Anthologies
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by a compiler. Here are the top 500 anthologies from the whole heritage of children’s literature.
5 Bedtime Stories (1957)
This collection includes Little Red Riding Hood, The Gingerbread Man, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Golden Goose and Chicken Little.
Adventure in Understanding (1968)
A collection of the author’s speeches.
Adventure Tales (1967)
This is an anthology of previously published books about pirates, prospectors, cowboys and Indians and rhymes.
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Adventures Here and There: Heroes on Land and Sea (1958)
A collection of stories and poems about adventure for older children.
Elizabeth Enright
Kenneth Grahame
John Masefield
Stephen W. Meader
Alfred Noyes
Mark Twain
Various
Robert Lawson
Feodor Rojankovsky
Kate Seredy
Louis Slobodkin
Armstrong Sperry
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Adventures Of Richard Hannay (1919)
Richard Hannay is an ordinary fellow caught up in extraordinary events in England and Scotland. This volume contains The Thirty-nine Steps, Greenmantle and Mr. Standfast. Read online at Hathitrust.
The Adventures of the Five Children (1994)
An omnibus edition containing Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, and The Story of the Amulet.
The Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1993)
Dora and Oswald, Dicky and Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius try to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family. This set includes The Treasure Seekers, The Wouldbegoods and The New Treasure Seekers.
The Adventures of Tim (1985)
Six stories of Tim, a small boy who lived in a house by the sea. Includes Tim and Ginger, Tim and Charlotte, Tim’s Friend Towser, Tim to the Lighthouse, Tim in Danger and Tim all Alone.
Aladdin’s Picture Book (1876)
Omnibus containing Aladdin, The Hind in the Wood, Princess Belle Etoile, and The Yellow Dwarf.
Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.
All Aboard for Storyland (1941)
This is an elementary school reader with great color illustrations by Elizabeth Enright.
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All About Lucia (1936)
An anthology containing “Queen Lucia”, Lucia in London, Miss Mapp and Mapp and Lucia.
All Day Long: An Anthology of Poetry for Children (1954)
A poetry anthology for children.
All in a Day (1986)
Ten great artists illustrate the similarities and differences in the lives of children in eight different parts of the world in one 24-hour day.
Read online at archive.org.
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The All Sorts of Stories Book (1911)
Thirty stories of adventure & magic, collected and retold by Leonora Lang. Read online at archive.org.
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
American Artist: March 1945 (1945)
Contains an article on James Daugherty.
Various
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American Backgrounds (1958)
An anthology of early American stories for older children.
Carol Ryrie Brink
Holling C. Holling
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Carl Sandburg
Phil Stong
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Holling C. Holling
Joseph Low
Armstrong Sperry
Garth Williams
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Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1914)
A dozen of Andersen’s best with Dugald Stewart Walker’s incredible illustrations. The pen and ink are even better than the color. READ NOW.
The Animal Story Book (1901)
One of twenty volumes of the Young Folks’ Library, Thomas Bailey Aldrich editor-in-chief. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Jean de La Fontaine
Rudyard Kipling
Ernest Thompson Seton
Anna Sewell
Animal Story Parade (1951)
A collection of stories from Story Parade magazine.
Read online at archive.org.
Antonio Joaquin Robles Soler
Various
Feodor Rojankovsky
Kurt Wiese
Another Book of Verses for Children (1907)
Classic and traditional poems spanning Christmas, the Year, Birds, Dogs, Horses, the Sea, and Bedtime. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
