Recommended Books from Young Years Library: Mother's Guide to Children's Reading by Rachele Thomas, Parents' Magazine's Press, 1963. {LOC 63-15865}
Young Years Library was a five or 10-volume anthology of reading material for children. The product evolved over the years, but generally it was sold direct to parents who wanted to provide an educational or literary advantage to their children. Many of the great children's librarians of the day were involved, including the pioneering Augusta Braxton Baxter. My copy, published in 1963, includes a 72-page list of recommended books for various ages and stages. To my eye, many of these books have long since been forgotten, not least because of the revolution in children's literature that took place following the publication that year of Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. I'll be transcribing the sections of the Mother's Guide to Children's Reading reading list, one by one, in hopes of providing a starting point for modern mamas looking to explore more unusual, likely out-of-print book suggestions, beyond those usually included in generally available contemporary reading prescriptions. Copyright, of course, remains with Home Library Press.
Homer Price, by Robert McCloskey, illustrated by the author. Viking.
Honk, the Moose, by Phil Stong, illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Dodd.
The Most Wonderful Doll in the World, by Phyllis L. McGinley, illustrated by Helen Stone. Lippincott.
Otis Spofford, by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling.
All-of-a-Kind Family, by Sidney Taylor,
illustrated by Helen John and Mary Stevens. Follett.
The poignant tale of a Jewish family
with five daughters in New York's Lower East Side. Sequels are:
More All-of-a-Kind Family
All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown
Amahl and the Night Visitors, by Gian-Carlo Menotti, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Whittlesey.
Enchanting tale of a crippled boy and
his mother whose guests one memorable night were the Three Magi on
their way to Bethlehem. The book is an adaptation by Frances Frost of
Menotti's memorable opera.
And Now Miguel..., by Joseph Krumgold,
illustrated by Jean Charlot. Crowell.
Twelve-year-old Miguel lives on a sheep
ranch in New Mexico. A Newbery Award winner.
The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales, edited by Kate D. Wiggins and Nora A. Smith, illustrated by
Maxfield Parrish. Scribner.
A very fine collection designed to
introduce the young reader to a literary gem.
Away Goes Sally, by Elizabeth Coatsworth, illustrated by Helen Sewell. Macmillan.
Excellent period story of New England
in the 1800s and of a mobile, ox-driven house. Sequels are:
Five Bushel Farm
Five Bushel Farm
The Fair American
The Wonderful Day
Ballet Shoes, by Noel Streatfield,
illustrated by Richard Floethe. Random.
The lively adventure of three little
girls studying ballet in London.
The Bells of Bleeker Street, by Valenti Angelo, illustrated by the author. Viking.
Old World family loyalties play a big
role in an Italian neighborhood in New York's Greenwich Village.
Another story about New York by the same author:
Big Little Island
Big Little Island
Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson,
illustrated by the author. Little Brown.
Amos is the mouse that lived in
Benjamin Franklin's old fur cap, and here he recounts his master's
biography.
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin, by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Bobbs.
In the colonial days of Pennsylvania, a
cat shows a Quaker boy how to become a great painter.
Betsy-Tacy, by Maud Hart Lovelace,
illustrated by Lois Lenski. Crowell.
The everyday doings of five-year-old
Betsy and her friend. The setting is a small town in Minnesota during
the 1890s. The book began a series which carried Betsy and her
friends through school to eventual marriage:
Betsy-Tacy and Tib
Betsy-Tacy and Tib
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown
Heavens to Betsy!
Betsy's Wedding
Betsy in Spite of Herself
Betsy Was a Junior
Betsy and Joe
Carney's House Party
The Great World
The Bible Story for Boys and Girls: Old
Testament. Retold by Walter R. Bowie, illustrated by Stephani and
Edward Godwin. Abingdon.
Bible stories told in modern language
with dignity, taste and simplicity. Sequel is:
The Bible Story for Boys and Girls: New
Testament
The Big Wave, by Pearl Buck. John Day.
The thrilling story of a courageous
Japanese boy in a fishing village and a great tidal wave.
“B” is for Betsy, by Carolyn Haywood, illustrated by the author. Harcourt.
