Best in children's books.
Contributors: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
Published: 1957
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature; Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Games -- Juvenile literature; Science -- Juvenile literature; Geography -- Juvenile literature; Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile literature; Children's stories; Children's poetry
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: A collection of world literature, old and new, for children, volume contains fiction, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science, and geography sections.
Table of contents: title: Aladdin and the wonderful lamp -- edited by Andrew Lang; title: Travels of Babar -- Jean de Brunhoff; title: Wynken, Blynken, and Nod and the sugar-plum tree -- Eugene Field; title: Little known mammals --; title: Trucks are fun -- Mary Elting -- (from Trucks at work); title: Funny words and riddles; title: Alice Salaff --; title: Daniel Boone -- Smith Burnham; title: Birds build their homes -- Addison Webb -- (from Birds in their homes); title: Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the red shoes -- Maj Lindman; title: This is England.