The Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature [UNABRIDGED] (Hardcover)

by Margaret and Ernest, Edward Martignoni (Author)

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Product Description
Abundantly illustrated there are about 250 different stories to read to your children.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 512.0 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap; No Edition Stated edition (January 1, 1955)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000E7KU5O
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #199,304 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The variety of stories & levels will keep kids interested, August 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature (Hardcover)

This book was given to my mother by my great aunt when I was 2 1/2 years old (my sisters were 1 and 5). We have fought over it ever since. I have been unable to find it for years (my mother kept the original copy and it is now a favorite of her grandchildren). I was fortunate enough to obtain a copy from a used books dealer in New Hampshire last year. I am ordering two from Amazon.com so that I can surprise my sisters at Christmas (amen!). With everything from Aesop to Wordsworth, and stories, poems and songs from Mother Goose to Rudyard Kipling, there is someting in this book for any child of any age. These are the classic tales of Peter Pan, Winne The Pooh, The Velveteen Rabbit, Heidi and Gulliver, to mention a few. My mother would read aloud from this book every night - "The Goops" on page 65 was a favorie poem and "Over in the Meadow" on page 101 was a favorite song - I know my mother enjoyed reading it equally as much as we girls. The illustrations are wonderful, and most are reproductions from the original books. Finding this book has meant finding a part of my childhood, and I'm sure anyone else who grows up with it will feel the same.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saved my copy for my own children, January 20, 2003

By	Shari (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature (Hardcover)

I loved this book so much as a child (of the 1970's) that I had the foresight to save it for my own children. It is one of three books I saved, the other two being "A Child's Garden of Verse" by Robert Louis Stevenson, and D'aulaire's "Greek Myths". These are classic stories that have not been softened and dumbed down or made politically correct like so many modern children's books. They really pack a punch and evoke thought, and the illustrations are gorgeous.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A family treasure, February 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature (Hardcover)

I have become the keeper of the family copy of this wonderful book. It is filled with some of the greatest fables and stories that you'll want to share with your child. I'm trying to find a new copy for my daughter to keep for the rest of her life. Meanwhile, I'm going to have the one we have rebound. < a native New Englander >