The adventures of little Betsy at home
and in school. Sequels to the Betsy series are:
Betsy and Billy
Betsy and Billy
Back to School with Betsy
Betsy's Winterhouse
Betsy and the Boys
Betsy's Busy Summer
The Black Stallion, by Walter Farley,
illustrated by Keith Ward. Random.
Thrilling story of a wild horse and his
boy trainer. Others in this favorite series among boys and girls
are:
Black Stallion and Satan
Black Stallion and Satan
Black Stallion Returns
Black Stallion Revolts
Black Stallion's Filly
Blood Bay Colt
Island Stallion
Island Stallion's Fury
Son of the Black Stallion
The Blind Colt, by Glen Rounds,
illustrated by the author. Holiday.
A little boy trains a blind colt to
become a fine saddle horse. Others in this excellent series about
horses:
Stolen Pony
Whitney Takes a Trip
Whitney Ropes and Rides
Whitney and the Blind Horse
Bluebonnets for Lucinda, by Frances C. Sayers, illustrated by Helen Sewell. Viking.
Story of a loveable little girl in a
Southwest setting.
Blue Willow, by Doris Gates,
illustrated by Paul Lantz. Viking.
A migrant worker's daughter wants more
than anything in the world a home than a home that stays in one
place.
The Borrowers, by Mary Norton,
illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush. Harcourt.
Borrowers are funny little people, and
whenever a human being misses something he always knows it is one of
the little people who borrowed it. Sequels are:
The Borrowers Afield
The Borrowers Afloat
The Borrowers Aloft
Bright April, by Marguerite de Angeli,
illustrated by the author. Doubleady.
Sensitively-written story of a
ten-year-old Negro girl in Pennsylvania.
Burma Boy, by Willis Lindquist, illustrated by Nicholas Mordvinoff. Whittlesey.
The thrilling tale of a boy's search
for a jungle elephant.
Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink, illustrated by Kate Seredy. Macmillan.
The adventures of a spirited tomboy and
her brothers in the Wisconsin of the 1860s. A Newbery Award winner. A
Caddie sequel:
Magical Melons
Magical Melons
Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry, illustrated by the author. Macmillan. A Newbery Award winner.
A beautifully written Polynesian legend
about a chieftan's son who shows indomitable courage in the face of
peril.
Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina,
illustrated by the author. Scott.
Mischevious monkeys steal all the caps
out of a sleeping peddler's pack and enjoy themselves immensely as
the peddler tries to get the caps back.
Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams. Harper.
A modern classic about how Charlotte's
ability to write messages in her spider web brought happiness to a
little girl and saved the life of a small pig.
The Children of Green Knowe, by L.M. Boston, illustrated by Peter Boston. Harcourt.
A little boy spends Easter vacation in
an old English country house and meets children who had played there
many years before. Other titles in the Green Knowe series are:
The Children of Green Knowe
The River of Green Knowe
A Stranger at Green Knowe
The Circus Baby, by Maud and Miska Petersham, illustrated by the authors. Macmillan.
A mother elephant, intrigued by the
good manners of the clown family, who appear in a circus with her,
decides that her baby elephant should grow up with good manners, too,
and the first thing she tries to do is put the baby elephant in a
high chair.
A classic collection of stories written
in the late nineteenth century about a wonderfully impractical
family.
The Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dalgliesh, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard.
Inspiring American tale of
eight-year-old Sarah who helps her pioneer family to build their home
in the Connecticut wilderness in the early eighteenth century.
Dangerous Journey, by László Hámori. Harcourt, Brace.
The grim life behind an Iron Curtain
country and the exciting escape of a young boy out of Hungary.
Daughter of the Mountains, by Louise Rankin, illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Viking.
A fascinating story of a little girl
who travels all the way from Tibet to Calcutta to find her stolen
dog.
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli, illustrated by the author. Doubleday.
The Great Plague in England of the 13th century cripples little Robin, but he shows amazing pluck. A Newbery
Award winner.
Twelve popular folk tales from Norway,
including “The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body” and “Princess
on the Glass Hill.”
Emily's Runway Imagination, by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush. Morrow.
A town achieves its library through the
imaginative efforts of a young girl named Emily.
The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth, illustrated by Louis Darling. Atlantic Little.
A New Hampshire boy finds an egg that
hatches out, of all things, a dinosaur.
