1969 Children's Book List by Lavinia Russ

Here's another vintage booklist for those of you who might have need of such a thing. This list was produced by an interesting character named Lavinia Russ who was once the children's book seller at the Scribner's Book Shop on Fifth Avenue and then became the children's books editor at Publisher's Weekly.

I discovered her book The Girl on the Floor Will Help You, which is a collection of humorous memoirs and essays, through the Collecting Children's Books blog (RIP), and I also found Lavinia Russ' obituary in the New York Times, should you care to read more about her.

In the interest of time, I only linked the books with which I was personally unfamiliar. I might link up the rest someday in the future. We'll see.

The Girl on the Floor Will Help You (1969), by Lavinia Russ 
Chapter 12: “Watch It! We’re Listing!” (pp. 110-117)

But a lifelong habit still holds me in thrall, and a grandmotherly desire not to have children--mine or anybody else’s--miss anything makes me whip up one more list--one more book list, a very personal one. It’s for young readers, up to ten. If they don’t choose their own books after that, they’re in trouble--and so are you. (The “etc.” after a title means you’ll love everything this artist or writer has created. Omitted are the established classes--the Treasure Islands, and the rest--probably you probably already have them on your shelf of favorite books. Omitted, too, are some titles you can get in paperbacks--the E. Nesbits, Eagers, Spykmans, etc.) The books I have included are the ones about people, ideas, and things that I couldn’t bear to have anybody grow up without knowing. For their own pleasure. And for a practical reason--so that when someone says, “It was the best butter,” a child will know it’s the March Hare talking, not a TV announcer. 

