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  • Best in Children's Books, Volume 35

    Francis Scott Key, Lydia and Don Freeman, Hans Christian Andersen, Margery Williams, Tina Lee, Gladys Schwarcz, Beverly Cleary, Alice Smith, Edward Shenton, Phoebe Erickson, Elizabeth Skilton, Colleen Browning, Maurice Sendak, Luciana Roselli, Earl Thollander, Eiichi Mitsui, Mircea Vasiliu

    Hardcover (Nelson Doubleday, March 15, 1960)
    Best in Children's Books, Volume 35 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1960. The contents of Volume 35 include America's Glorious Past compiled by the editors of "Know Your America" and illustrated with paintings by Alice Smith and drawings by Edward Shenton; The Star-Spangled Banner written by Frances Scott Key and illustrated by Phoebe Erickson; Pet of the Met written and illustrated by Lydia and Don Freeman; The Tinder Box written by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Elizabeth Skilton; Pandora: A Greek Legend based on "The Paradise of Children," from A Wonder Book, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Colleen Browning; The Velveteen Rabbit written by Margery Williams and illustrated by Maurice Sendak; Simple Sewing: A Doll and Her Clothes written by Tina Lee and illustrated by Luciana Roselli; Let's Look at Russia written by Gladys Schwarcz with drawings by Earl Thollander, color photographs, and an illustrative map; The Wonderful Teakettle: A Japanese Fairy Tale illustrated by Eiichi Mitsui; Beezus and Her Imagination written by Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Mircea Vasiliu; and Amazing Animals of Australia with color photographs. 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.
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  • Best in Children's Books, Volume 3

    Anthology

    Hardcover (Doubleday, New York, New York, U.S.A., March 15, 1957)
    Contents: "The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town" by Sara Cone Bryant (with verses by Robert Browning), illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Barbara Cooney "Yonie Wondernose" written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense Verses" by Edward Lear, illustrated by Paul Galdone "Chicken-Little", illustrated by Leonard Weisgard "We Live in Air" by Gerald S. Craig adn Sara E. Baldwin, illustrated by Joseph Cleary "Little Folk's Party" by Florence Hamsher, illustrated by Luciana Roselli "Kiki Loves Music" written and illustrated by Charlotte Steiner "Dog Friends" (no author noted), color photographs "Benjamin Franklin" (abridged for young people) by James Baldwin, illustrated by Tom O'Sullivan "This Is Mexico" (no author noted), color photographs, illustrated map.
  • Best in Children's Books, Volume 32

    Carlo Collodi, Alfred van der Marck, Maud Hart Lovelace, Mary Macnab, Roberta MacDonald

    Hardcover (Nelson Doubleday, March 15, 1960)
    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 10A

    Baldwin, Bianco, Grimm, Jacobs, Clark, Ripley, Hurley, White, Burnham Knight

    Hardcover (Doubleday, )
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  • Best in Children's Books, Volume 29

    Wallace Wadsworth, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, George MacDonald, Mary Macnab, Richard Bennett

    Hardcover (Nelson Doubleday, March 15, 1960)
    Best in Children's Books, Volume 29 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1960. The contents of Volume 29 include Paul Bunyan: Hero of the Lumber Woods written by Wallace Wadsworth and illustrated by Richard Bennett; Marjorie's Almanac written by Thomas Bailey Aldrich and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard; Little Daylight written by George MacDonald, retold by Sara Cone Bryant, and illustrated by Robin Jacques; Kiki Skates written and illustrated by Charlotte Steiner; The Three Billy Goats Gruff illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; Tell Me the Time, Please written by Lillian J. Bragdon and illustrated by Leonard Kessler; Streamlined Wonder World written by Davis Cole and illustrated by Richard M. Powers; North America's Wonderful Wildlife illustrated with color photographs; Pysen Goes to Blueviken written by Edith Unnerstad and illustrated by Richard Scarry; and Let's Go to Colombia 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 2

    Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham, Jean McDevitt, Mary Elting, Sanford Tousey, Joseph Jacobs, Tony Palazzo

    Hardcover (Nelson Doubleday, March 15, 1957)
    Best in Children's Books, Volume 2 edited by Mary Macnab and Gladys Schwarcz. Nelson Doubleday. Garden City, New York. 1957. The contents of Volume 2 include Aesop's Fables illustrated by Tony Palazzo; Houses Old and New written and illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham; Jack and the Beanstalk edited by Mary Macnab and illustrated by Henry C. Pitz; Mr. Apple Names the Children written by Jean McDevitt and illustrated by Ninon; Goldilocks and the Three Bears illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; Best Loved Singing Games written by Clement Wood and Gloria Goddard illustrated by Polly Jackson; Lollypops and Automobiles and How They Are Made written by Mary Elting and illustrated by Leonard Kessler; Our Neighbors in Space written by Willy Ley and illustrated by Chesley Bonestell; Jerry and the Pony Express written by Sanford Tousey and illustrated by Walter Seaton; and This Is Holland 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 27

    Nelson Doubleday

    Hardcover (Nelson Doubleday, March 15, 1959)
    Anthology of children's stories. Contents: "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel DeFoe (abridged), illustrated by Edward Shenton; "Michael Who Missed His Train" by Dorothy and Marguerite Bryan, illustrated by Grace Paull; "The Princess on the Glass Hill" (Norse Folk Tale) illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith; "The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean" by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Idelette Bordigoni; "Clara Barton, Angel of the Battlefield" by Smith Burnham, illustrated by Polly Jackson; "Card Games Are Fun" by Alfred Sheinwold, illustrated by Andy Warhol; "Why Men Hunt Rocks" (no author noted), color photographs; "The Story of Chan Yuc" by Dorothy Rhoads, illustrated by Bobri; "Let's Go to Turkey" (no author noted), color photographs, full-color illustrated map.
  • Best in Children's Books, Volume 33

    Roger Duvoisin, Remy Charlip, Richard Bennett, Smith Burnham, Jim Moran, Herman and Nina Schneider, Grace Moon, Marion Holland, Bobri, Adrienne Adams, Ray Houlihan, Andy Warhol, Jack Wolfgang Beck, Doris Rosenthal, Richard Scarry

    Hardcover (Nelson Doubleday, March 15, 1960)
    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 12

    Lewis Carroll, Phyllis Krasilovsky, Ethel and Leonard Kessler, Mary Macnab, John Tenniel

    Hardcover (Nelson Doubleday, March 15, 1958)
    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 5

    Andrew Lang, Jean de Brunhoff, Eugene Field, Mary Macnab, Aldren Watson

    Hardcover (Nelson Doubleday, March 15, 1957)
    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 21

    Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hamilton Williamson, Christopher Morley, Mary Macnab, Colleen Browning

    Hardcover (Nelson Doubleday, March 15, 1959)
    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

    Robert Louis Stevenson, Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire , Marjorie Flack, Mary Macnab, Ruth Ives

    Hardcover (Nelson Doubleday, March 15, 1959)
    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.
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