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A Treasury of Children's Literature

10 best books like A Treasury of Children's Literature (Armand Eisen): George Shrinks, The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature, A Child's Book of Art: Great Pictures First Words, Uncle Wiggily's Story Book, The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book: World Folk Tales Especially for Reading Aloud, Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm, Classic Fairy Tales, How Do You Lift a Lion?, The Tub People, The Secret History of Giants: Or The Codex Giganticum

George Shrinks
AuthorWilliam Joyce
ISBN0064431290
George dreams of being very small, and wakes up to find that his dream has become reality in this entertaining picture-book romp from author/illustrator William Joyce. Following the instructions in the note his parents have left for him, George cleans his room and cares for his younger brother. He...
The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature
AuthorStan Berenstain
ISBN0679886524
Here are three books bound together to make one awesome Bear Country collection! The Berenstain Bears' Almanac, The Berenstain Bears' Nature Guide, and The Berenstain Bears' Science Fair are filled with fascinating facts that cubs and kids want o know about the world they live in. Chock-full of information...
A Child's Book of Art: Great Pictures First Words
AuthorLucy Micklethwait
ISBN1564582035
This is a superb art book for children. The idea here is simple but inspired.

The author has put together a collection of paintings in various categories, with words and concepts within the categories. For each of these a painting or paintings that depicts the featured word is shown.

There...
Uncle Wiggily's Story Book
AuthorHoward R. Garis
ISBN0448400901
Uncle Wiggily is one of the most popular and enduring characters in American literature. A cheerful “bunny rabbit gentleman” with a wonderful knack for setting things right, he has been a reassuring friend to millions of children since early in the century. Uncle Wiggily’s amusing stories...
The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book: World Folk Tales Especially for Reading Aloud
AuthorBob Hartman
ISBN0745946542
A Featured Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month!
 
In this new collection of international folk tales, storyteller Bob Hartman blends familiar stories with little-known tales. Each story has been chosen for its integrity and for its ability to encourage and inspire children...
Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm
AuthorAlice Provensen
ISBN0689844999
Meet the animals of Maple Hill Farm and learn about their antics as they bring joy, laughter, and life to the people who live in a house that needs painting at the end of a road full of holes.

Two dogs, five horses, a pig, some geese, lots of chickens, a few cows, a few goats, several sheep, and four...
Classic Fairy Tales
AuthorScott Gustafson
This exquisitely illustrated, large format gift book features ten of the most enduring fairy tales of all time. The stories, chosen and edited by the artist, are a balance of 'princess' classics and frolicking adventure tales.

Artist Scott Gustafson spent more than four years creating the...
How Do You Lift a Lion?
AuthorRobert E. Wells
ISBN0807534218
Publishers of nonfiction for children please note: a lot more people would read nonfiction if it was. . . better! Take a look at this book, that manages to convey complex ideas about simple machines in a highly imaginative way, but does not talk down to the reader. For sure the dense language and concepts...
The Tub People
AuthorPam Conrad
ISBN0064433064
The Tub People is a story of six little people that live in the bathtub, along with their dog. They play in the water and like to rescue each other and at night they line up on the edge of the bathtub. One night when the bath water began rushing down the drain before the tub people could get to the edge the tub child...
The Secret History of Giants: Or The Codex Giganticum
AuthorAri Berk
ISBN0763640476
**Winner of the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Notable Award**

**Winner of a Parent's Choice Recommended Award**

Are there giants among us? Find their story writ large in a lavish exploration touching on folklore and myth, truth and whimsy.

Ancient Greece...
The Biggest, Best Snowman
AuthorMargery Cuyler
ISBN0545014840
A heartwarming seasonal story with an uplifting message about friendship and having confidence in yourself.

Format: Paperback book and CD


Little Nell's family thinks she's too small to really accomplish anything. But one snowy winter day, while Nell is playing with her forest...
I Spy Fantasy: A Book of Picture Riddles
AuthorJean Marzollo
ISBN0439787327
I Spy Fantasy by Jean Marzollo is one of the early book in the I Spy series. This one as the title implies has a fantasy theme.

