Best in Children’s Books Series
This was a hard-bound anthology of about 160 pages issued monthly by the Doubleday Book Clubs. There were a total of forty-two volumes from 1957 to 1961. A useful index to the authors, illustrators and titles of the stories can be found at The University of Southern Mssissippi.
Books in the Best in Children’s Books series:
Best In Children’s Books Volume 1 (1957)
An anthology of favorite stories, many with new illustrations.
Ingri d’Aulaire
Marjorie Flack
Rudyard Kipling
Various
Grace Paull
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 2 (1957)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new and different illustrators.
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Willy Ley
Various
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Henry C. Pitz
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 3 (1957)
A collection of stories, verses and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Marguerite de Angeli
Edward Lear
Paul Galdone
Leonard Weisgard
Best in Children’s Books Volume 4 (1957)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Charles Dickens
Clement C. Moore
Everett Shinn
Best in Children’s Books volume 5 (1957)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Eugene Field
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Maj Lindman
Et al
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best In Children’s Books Volume 10 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Joseph Jacobs
Eric Knight
Et al
Fritz Kredel
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Richard Scarry
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 11 (1958)
An anthology of stories and poems. Many of the illustrations are new to this collection.
Hans Christian Andersen
Marjorie Flack
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Et al
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 12 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles some of which have new illustrations.
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Et al
Peter Spier
John Tenniel
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 13 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Laura Bannon
Brothers Grimm
Rachel Field
Et al
Paul Galdone
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 14 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Dinah Maria Mulock
Et al
Feodor Rojankovsky
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 15 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Rudyard Kipling
Charles Perrault
Et al
Don Freeman
Fritz Kredel
Henry C. Pitz
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 16 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Lucretia P. Hale
Et al
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 6 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Rachel Field
Rudyard Kipling
Et al
Grace Paull
Henry C. Pitz
Peter Spier
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 7 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Brothers Grimm
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Et al
Miska Petersham
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 8 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
Charles Perrault
Jonathan Swift
Et al
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 9 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Carolyn Haywood
Et al
Henry C. Pitz
Feodor Rojankovsky
Kate Seredy
Et al
Best In Children’s Books Volume 17 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
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Charles Dickens
Edward Lear
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Ezra Jack Keats
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 18 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Johnny Gruelle
Robert Louis Stevenson
Et al
Ingri d’Aulaire
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 19 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Charles E. Carryl
Eleanor Estes
Helen Dean Fish
Washington Irving
Frances Clarke Sayers
Et al
Robin Jacques
Grace Paull
Peter Spier
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 20 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Brothers Grimm
Jean de Brunhoff
Marjorie Flack
Charlotte Zolotow
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Richard Scarry
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 21 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Brothers Grimm
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Et al
Feodor Rojankovsky
Best in Children’s Books Volume 22 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
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Eugene Field
Grace Paull
Et al
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 23 (1959)
An anthology containing Kintu by Elizabeth Enright with new illustrations by Bobri.
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Rose Fyleman
Gladys Schwarcz
Et al
Vladimir Bobritski
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 24 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Carolyn Haywood
Joseph Jacobs
Rudyard Kipling
James Whitcomb Riley
Et al
Irene Haas
Edward Shenton
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 25 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Maj Lindman
Golden MacDonald
Mary Macnab
Laura E. Richards
Albert Payson Terhune
John Greenleaf Whittier
Et al
Irene Haas
Robin Jacques
Richard Scarry
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 26 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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James Baldwin
Margery Williams Bianco
Thornton W. Burgess
Beverly Cleary
Et al
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 27 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Daniel Defoe
Et al
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 28 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Maurice Dolbier
E.T.A. Hoffman
William Dean Howells
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Et al
Elizabeth Enright
Feodor Rojankovsky
Garth Williams
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 42 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Margery Clark
Beverly Cleary
Col. Wm. F. Cody
Alfred Tennyson
Et al
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 29 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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George MacDonald
Edith Unnerstad
Et al
Robin Jacques
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 30 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Rose Fyleman
Charles Kingsley
Charles Perrault
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Peter Spier
Et al
Best In Children’s Books Volume 31 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Margery Clark
Eleanor Estes
Joseph Jacobs
Et al
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Maurice Sendak
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 32 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Carlo Collodi
Maud Hart Lovelace
Et al
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 33 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Grace Moon
Et al
Richard Bennett
Richard Scarry
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 34 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Brothers Grimm
Charles E. Carryl
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Rose Fyleman
Marguerite Henry
Gladys Schwarcz
Et al
Robin Jacques
Manning De V. Lee
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 35 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Margery Williams Bianco
Beverly Cleary
Lydia Freeman
Gladys Schwarcz
Et al
Maurice Sendak
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 36 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Brothers Grimm
Betty MacDonald
Tony Palazzo
Et al
Robin Jacques
Richard Scarry
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 37 (1960)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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James Baldwin
Brothers Grimm
Alice Dalgliesh
Miriam Clark Potter
John Ruskin
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Edy Legrand
Richard Scarry
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 38 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Margaret Wise Brown
Marguerite de Angeli
Eleanor Farjeon
Joel Chandler Harris
Edward Lear
Et al
Paul Galdone
Feodor Rojankovsky
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 39 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Carolyn Haywood
Richard Holberg
Ruth L. Holberg
Phyllis Krasilovsky
Juniper Sage
Anna Sewell
Et al
Richard Scarry
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 40 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
L. Frank Baum
Margery Williams Bianco
Joseph Jacobs
Et al
Irene Haas
Robin Jacques
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
Best in Children’s Books Volume 41 (1961)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Lewis Carroll
Rudyard Kipling
Johanna Spyri
Et al
Robin Jacques
Henry C. Pitz
Feodor Rojankovsky
Maurice Sendak
Et al
Best In Children’s Books Volume 10A (1963)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. This revised edition substitutes an extract from Charlotte’s Web for Traveling the Underground Railroad.
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Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Joseph Jacobs
Eric Knight
E. B. White
Et al
Fritz Kredel
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Richard Scarry
Garth Williams
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 19A (1967)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. In this later edition, Flipper to the Rescue substitutes for Rip Van Winkle.
Charles E. Carryl
Eleanor Estes
Helen Dean Fish
Frances Clarke Sayers
Et al
Robin Jacques
Grace Paull
Peter Spier
Et al
