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)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new and different illustrators.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 3 (1957)
A collection of stories, verses and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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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)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best In Children’s Books Volume 10 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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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)
A collection of stories, poems and articles some of which have new illustrations.
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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.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 14 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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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)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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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)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 7 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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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)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Carolyn Haywood
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Henry C. Pitz
Feodor Rojankovsky
Kate Seredy
Et al
Best In Children’s Books Volume 17 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 18 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 19 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 20 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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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)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
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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)
An anthology containing Kintu by Elizabeth Enright with new illustrations by Bobri.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 24 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 25 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 26 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 27 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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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)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 29 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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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)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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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)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 36 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 37 (1960)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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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.
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.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 19A (1967)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. In this later edition, Flipper to the Rescue substitutes for Rip Van Winkle.