; Thumbelina written by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Roberta MacDonald; Sing for Christmas illustrated by Ruth Ives; The Twelve Days of Christmas illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; Johnny Penguin written by Dorothy and Marguerite Bryan and illustrated by Seong Moy; Toys You Can Make written by Tina Lee and illustrated by Manning Lee; Life Along the Amazon illustrated with color photographs; The Best Birthday written by Quail Hawkins and illustrated by Don Freeman; and Let's Visit Austria 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.

In this classic satiric novel, published in 1889, Hank Morgan, a supervisor in a Connecticut gun factory, falls unconscious after being whacked on the head. When he wakes up he finds himself in Britain in 528 — where he is immediately captured, hauled back to Camelot to be exhibited before the knights of King Arthur's Round Table, and sentenced to death. Things are not looking good. But Hank is a quick-witted and enterprising fellow, and in the process of saving his life he turns himself into a celebrity of the highest magnitude. His Yankee ingenuity and knowledge of the world beyond the Dark Ages are regarded as the most powerful sorcery — winning him a position of prime minister as well as the eternal enmity of a jealous Merlin. In an effort to bring democratic principles and mechanical knowledge to the kingdom, Hank introduces newspapers, telephones, bicycles, and other modern conveniences to the Britain of the Dark Ages. But when he tries to improve the lot of the common people, chaos and war result, giving a bittersweet tone to this comic masterpiece by one of America's greatest storytellers.

Felix Barker, author&journalist, was the archaeological correspondent of the London Evening News. In travels all over Europe and the Middle East, Mr. Barker carried out research in the field at, among many other places, Mycenae, Pompeii, the Egyptian Pyramids, Leptis Magna in North Africaand the Lascaux caves in France. In 1961, he made a special visit to Greece for the Science Program. Mr. Barker wrote a series of studies on lost civilizations and how they have been rediscovered by archeologists. His most concentratedwork was naturally centered around excavations in England and particularly Roman London. When the 1600 year old Temple of Mithras was discovered in the City of London in 1954, Mr. Barker was actually on site when a remarkable find - the head of the God Serapis - was made. Mr. Barker was a former Exchange Scholar at the Choate School in Connecticut.

Best in Children's Books, Volume 26 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1959. The contents of Volume 26 include The Wild Swans written by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Colleen Browning; Sir Francis Drake written by Smith Burnham and illustrated by Ray Houlihan; Timothy Titus written by Blanche Elliott and illustrated by Ninon; Georgie written and illustrated by Robert Bright; A Horse for a Prince written by James Baldwin and illustrated by Don Freeman; Feeding the Birds This Winter written by Robert S. Lemmon and illustrated by Alexandroff; The War Whoop of the Wily Iroquois written by Martha Keller and Illustrated by Robert MacLean; Unc' Billy Possum written by Thornton Burgess and illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; Henry Huggins and Ribs written by Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Richard Scarry; The Baker's Daughter written by Margery Williams Bianco and illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith; and Let's Go to Portugal 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 7 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1958. The contents of Volume 7 include Hiawatha written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and illustrated by Edward Shenton; Little Red Riding Hood illustrated by Richard Scarry; The Shire Colt written by Zhenya Gay and Jan Gay and illustrated by Phoebe Erickson; The Gallant Tailor written by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Colleen Browning; Doctor Raggedy Andy adapted from \"Raggedy Andy Stories\" written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle; The Story of the First Men written by Donald Culross Peattie and illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; Homemade Orchestra written by Joseph Leeming and illustrated by Andy Warhol; Life in the Everglades with color photographs; Robi and Hanni in the Swiss Alps written by Emma Brock and illustrated by Polly Jackson; and Let's Visit Japan 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.