The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud

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Description: Believe it or not, 44 complete read-aloud classics and future classics--from Goodnight Moon to Stellaluna--are packed in this remarkably svelte, positively historic anthology. Flipping through the 308 pages of The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury is like browsing a photo album of beloved friends and family. The familiar faces of Curious George and Ferdinand the Bull peer earnestly from the pages, and scenes from Madeline and Millions of Cats resonate as if you just experienced them yesterday. Think of the advantages of carrying this book on a vacation instead of a suitcase of single titles! (Your kids can always revisit their dog-eared hardcovers when they get home.) This impressive collection of concept books, wordless books, picture books, and read-aloud stories was artfully compiled by longtime children's book editor and publisher Janet Schulman. Stories are coded red, blue, and green to designate age groupings from baby/toddler books such as Whose Mouse Are You?, through preschool books such as Where the Wild Things Are, to longer stories for ages 5 and older such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The reason the book isn't bigger than Babar is because many of the illustrations from each story were reduced or removed to fit the anthology's format. (Leo Lionni's Swimmy, for example, takes up 5 pages total, compared to its original 29 pages.) Brief biographical notes that are surprisingly quirky shine a little light on the 62 authors and illustrators, and an index helps, too, for the child who likes one story best. We love the idea of being within easy reach of a Star-Belly Sneetch, a William Steig donkey, and a Sendak monster at all times, and we're sure your little bookworms will, too. (Click to see a sample spread from The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury, compilation copyright © 1998 by Janet Schulman, illustrations © renewed 1997 by William Steig.) (All ages) --Karin Snelson

Genre: Juvenile Fiction; Children: Kindergarten; Preschool Picture Story Books; Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction; Short Stories; Children: Grades 1-2; Classics; Anthologies; Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / Nursery Rhymes; Children's literature; Children's stories;

Average Review: 4.5 stars

Review: Must have for your library. : This is great for young children. It contains books for three levels - Toddler, Preschooler; and Kindergartener (and up). The following lists all the books in this treasury (not in order). Toddler books: Goodnight Moon; Freight Train; I Hear, I See, I Touch (Oxenbury); Titch; Good Night, Gorilla; Ten, Nine, Eight (Bang); I Am Bunny; Whose Mouse Are You? Preschooler books: Madeline; Chicka Chicka Boom Boom; Swimmy; The Snowy Day; Make Way for Ducklings; A Boy, a Dog and a Frog; Millions of Cats; Guess How Much I Love You; Curious George; Where the Wild Things Are; The Tub People; The Story of Babar; The Berenstaian Bears and the Spooky Old Tree; Stellaluna; D.W. the Picky Eater; First Tomato; Harry the Dirty Dog; Owen; The Story of Little Babaji Kindergartener books: A Chair for My Mother; The Letter (from Frog and Toad Are Friends); A Million Fish...More or Less; Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; Miss Nelson Is Missing!; The Cat Club; Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel; Stevie; In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place (from Winnie-the-Pooh); Bedtime for Frances; The Stinky Cheese Man (from The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales); The Elves in the Shelves (from A Necklace of Raindrops); Petunia; Amelia Bedelia; The Story of Ferdinand; The Sneetches (from The Sneetches and Other Stories) I don't think this will work for toddlers. I feel that toddlers need to actually touch, flip, and chew(!) the pages. Luckily, I have most of the toddler books and my boys (3 and 5) grew up with the books in this treasury. They were happy to see their old favorites. They love to pick stories from the book each night before they go to bed. Also, rather than having this one book in my library, I am using this as a guide for other books for my kids (such as getting others books by the authors from this book). Someone complained that the pictures from several pages were laid out in one big page. You have to remember this is a treasury/anthology of many great books. This is an excellent compilation of children's books from 20th century.