Best in Children's Books, Volume 2 by Mary Macnab

However, at least one volume appears to have been reprinted (Volume 18, which changed the country visit story) without any obvious indication other than the table of contents.Įach book was issued with a full colour dust jacket, but the volumes are much more commonly found without the dust jacket. Other reprints have the same contents and images, but a different coloured spine which often correlates to the colour of the duotone images inside the volumes. The number of each volume is not indicated on the external binding, but can be found only via a very small number on the bottom right of the title page or on the back flap of the dust jacket if you have one (you can see in the image to the right that the title page of this volume is marked with a tiny ’15’.) A couple of volumes were reprinted with slightly different contents, and these are typically designated by the addition of a lower case “a” following the volume number (i.e. In total, there were 42 volumes published. : Color Illustrations: 5.75 x 8.50 in.: 160 pages.The ‘Best in Children’s Books’ series was released through the Doubleday Book Clubs from 1957 to the late 1960s. Teeters, illustrated by Earl Thollander * Hawaiian Islands illustrated with photos. Richards, illustrated by Irene Haas * Experimenting with Electricity by Victor C.

Ten Stories include: Wonderful Story of Moses by Mary MacNab, illustrated by Robin Jacques * Barbara Frietchie by John Greenleaf Whittier, illustrated by Ruth Ives * Lad and other Sunnybank Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune, illustrated by Phoebe Erickson * Whistle for the Train by Golden MacDonald, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard * Big Brother by Laura Bannon, illustrated by Richard Scarry * Mushrooms and their Cousins illustrated with photos * Snipp Snapp Snurr and the Buttered Bread by Maj Lindman, illustrated by Barbara Cooney * Eletelephony and other Verses by Laura E.

Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound, and sharp cornered. 25: KB#017320: No dustjacket is included. Illustrated by Robin Jacques / Ruth Ives / Phoebe Erickson / LeonardWeisgard / Richard Scarry / Barbara Cooney / Irene Haas / EarlThollanderRobin Jacques / Ruth Ives / Phoebe Erickson / Leonard Weisgard /Richard Scarry / Barbara Cooney / Irene Haas / Earl Thollander (illustrator).

Best in Children's Books, Volume 2 by Mary Macnab