Best in children's books.
Contributors: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
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: King of the Golden river -- John Ruskin ; retold by Sara Cone Bryant; title: Children poems --; title: Steadfast tin soldier -- Hans Christian Andersen; title: Wisdom of five famous men -- James Baldwin; title: Harvey and Higgins Incorporated -- Alice Dalgliesh; title: Bremen town musicians --; title: Kiki dances -- Charlotte Steiner; title: Mrs. Goose and her friends -- Miriam Clark Potter; title: Some favorite game birds of land and water --; title: True book of toys at work -- John Lewellen; title: Bell of Atri -- retold by James Baldwin; title: Let's go to Chile.