A hound dog beats the local, the
freight and the Cannon Ball Express.
Freddy the Detective, by Walter R. Brooks, illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Knopf.
Freddy is a poor little pig who has no
tail to wag, but despite this handicap, he becomes a hero. In this
tale he reads “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” and becomes a
dandy detective. Other books in this series are:
Freddy, the Cowboy
Freddy, the Cowboy
Freddy and Mr. Camphor
Freddy and the Perilous Adventure
Freddy Goes to Florida
Freddy and the Popinjay
Freddy and the Space Ship
Gift of the Forest, by R. Lal Singh and Eloise Lownsbery, illustrated by Anne Vaughan. McKay.
Tale of a tame Indian tiger and his
young master.
The Girl from Johnnycake Hill, by Virginia F. Voight, illustrated by Willian A. McCaffery.
Prentice-Hall.
A remote farm in eighteenth-century
Connecticut is the setting for this exciting story about a
fourteen-year-old girl and her mother.
A family's hardships when they move
from rural Puerto Rico to cold and crowded New York.
The Golden Lynx and Other Tales, edited by Augusta Baker, illustrated by Johannes Troyer. Lippincott.
Fascinating European and Asian folk
tales.
The Golden Name Day, by Jennie D. Linquist, illustrated by Garth Williams. Harper.
Nine-year-old Nancy spends her summer
vacation with her Swedish grandparents in New England and is given
her own name day.
Gone-Away Lake, by Elizabeth Enright,
illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush. Harcourt.
Portia and her small brother on
vacation discover an abandoned summer colony near a swamp. Sequel:
Return to Gone-Away
Gone Is Gone, by Wanda Gag, illustrated
by the author. Coward.
The fascinating Wanda Gag version of
the folk tale about the man who thought he would prefer his wife's
work to his own.
The Good Master, by Kate Seredy,
illustrated by the author. Viking.
Cousin Kate comes from the city a
precocious brat but emerges a nicer person after a stay on her
uncle's ranch. Hungarian traditions give the story a lovely touch.
Henner's Lydia, by Marguerite de Angeli, illustrated by the author. Doubleday.
A story of the life of a little girl on
a farm in Pennsylvania Dutch country.
Henry Huggins, by Beverly Cleary
,
illustrated by Louis Darling. Morrow.
,
illustrated by Louis Darling. Morrow.
Today's typical boy gets into all sorts
of scrapes—many of them excruciatingly funny—just as Henry does.
Others in the series:
Henry and Beezus
Henry and Risby
Beezus and Ramona
Henry and the Paper Route
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Macmillan.
The adventures of a wooden doll
beginning as a heathen idol and ending in the window of an antique
shop. A Newbery Award winner.
Homer Price, by Robert McCloskey, illustrated by the author. Viking.
The hilarious adventures of Homer and
his friends in a Midwestern town. The sequel is:
Centerburg Tales
Centerburg Tales
Honk, the Moose, by Phil Stong, illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Dodd.
Very funny story of a moose and two
little boys.
The House of Sixty Fathers, by Meindert DeJong, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Harper.
A little Chinese boy, during the early
period of the Japanese invasion, is separated from his family and is
finally reunited with them.
The House on Third High, by Marie Halun Bloch. Coward-McCann.
The warm story of ten-year-old Jennie
who, with the help of several Ukranian refugee children, learns there
are many kinds of people in the world.
The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes,
illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. Harcourt.
Moving story of Wanda, a little Polish
girl, and her desperate attempts to make her American classmates like
her.
Junket, the Dog Who Liked Everything Just So, by Anne H. White, illustrated by Robert McCloskey. Viking.
The amusing tale of a dog who instructs
a family from the city on the proper enjoyment of life in the
country.
Keiko's Bubble, by Janet Lewis.
Doubleday.
A tender family story of life in Japan,
and of Keiko, who brings her father lots of good luck.
King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry,
illustrated by Wesley Dennis. Rand.
True story of a famous Arabian
stallion, ancestor of the race horse Man O' War. Other popular horse
stories by the same author:
Misty of Chincoteague
Misty of Chincoteague
Sea Star
Lassie Come Home, by Eric Wright. H.R.&W.
The famous collie is sold, but shows
faithfulness to her young master when she travels over 400 miles to
find him again.
Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrated by Garth Williams. Harper.
A splendid pioneer family story set in
Wisconsin of the 1870s. Sequels are:
Little House on the Prairie
On the Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Little Town on the Prairie
Long Winter
These Happy Golden Years
Farmer Boy
Little Pear: The Story of a Little Chinese Boy, by Eleanor F. Lattimore, illustrated by the author.
Harcourt.
This little boy is forever getting into
trouble when he leaves home. Sequels are:
Little Pear and His Friends
Little Pear and the Rabbits
Malay Canoe, by Clive Dalton.
Coward-McCann.
Three boys—one white, one Malay, one
Chinese—set their sights on a canoe, and forget their racial
differences as they cooperate to acquire it.
Many Moons, by James Thurber,
illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. Harcourt.
Delightfully fanciful tale about a king
who orders one person after another to fetch the moon for his little
princess.
The Matchlock Gun, by Walter D. Edmonds, illustrated by Paul Lantz. A Newbery Award winner.
A little boy saves his mother and
sister from the Indians. The story is set in the Hudson Valley of the
mid-eighteenth century.
Melindy's Medal, by Georgene Faulkner and John Leonard Becker, illustrated by Elton C. Fax. Messner.
Melindy is an eight-year-old Negro girl
whose courage earns her a medal.
Miracles on Maple Hill, by Virginia Sorensen, illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush. Harcourt.
Warm family story of Marly and her
brother who move from the city to a farm in Pennsylvania, where they
find a new and rewarding way of life.
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars, by Ellen MacGregor, illustrated by Paul Galdone. Whittlesey.
Miss Pickerell, who could not stand
heights and was even made dizzy by the sight of a stepladder,
unexpectedly finds herself on a spaceship to Mars. Other Miss
Pickerell adventures in:
Miss Pickerell Goes Undersea
Miss Pickerell Goes Undersea
Miss Pickerell and the Geiger Counter
Miss Pickerell Goes to the Arctic
Mr. Revere and I, by Robert Lawson.
Little.
In a tongue-in-cheek biography,
reminiscent of the author's “Ben and Me,” the horse that Paul
Revere rode tells of the events leading to the Battle of Bunker Hill.
The Moffats, by Eleanor Estes,
illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. Harcourt.
The everyday adventures of four New
England children who live with their mother in a yellow house. Other
titles in the Moffat series are:
Middle Moffat
Rufus M
Middle Moffat
Rufus M
The Most Wonderful Doll in the World, by Phyllis L. McGinley, illustrated by Helen Stone. Lippincott.
How a doll who lives in Dulce's
imagination helps a little girl to accept how things as they really
are.
Mountain Born, by Elizabeth Yates,
illustrated by Nora S. Unwin. Coward.
The adventures of a boy and his black
lamb. Sequel:
A Place for Peter
My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, by Becky Reyher, illustrated by Ruth C. Gannett.
Lothrop.
An old Russian folk tale about the
search of a little girl for her mother.
Nobody Listens to Andrew, by Elizabeth Guilfoile, illustrated by Mary Stevens. Follet.
No one believes little Andrew when he
says there's a bear in his bed.
Norwegian Folk Tales, by Peter C.
Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe, illustrated by Erik Werenskiold and
Theodor Kittelsen. Viking.
The authors of these fascinating tales
are the Norwegian counterparts of the Brothers Grimm.
Once the Hodja, by Alice G. Kelsey,
illustrated by Frank Dobias. McKay.
Charming folk tales from Turkey.
Once Upon a Time: Twenty Cheerful Tales to Read and Tell, edited by Rose Dobbs, illustrated by Flavia Gag.
Random.
Old and new folk-tale favorites,
especially for the storyteller and for reading aloud. Sequel:
More Once-Upon-a-Time Tales
The Ordeal of the Young Hunter, by Jonreed Lauritzen, illustrated by Hoke Denetsosie. Little Brown.
A Navaho lad first disappoints his
father and then becomes a hero.
The Orphans of Simitra, by Paul Jacques Bonzon. Criterion.
The adventures of a courageous Greek
boy and his little sister, orphaned by an earthquake, as they lose
and then find each other again.
Otis Spofford, by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling.
The good and bad behavior of a little
boy who craves attention.
Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren,
illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman. Viking.
The humorous adventures of a little
girl, a horse and a monkey.
Plain Girl, by Virginia Sorensen,
illustrated by Charles Geer. Harcourt.
The story of a little girl in
Pennsylvania and how she learns to blend modern ways with the Old
World traditions of her Amish parents.
Red Horse Hill, by Stephen Meader,
illustrated by Lee Townsend. Harcourt.
A colt and his young master win glory
in a thrilling race.
The Reluctant Dragon, by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Holiday.
Kenneth Grahame's fanciful version of St. George and the dragon.
Kenneth Grahame's fanciful version of St. George and the dragon.
The Road to Agra, by Aimée
Sommerfelt, illustrated by Ulf Aas.
A boy's trek 300 miles across India to
Agra to find aid for his sister's failing eyesight. In this moving
story the real hero is the World Health Organization.
A Rocket in My Pocket: The Rhymes and Chants of Young Americans, edited by Carl Withers, illustrated by
Suzanne Suba. H.R.&W.
A collection of more than 400 rhymes,
chants, game songs, and tongue twisters.
Rootabaga Stories, by Carl Sandburg,
illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham. Harcourt.
Humorous stories about modern life.
The Saturdays, by Elizabeth Enright,
illustrated by the author. Rinehart.
Four motherless children, their father
and a housekeeper find a way to spend their Saturdays in New York.
Others in this popular chronicle of the Melendy faimly:
The Four-Story Mistake
The Four-Story Mistake
Then There Were Five
Spiderweb for Two
The Secret Language, by Ursula Nordstrom, illustrated by Mary Chalmers. Harper.
Convincing boarding-school story of how
a lonely girl in her first year makes a friend.
Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale, by Boris Artzybasheff, illustrated by the author. Viking.
A witty Russian tale about a king who
is outsmarted by a small group of peasant boys.
Shaken Days, by Marion Garthwaite,
illustrated by Ursula Keoring. Messner.
A family's adventures during the San
Francisco earthquake.
Simba of the White Mane, by Jocelyn Arundel, illustrated by Wesley Dennis. McGraw/Whittlesey.
An African's lion is saved by a little
boy.
Snow Treasure, by Marie McSwigan,
illustrated by Mary Reardon. Dutton.
The exciting story of sabotage by
children in Nazi-occupied Norway.
Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown,
illustrated by the author. Scribner.
Good retelling of the old French tale
about the three soldiers who dupe the villagers.
Stories from the Bible, retold by Walter de la Mare, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Knopf.
Excellently told stories from the King
James version.
Stories of the Gods and Heroes, by Sally Benson, illustrated by Steele Savage. Dial.
Selections of classic mythology based
on Bulfinch's Age of Fable and written for children.
Story of Doctor Doolittle, by Hugh Lofting, illustrated by the author. Lippincott.
The famous animal doctor who learned
the language of the animals from his parrot and who journeyed to
Africa to fight an epidemic among the monkeys. Others in the popular
Dr. Dolittle series are:
The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle
Doctor Doolittle's Post Office
Doctor Doolittle's Circus
Doctor Doolittle's Zoo
Doctor Doolittle's Caravan
Doctor Doolittle's Garden
Doctor Doolittle in the Moon
Doctor Doolittle's Return
Doctor Doolittle and the Secret Lake
Doctor Doolittle and the Green Canary
Doctor Doolittle's Puddleby Adventures
Strawberry Girl, by Lois Lenski,
illustrated by the author. Lippincott.
A regional true-to-life story of a
little girl in the Florida cracker country. Other titles in the
series:
Judy's Journey
Judy's Journey
Prairie School
Coal Camp Girl
The Superlative Horse: A Tale of Ancient China, by Jean Merrill, illustrated by Ronni Solbert. W.R.
Scott.
A charming legend about a stable boy
who rises to prominence.
Susannah, the Pioneer Cow, by Miriam E. Mason, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham. Macmillan.
Exciting story set in pioneer days in
Indiana about the adventures of Susannah and her cow. Another
fanciful pioneer story:
Caroline and Her Kettle Named Maud
Swallows and Amazons, by Arthur Ransome. Lippincott.