The book has some of the most beautiful and trickiest picture puzzles of all the books we own. There is one page made up of costume jewelry in the shape of a dove. After three...
Stories from Around the World
AuthorHeather Amery
ISBN0746042078
My son and I read this book as a part of Sonlight's P4/5 curriculum. It is a wonderful book! A great way to introduce the concept of other cultures to preschool age children. I believe that it is very important to teach our children that there are all kinds of different peoples and beliefs in our world. Stories...
American Tall Tales
AuthorAdrien Stoutenburg
ISBN0140309284
My new student and I listened to this book on audio. The narration was excellent and most of the stories were fun too. A few of them bogged down but this is a great introduction to American stories. I don't often do audio with students but I am happy we did with this book, the voice helped to make the book more...
Temple of Terror
AuthorIan Livingstone
The dark, twisted power of the young Malbordus is reaching its zenith!

All he needs now is to retrieve the five dragon artefacts which have been hidden for centuries in the lost city of Vatos, somewhere in the Desert of Skulls. Each day that passes brings him closer to them and only YOU can stop...
Appointment with F.E.A.R.
AuthorSteve Jackson
ISBN1840465271
Tough, incorruptible champion of law and order, YOU are the Silver Crusader!

Using your superpowers, you protect the innocent citizens of teeming Titan City from the terrorism, violence, kidnapping and corruption of a host of super-villains. Your mission is to discover the location of...
If You Traveled West In A Covered Wagon
AuthorEllen Levine
ISBN0590451588
This is part of a great series that allow young readers to be given a history book without being too overwhelming. The book focuses on a time period while exploring in detail the particulars such as in this case what it would have like to have traveled West when there were no modern transportation methods...
The Lamb and the Butterfly
AuthorArnold Sundgaard
ISBN0531083799
"The Lamb and the Butterfly", by Eric Carle is a great children's book that tackles issues of difference and understanding. It is about a young independent butterfly, and a very nurtured lamb. The collage style pictures that accompany the text are perfectly matched and depict the story line. The butterfly...
Jack and the Baked Beanstalk
AuthorColin Stimpson
ISBN0763655635
"Fee-fi-fo-fummy, I'm always counting money!"

Jack and his mom run a little café, but business has dried up and they're nearly broke. So when Jack comes home with only an old can of baked beans in return for their last few pennies, his mother throws it out the window. Overnight it grows into...
The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury: Celebrated Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud
AuthorJanet Schulman
ISBN0679886478
Unparalleled in scope and quality and designed for reading aloud and sharing, this splendid anthology brings together some of the most memorable and beloved children's books of our time. Here are classics such as Madeline and Curious George; contemporary bestsellers such as Guess How Much I Love...
Punctuation Celebration
AuthorElsa Knight Bruno
ISBN0805079734
I read this book to 7th graders as a way of reviewing punctuation marks and how they are used. While they all are confident about how to use periods, question marks, exclamation points, and commas, they still have questions about dashes, hyphens, and ellipses. By the time they are in middle school, I like...
There Are Monsters Everywhere
AuthorMercer Mayer
ISBN0803706219
What kid doesn't suspect that there are monsters lurking under the bed, behind the shower curtain, in the basement, and even outside by the garbage cans? Mercer Mayer brilliantly and hilariously captures this classic childhood fear—and conquers it! Kids will cheer as the young hero of the story...
Seven Little Postmen
AuthorMargaret Wise Brown
ISBN0307960374
I know... I know...

This book may seem "a little" under my reading level. And, it is. But, it's also a childhood favorite of mine. And it's one of the books that we've been reading to the kids. (Well, "kids-to-be," if you want to get technical.)

Something that I didn't really understand...
Monsterology
AuthorDugald A. Steer
ISBN0763639400
A second major volume by the esteemed Dr. Drake — a lavish exploration of fantastical beasts, from yetis to unicorns

Do krakens really lurk below the ocean waves? Do griffins command the air above? In a fascinating new discovery sure to rival the ground-breaking DRAGONOLOGY, the intrepid...
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