The Children’s Hour Series
A set of books edited by Marjorie Barrows, originally published by Spencer Press in 1953.
Books in the The Children’s Hour series:
Myths from Many Lands (1906)
A large selection of myths. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Howard Pyle
T. H. Robinson
E. Boyd Smith
Poems and Rhymes (1907)
A collection of poems with illustrations by many artists. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Howard Pyle
E. Boyd Smith
Et al
The Children’s Hour Volume 1 (1953)
A large collection of classic picture books.
Read online at archive.org.
The Children’s Hour Volume 10 (1953)
An anthology of stories about school and sports.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 11 (1953)
A collection of stories about the pioneers in America.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 12 (1953)
A collection of historical fiction.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 13 (1953)
A collection of adventure tales.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 14 (1953)
An anthology of animal stories.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 15 (1953)
A collection of short biographies of famous men and women.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 16 (1953)
A collection of short science fiction. and the various indexes to the set.
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Author(s):
Robert Heinlein
Various
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Hardie Gramatky
Et al
The Children’s Hour Volume 2 (1953)
An anthology of fairy tales, old and new. The illustrations by Robert Lawson had previously appeared in Just for Fun.
The Children’s Hour Volume 3 (1953)
Longer selections from classic novels.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 4 (1953)
A collection of humorous and nonsense stories and verse. Includes a selection from Mr. Popper's Penguins, with illustrations by Robert Lawson.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 5 (1953)
A copious collection of poetry. Includes Robert Lawson's illustrations to three poems of Jonathan Bing. The image on page 247 of Jonathan with a wheelbarrow does not appear in Just for Fun.
Read online at archive.org.
The Children’s Hour Volume 6 (1953)
An anthology of contemporary mid-twentieth century stories.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 7 (1953)
A collection of mysteries, classic and contemporary.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 8 (1953)
A collection of myth, legend and folktale.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 9 (1953)
An collection of stories from many lands.
Read online at archive.org.