The thrill-packed island vacation of a
group of English children, with pirates and buried treasure. Sequels
are:
Swallowdale
Peter Duck
Winter Holiday
The Coot Club
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
Secret Water
Missie Lee
The Picts and Martyrs
Great Northern
Excellent selection of favorite fairy
tales from the Household Stories of the Brothers Grimm, admirably
adapted for the young reader. Other titles in this series from Wanda
Gag:
More Tales from Grimm
More Tales from Grimm
Three Gay Tales from Grimm
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada, by Natalie S. Carlson, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Harper.
Amusing French-Canadian folk tales.
The Tall Book of Christmas, edited by Dorothy Smith, illustrated by Gertrude Elliot Espencheid. Harper.
A fine collection of Christmas
miscellany.
Tall Tale America, by Walter Blair,
illustrated by Glen Rounds. Coward.
Tall tales about such legendary heroes
as Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Johnny Appleseed, and many others.
Ten and a Kid, by Sadie Rosie Weilerstein. Doubleday.
Eight-year-old Reizel presents a
charming view of a Jewish family in a village of Lithuania of two
generations ago.
That Jud!, by Elspeth Bragdon,
illustrated by Georges Schreiber. Viking.
A tender story of how the townspeople
of a Maine village open up their hearts to an orphan boy.
Thee, Hannah!, by Marguerite de Angeli,
illustrated by the author. Doubleday.
A little girl learns not to covet her
neighbor's possessions.
Thirty-One Brothers and Sisters, by Reba P. Mirsky, illustrated by W.T. Mars. Follett.
The daughter of a Zulu chief in South
Africa accompanies the men of her tribe on their yearly elephant
hunt. Sequels are:
Seven Grandmothers
Seven Grandmothers
Nomusa and the New Magic
This Boy Cody, by Leon Wilson,
illustrated by Ursula Keoring. Watts.
The very funny story of Cody Capshaw, a
Tennessee mountain boy. Sequel is:
This Boy Cody and His Friends
Told Under the Christmas Tree, Association for Childhood Education, eds., illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham. Macmillan.
A marvelous collection of Christmas
stories in verse.
Tommy Carries the Ball, by James and Marion Renick, illustrated by Frederick Machetanz. Scribner.
Football for the beginning, combining
an exciting story with a handbook of plays and positions. The author
has another football story:
Nicky's Football Team
Toontoony Pie and Other Tales from Pakistan, by Ashraf Siddiqui and Marilyn Lerch, illustrated by Jan
Fairservis. World.
Humorous, witty folk tales from
Pakistan.
Twenty and Ten, by Claire Huchet Bishop, illustrated by William Pène du Bois. Viking.
A group of children save the lives of
Jewish refugees in German-occupied France during World War II.
Twenty-One Balloons, by William Pene du Bois, illustrated by the author. Viking.
A fantastic professor takes off in one
balloon and lands on the other side of the world with twenty-one
balloons. A Newbery Medal winner.
Two Is a Team, by Lorraine and Jerrold Beim, illustrated by Ernest Crichlow. Harcourt.
The story of a little Negro boy, Ted,
and his white friend, Paul, shows that color is no barrier to
friendship among children.
Underground Alley, by William Mayne,
illustrated by Marcia L. Foster. Dutton.
The discovery by a little girl of a
secret passage.
The Wheel on the School, by Meindert De Jong, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Harper.
The six children of the small Dutch
village of Shora set out to realize their dream of a stork on every
roof in Shora.
Who Goes There?, by Dorothy P. Lathrop,
illustrated by the author. Macmillan.
On a snowy day, two children leave food
for animals in the forest and then follow their tracks.
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Scribner.
A modern classic tale of four of the
most wonderful animals—and most human—who ever lived: Mole Water
Rat, Badger, and Toad. (An edition of this classic with illustrations
by Arthur Rackham is available from Heritage Press.)
A pioneer story of twelve-year-old
Peter and his family, who live under imminent threat of attack by the
Indians.
The Witch Family, by Eleanor Estes,
illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Harcourt.
Enjoyable story of some extraordinary
witches and two little girls.
Wonder Clock, by Howard Pyle,
illustrated by the author. Harper.
“Four and twenty marvelous tales,
being one for each hour of the day.”
Available online for free at the Baldwin Project.
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