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Selected by and introduced by distinguished children's book editor and publisher Janet Schulman, The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury features the work of more than 60 renowned writers and artists. As a gift, a keepsake, and a companion in a child's first steps toward a lifelong love of reading, it belongs in every family's bookcase. Read more about the making of The Children's Treasury in Publisher's Weekly. |
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 Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans * Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois
Ehlert * Swimmy by Leo Lionni * A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams * Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd * The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats * "The Letter" by Arnold Lobel * Freight Train by Donald Crews* Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey * A Million Fish...More or Less by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Dena Schutzer * A Boy, a Dog and a Frog by Mercer Mayer * Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág * Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, illustrated by Anita Jeram * Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Ray Cruz * Curious George by H. A. Rey * I Hear, I See, and I Touch by Helen Oxenbury * Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry Allard, illustrated by James Marshall * Titch by Pat Hutchins * Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak * "The Cat Club" by Esther Averill * Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig * Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann * Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton * Stevie by John Steptoe * The Tub People by Pam Conrad, illustrated by Richard Egielski * "In Which Pooh
Goes Visiting..." by A. A. Milne, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard
* Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Garth Williams * "The Stinky
Cheese Man" by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith * The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff * The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan and Jan Berenstain * "The Elves in the Shelves" by Joan
Aiken, illustrated by Jan Pienkowski * Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang * Stellaluna by Janell Cannon * D.W. the Picky Eater by Marc Brown * Petunia by Roger Duvoisin * First Tomato by Rosemary Wells * Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish, illustrated by Fritz Siebel * I Am a Bunny by Ole Risom, illustrated by Richard Scarry * Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham * Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus, illustrated by Jose Aruego * Owen by Kevin Henkes * The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson * "The Sneetches"
by Dr. Seuss * The Story of Little Babaji by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Fred Marcellino |
Unparalleled in its scope and quality, The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury gathers 44 of the most memorable and beloved children's books
of our time. Classics, contemporary bestsellers, medal winners,
and family favorites are brought together in a collection designed
for sharing and reading aloud. The content ranges from concept
books and wordless books to picture books and short read-aloud
stories, and represents the complete range of childhood themes
and reading needs: ABCs, number and color books, stories about
going to bed and going to school; stories about growing up, siblings,
parents, and grandparents; animal stories, fantasies, fables,
magical stories, stories about everyday life--and more. Each is
handsomely reproduced with its original illustrations.