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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.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 2 (1957)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 3 (1957)
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Marguerite de Angeli
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
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.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Charles Dickens
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s):
Ezra Jack Keats
Everett Shinn
Best in Children’s Books volume 5 (1957)
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Eugene Field
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Maj Lindman
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Adrienne Adams
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best In Children’s Books Volume 10 (1958)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 11 (1958)
An anthology of stories and poems. Many of the illustrations are new to this collection.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 12 (1958)
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
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.
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Laura Bannon
Brothers Grimm
Rachel Field
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Marguerite de Angeli
Paul Galdone
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 14 (1958)
Author(s):
Marjorie Flack
Dinah Maria Mulock
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Robin Jacques
Feodor Rojankovsky
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 15 (1958)
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Rudyard Kipling
Charles Perrault
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
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.
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Lucretia P. Hale
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Don Freeman
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 6 (1958)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 7 (1958)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 8 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 9 (1958)
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Carolyn Haywood
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Henry C. Pitz
Feodor Rojankovsky
Kate Seredy
Et al