• Abraham Lincoln, etc., written and illus. by Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire. 
• Aesop’s Fables, adapted by Louis Untermeyer. Illus. by Martin and Alice Provensen. 
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll. Illus. by John Tenniel. 
• Andersen’s Fairy Tales, by Hans Christian Anderson. Illus. by Lawrence Beall Smith.
• And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street, written and illus. by Dr. Seuss. 
• The Animal Family, by Randall Jarrell. Illus. by Maurice Sendak. 
• The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts, written and illus. by Hilaire Belloc. {transcriber's note: Terrifying and bizarre and inappropriate. Not recommended by me!}
• A Bear Called Paddington, etc., by Michael Bond. Illus. by Peggy Fortnum. 
• Bedtime for Frances, by Russell Hoban. Illus. by Garth Williams. 
• Ben and Me, etc., written and illus. by Robert Lawson. 
• The Borrowers, etc., by Mary Norton. Illus. by Beth and Joe Krush. 
• Brian Wildsmith’s ABC, etc., written and illus. by Brian Wildsmith.
• Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink. Illus. by Kate Seredy. 
• The Cat Who Went to Heaven, by Elizabeth Coatsworth. Illus. by Lynd Ward. 
• Celestino Piatti's Animal ABC, etc., written and illus. by Celestino Piatti. 
• Chanticleer and the Fox, etc., by Chaucer. Illus. by Barbara Cooney. 
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl. Illus. by Joseph Schindelman. 
• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. Illus. by Garth Williams. 
• A Child’s Garden of Verse, by R.L. Stevenson. Illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith. 
• Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, by Ian Fleming. Illus. by John Burningham. 
• The Complete Nonsense Book, written and illus. by Edward Lear. 
• Curious George, etc., written and illus. by H.A. Rey. 
• The Doll's House, etc., by Rumer Godden. Illus. by Tasha Tudor. 
• Ella, etc., written and illus. by Bill Peet. 
• The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth. Illus. by Louis Darling. 
• Fairy Tales, by the Grimm Brothers. Illus. by Elenore Abbott. 
• Five Chinese Brothers, by Claire Bishop. Illus. by Kurt Wiese. 
• The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night, etc., written and illus. by Peter Spier. 
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, etc., written and illus. by Elaine Konigsburg. 
• The Ghost in the Noonday Sun, etc., by Sid Fleischman. Illus. by Warren Chappell. 
• Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown. Illus. by Clement Hurd. 
• Harriet the Spy, written and illus. by Louise Fitzhugh. 
• The Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book, etc., by Randolph Caldecott. 
• Higglety Pigglety Pop!: Or There Must Be More to Life, etc., written and illus. by Maurice Sendak. 
• Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field. Illus. by Dorothy Lothrop. 
• The Hole Book, etc., written and illus. by Peter Newell. 
• A Hole Is to Dig, by Ruth Krauss. Illus. by Maurice Sendak. 
• Homer Price, written and illus. by Robert McCloskey. 
• It's Wings That Make Birds Fly: The Story of a Boy, written and illus. (with photographs) by Sandra Weiner. 
• Johnny Crow’s Garden, etc., written and illus. by Leslie Brooke. 
• Kate Greenaway’s Birthday Book for Children, by Sale Barker. Illus. by Kate Greenaway. 
• The Legend of the Willow Plate, by Alvin Tresselt and Nancy Cleaver. Illus. by Joseph Low.
• Lion, etc., written and illus. by William Pene du Bois. 
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, etc., by C.S. Lewis. Illus. by Pauline Baynes. 
• Little Bear, etc., by Else Holmemund Minarik. Illus. by Maurice Sendak. 
• The Little House, written and illus. by Virginia Burton. 
• Little House in the Big Woods, etc., by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Illus. by Garth Williams. 
• The Little Island, by Golden MacDonald. Illus. by Leonard Weisgard. 
• The Little Match Girl, etc., by Hans Christian Andersen. Illus. by Blair Lent. 
• The Little Prince, written and illus. by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. 
• The Little Princess, by Frances Burnett. Illus. by Ethel Betts. 
• Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, etc., written and illus. by Edward Ardizzone. 
• Little Toot, written and illus. by Hardie Gramatky. 
• Little Women, etc., by Louisa May Alcott. Illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith. 
• Look, There is a Turtle Flying, etc., written and illus. by Janina Domauska. 
• Macaroon, etc., by Julia Cunningham. Illus. by Evaline Ness. 
• Madeline, etc., written and illus. by Ludwig Bemelmans. 
• Make Way for Ducklings, written and illus. by Robert McCloskey. 
• Mary Poppins, etc., by P.L. Travers. Illus. by Mary Shephard. 
• Melendy Family, etc., written and illus. by Elizabeth Enright. 
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, written and illus. by Virginia Burton. 
• Millions of Cats, written and illus. by Wanda Ga’g. 
• The Moffats, etc., by Eleanor Estes. Illus. by Louis Slobodkin. 
• Mommy, Buy Me a China Doll, etc., adapt. by Harve Zemach. Illus. by Margot Zemach. 
• The Mother Goose Treasury, compiled and illus. by Raymond Briggs. 
• Mr. Brown and Mr. Gray, written and illus. by William Wondriska. 
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins, by Richard and Florence Atwater. Illus. by Robert Lawson. 
• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, etc., by Betty MacDonald. Illus. by Hilary Knight. 
• New Illustrated Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling. Illus. by Nicholas. 
• The Night Before Christmas, by Clement C. Moore. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. 
• The Nightingale, by Hans Christian Andersen. Illus. by Nancy Elkholm Burkert. 
• Nubber Bear, by William Lipkind. Illus. by Roger Duvoisin. 
• The Nutshell Library, written and illus. by Maurice Sendak. 
• Old Mother West Wind, by Thornton Burgess. Illus. by Harrison Cady. 
• One Small Blue Bead, by B.B. Schweitzer. Illus. by Symeon Shimon. 
• One Snail and Me, by Emilie McLeod. Illus. by Walter Lorraine. 
• Oxford Book of Poetry for Children, compiled by Edward Blishen. Illus. by Brian Wildsmith.
• Peter Pan, by James Barrie. Illus. by Nora Unwin. 
• Pied Piper of Hamlin, etc., by Robert Browning. Illus. by Kate Greenaway. 
• Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren. Illus. by Louis Glanzman. 
• Play With Me, written and illus. by Marie H. Ets. 
• Pooh Library, etc., by A.A. Milne. Illus. by E. H. Shepard. 
• Rabbit Hill, written and illus. by Robert Lawson. 
• Real Mother Goose, written and illus. by Blanche Wright. 
• The Red Balloon, written and illus. with photographs by A. Lamorisse. 
• The Renowned History of Little Red Riding Hood, etc., illus. by Nonny Hogrogian. 
• The Rescuers, by Margery Sharp. Illus. by Garth Williams. 
• Return of the Twelves, by Pauline Clarke. Illus. by Bernarda Bryson. 
• Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever, written and illus. by Richard Scarry. 
• Rootabaga Stories, by Carl Sandburg. Illus. by Maud and Miska Petersham. 
• Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine, etc., written and illus. by Evaline Ness. 
• The Secret Garden, by Frances Burnett. Illus. by Ethel Betts.
• The Sleeping Beauty, etc., by the Grimm Brothers. Illus. by Felix Hoffmann. 
• The Snowy Day, etc., written and illus. by Ezra Jack Keats. 
• Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, etc., written and illus. by Howard Pyle. 
• The Story About Ping, etc., by Marjorie Flack. Illus. by Kurt Wiese. 
• The Story of A Little White Teddy Bear Who Didn't Want to Go to Bed, written and illus. by Dorothy Sherrill. 
• The Story of Babar, etc., written and illus. by Jean de Brunhoff. 
• The Story of Doctor Dolittle, etc., written and illus. by Hugh Lofting.
• The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf. Illus. by Robert Lawson. 
• The Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck, etc., by Nathaniel Benchley. 
• Stuart Little, by E.B. White. Illus. by Garth Williams.
• Swallows and Amazons, etc., by Arthur Ransome. 
• Swimmy, written and illus. by Leo Lionni. 
• The Tall Book of Nursery Tales, etc., written and illus. by Feodor Rojankovsky. 
• The Thirteen Clocks, etc., written and illus. by James Thurber. 
• Three on the Run, etc., by Nina Bawden. Illus. by Wendy Worth. 
• The Three Poor Tailors, written and illus. by Victor Ambrus. 
• Thumbelina, etc., by Hans Christian Andersen. Illus. by Adrienne Adams. 
• The Tomten, by Astrid Lindgren. Illus. by Harald Wiberg. 
• Walter, the Lazy Mouse, by Marjorie Flack. Illus. by Cyndy Szekeres.
• The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll, the Broom Handle, and Who Was In It, by Carl Sandburg. Illus. by Harriet Pincus.
• Where the Wild Things Are, written and illus. by Maurice Sendak.
• Who's There? Open the Door, etc. written and illus. by Bruno Munari. 
• The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame. Illus. by E.H. Shepard. 
• The Wizard of Oz, etc., by L. Frank Baum. Illus. by W.W. Denslow.
• The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, etc., by Joan Aiken. Illus. by Pat Marriott.