James Baldwin
(1841 - 1925)
James Baldwin (1841-1925) was an American editor and author. Largely self-educated, he began teaching at the age of 24. In addition to editing school books, he started writing books of his own. After the publication in 1882 of The Story of Siegfried, he went on to write more than 50 others. At one time it was estimated that of all the school books in use in the United States, over half had been written or edited by him. He is best remembered for the books of introductory historical sketches he wrote for younger students and his retellings of the legends of heroes for older students. Other works include: The Story of Roland (1883), A Story of the Golden Age (1887), Old Greek Stories (1895), Fifty Famous Stories Retold (1896), Four Great Americans (1897), Hero Tales (1904), Fifty Famous People (1912) and In My Youth (1914).
Bibliography
Best In Children’s Books Volume 10 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
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 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.
Read online at archive.org.
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 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 15 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Rudyard Kipling
Charles Perrault
Et al
Don Freeman
Fritz Kredel
Henry C. Pitz
Et al
Best In Children’s Books Volume 17 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
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 20 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
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 22 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Eugene Field
Grace Paull
Et al
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 26 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
James Baldwin
Margery Williams Bianco
Thornton W. Burgess
Beverly Cleary
Et al
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
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 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 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 37 (1960)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org
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 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 42 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
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 6 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Rachel Field
Rudyard Kipling
Et al
Grace Paull
Henry C. Pitz
Peter Spier
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Hero Tales From Many Lands (1961)
A collection of stories about the great heroes of mythology and history.
Howard Pyle
Kate Seredy
Et al
The Sampo (1912)
A collection of traditional tales from the Finnish Kalevala. Read online at Hathitrust.
The Story of Roland (1930)
James Baldwin retells the story of Roland the great knight of France and his service to Charlemagne.
Read online at archive.org.
The Story of Siegfried (1882)
A retelling of the Norse legends of Siegfried and the Volsung saga. Read online at archive.org.