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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 21 (1959)
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
Best in Children’s Books Volume 22 (1959)
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Eugene Field
Grace Paull
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Henry C. Pitz
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 23 (1959)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Rose Fyleman
Gladys Schwarcz
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Richard Bennett
Vladimir Bobritski
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 24 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 25 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 26 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 27 (1959)
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Daniel Defoe
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Grace Paull
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.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 42 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 29 (1960)
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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Best In Children’s Books Volume 31 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 32 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Author(s):
Thornton W. Burgess
Carlo Collodi
Maud Hart Lovelace
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 33 (1960)
Author(s):
Roger Duvoisin
Grace Moon
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Adrienne Adams
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.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 35 (1960)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 36 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Author(s):
William Allingham
Brothers Grimm
Betty MacDonald
Tony Palazzo
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Burmah Burris
Robin Jacques
Richard Scarry
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 37 (1960)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 38 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 39 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 40 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 41 (1961)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.