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Fiction - Short Story Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:

Stories from the Rootabaga Country (1958)

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A collection of Rootabaga stories by the poet of the prairies.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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Stories of Early America (1958)

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Stories and poems about early American history for younger children.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Louisa May Alcott
Esther Averill
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Et al
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty
Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Ingri d’Aulaire
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Helen Sewell
Kurt Wiese
Et al

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The Story of Holly and Ivy (1958)

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An orphan girl goes to see her ‘grandmother in Appleton’ on Christmas eve, while a doll in a toy shop waits for a child to claim her.

Author(s): Rumer Godden
Illustrator(s): Adrienne Adams

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Three Bedtime Stories (1958)

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This collection includes The Three Little Kittens, The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Garth Williams
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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Train Stories (1958)

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An omnibus volume including Tootle, The Train to Timbuctoo and The Little Red Caboose.... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Gertrude Crampton
Marian Potter
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely
Art Seiden

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Wonderful Things Happen (1958)

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An anthology of adventure stories and poems for younger children.

Author(s): William Allingham
Carol Ryrie Brink
Walter de la Mare
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Robert Louis Stevenson
Et al
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop
Robert Lawson
Henry C. Pitz
E. Boyd Smith
Kurt Wiese
Et al

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Best In Children’s Books Volume 17 (1959)

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A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): James Baldwin
Charles Dickens
Edward Lear
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Et al
Illustrator(s): Adrienne Adams
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Ezra Jack Keats
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Peter Spier
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 18 (1959)

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An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Marjorie Flack
Johnny Gruelle
Robert Louis Stevenson
Et al
Illustrator(s): Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Ingri d’Aulaire
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 19 (1959)

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An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Charles E. Carryl
Eleanor Estes
Helen Dean Fish
Washington Irving
Frances Clarke Sayers
Et al
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Grace Paull
Peter Spier
Leonard Weisgard
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 20 (1959)

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An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): James Baldwin
Brothers Grimm
Jean de Brunhoff
Marjorie Flack
Charlotte Zolotow
Et al
Illustrator(s): Adrienne Adams
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Richard Scarry
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 21 (1959)

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A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Et al
Illustrator(s): Barbara Cooney
Feodor Rojankovsky

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 22 (1959)

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A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): James Baldwin
Eugene Field
Grace Paull
Et al
Illustrator(s): Henry C. Pitz
Peter Spier
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 23 (1959)

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An anthology containing Kintu by Elizabeth Enright with new illustrations by Bobri. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Enright
Rose Fyleman
Gladys Schwarcz
Et al
Illustrator(s): Richard Bennett
Vladimir Bobritski
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 24 (1959)

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A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Carolyn Haywood
Joseph Jacobs
Rudyard Kipling
James Whitcomb Riley
Et al
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone
Irene Haas
Edward Shenton
Leonard Weisgard
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 25 (1959)

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A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Laura Bannon
Maj Lindman
Golden MacDonald
Mary Macnab
Laura E. Richards
Albert Payson Terhune
John Greenleaf Whittier
Et al
Illustrator(s): Barbara Cooney
Irene Haas
Robin Jacques
Richard Scarry
Leonard Weisgard
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 27 (1959)

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A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Daniel Defoe
Et al
Illustrator(s): Grace Paull
Edward Shenton
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 28 (1959)

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A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.

Author(s): James Baldwin
Maurice Dolbier
E.T.A. Hoffman
William Dean Howells
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Et al
Illustrator(s): Fritz Eichenberg
Elizabeth Enright
Feodor Rojankovsky
Garth Williams
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 42 (1959)

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A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): James Baldwin
Margery Clark
Beverly Cleary
Col. Wm. F. Cody
Alfred Tennyson
Et al
Illustrator(s): Adrienne Adams
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Peter Spier
Et al

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Elfrida and the Pig (1959)

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Elfrida may not play with her dolls until she finishes trimming the bushes.

Author(s): John Symonds
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Explorers on the Moon (1959)

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The lunar explorers land on the moon, but danger lurks in unexpected places. The cover is from the Golden Press edition translated by Danièle Gorlin. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hergé
Illustrator(s): Hergé

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