Books published by publisher Nelson Doubleday, inc

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.

Book Club edition, dust jacket has mosaic. In what is recognized as one of the most penetrating views of Roman Life, Sir Edward makes Pompeii live again--showing its gardens and temples, its wealthy and its poor, its banquets, orgies and brutal gladiatorial combats. This vivid tapestry is the background for the exciting story of the lovers Glaucus and Ione...the devoted slave Nydia...Arbaces, the wicked Egyptian priest...and a host of other characters who play out their parts in a great human drama, unaware of the catastrophe that is about to consume them. (from dust jacket)

Best in Children's Books, Volume 37 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1960. The contents of Volume 37 include The King of the Golden River written by John Ruskin, retold by Sara Cone Bryant, and illustrated by Robin Jacques; Childhood Poems written by Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rossetti, Ethel Klemin, Kate Greenaway, William Allingham, Charles Kingsley, and A. B. Ross and illustrated by Barbara Cooney; The Steadfast Tin Soldier written by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Idellete Bordigoni; The Wisdom of Five Famous Men written by James Baldwin and illustrated by Edward Shenton; Harvey Higgins Incorporated written by Alice Dalgliesh and illustrated by Richard Scarry; The Bremen Town Musicians written by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Edy Legrand; Kiki Dances written and illustrated by Charlotte Steiner; Mrs. Goose and Her Friends written by Miriam Clark Potter and illustrated by Paul Galdone; Some Favorite Game Birds of Land and Water with color photographs; The True Book of Toys at Work written by John Lewellen and illustrated by Harvey Weiss; The Bell of Atri retold by James Baldwin and illustrated by Mario Micossi; and Let's Go to Chile 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.