Books published by publisher Nelson Doubleday Inc [1976]

Best in Children's Books, Volume 10 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York.1958. The contents of Volume 10 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; Traveling the Underground Railroad written by Michael Gorham and illustrated by Polly Jackson; 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.

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 36 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1960. The contents of Volume 36 include Noah's Ark retold and illustrated by Tony Palazzo; Pocahontas illustrated by Vladimir Bobri; The Fisherman and His Wife written by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Robin Jacques; Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Won't-Pick-Up-Toys Cure written by Betty MacDonald and illustrated by Burmah Burris; The Fairies written by William Allingham and illustrated by Ninon; The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of Flight written by Arch Whitehouse and illustrated by Harvey Weiss; The Lovely Time written by Audrey Chalmers and Illustrated by Polly Jackson; A Trip to the Pond illustrated with color photographs; Chief Dooley's Busy day written by Kay and Harry Mace and illustrated by Richard Scarry; Tell Me About People written by Ellen Wales Walpole and illustrated by Theresa Sherman; and Let's Go to Greece 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 32 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1960. The contents of Volume 32 include The Adventures of Pinocchio written by Carlo Collodi, abridged for young readers by Alfred van der Marck, and illustrated by Roberta MacDonald; Betsy, Tacy, and Tib Are Ten written by Maud Hart Lovelace and illustrated by Ninon; Alfred the Saxon King written by Smith Burnham and illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; Follow the Sunset written by Herman and Nina Schneider and illustrated by Aldren Watson; Funny Art Games written by Paul Castle and illustrated by Abner Graboff; Peter Rabbit's Prank written by Thornton W. Burgess and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; Chinky, the Banker Pony written by Sanford Tousey and illustrated by Robert MacLean; and Let's Go to Pakistan 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 25 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1959. The contents of Volume 25 include The Wonderful Story of Moses adapted from The Old Testament by Mary Macnab and illustrated by Robin Jacques; Barbara Frietchie written by John Greenleaf Whittier and illustrated by Ruth Ives; Lad and Other Sunnybank Dogs selections adapted from "A Book of Famous Dogs" by Albert Payson Terhune and illustrated by Phoebe Erickson; Whistle for the Train written by Golden MacDonald and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; Big Brother written by Laura Bannon and illustrated by Richard Scarry; Mushrooms and Their Cousins illustrated with color photographs; Snipp, Snapp, Snurr, and the Buttered Bread written by Maj Lindman and Illustrated by Barbara Cooney; Eletelephony and Other Verses written by Laura E. Richards and illustrated by Irene Haas; Experimenting with Electricity written by Victor C. Smith, Barbara Henderson, and W. E. Teeters and illustrated by Earl Thollander; and The Hawaiian Islands 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 19 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1959. The contents of Volume 19 include Rip Van Winkle written by Washington Irving and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; The Post Captain: Sir Peter Bombazoo written by Charles Edward Carryl and illustrated by Robin Jacques; Bluebonnets for Lucinda written by Frances Clarke Sayers and illustrated by Polly Jackson; Mr. A and Mr. P written by Margery Williams Bianco and illustrated by Grace Paull; When the Root Children Wake Up written by Helen Dean Fish and illustrated by Aldren A. Watson; Rufus Moffat's First Day of School written by Eleanor Estes and illustrated by Phyllis Rowand; I Want to Be an Animal Doctor written by Carla Greene and illustrated by Paul Galdone; Shells of Land and Sea illustrated with color photographs; How Morse Sent Letters by Lightning written by Smith Burnham and illustrated by Ray Houlihan; Hunt for Unburied Treasure written by Hal Burton and illustrated by Peter Spier; and Let's Visit Canada 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.

Anthology of children's stories and poetry. Contents: "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith; "A Little Heroine of Concord" by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Ruth Ives; "The Gingerbread Boy" illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; "Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog" by Marjorie Flack; "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Roberta MacDonald; "Androcles and the Lion" illustrated by Don Freeman; "The True Book of Policemen and Firemen" by Irene Miner, illustrated by Harvey Weiss; "Twenty Ways to Play Tag" by Bernard S. Mason and Elmer D. Mitchell, illustrated by Colleen Browning; "Insect Friends and Enemies" (no author noted), color photographs; "The Apples' New House" by Jean McDevitt, illustrated by Ninon; "Let's Visit Ceylon" (no author noted), color photographs, illustrated map.