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LIBRA - Rare PZ5 .B42 Vol.40
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Nelson Doubleday, Inc., publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile literature.
Children.
Children--Conduct of life.
Conduct of life--Juvenile literature.
Conduct of life.
Natural history--Juvenile literature.
Natural history.
Games--Juvenile literature.
Games.
Science--Juvenile literature.
Science.
Geography--Juvenile literature.
Geography.
Adventure and adventurers--Juvenile literature.
Adventure and adventurers.
Children's stories.
Children's poetry.
Penn Provenance:
Traister, Daniel (donor)
Physical Description:
160 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Garden City, N.Y. : Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1960]
Summary:
A collection of world literature, old and new, for children, volume contains fiction, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science, and geography sections.
Contents:
With Dorothy in Oz / L. Frank Baum
Roger and the Fox / Lavinia R. Davis
Wishes / retold by Sara Cone Bryant
Let's go to Scandinavia
Page, squire and knight / Eva March Tappan
Plants to have fun with / Millicent E. Selsam
Masters of all masters / retold by Joseph Jacobs
Fountain of youth / retold by James Baldwin
Mr. Murdle's large heart / Margery Williams Bianco
Farmyard song
Ulysses S. Grant: the general who hated war / Smith Burnham
Prehistoric animals of North america.
Notes:
Title, imprint and volume number from table of contents page on endpapers.
Local Notes:
Penn Libraries Libra Rare copy has dust jacket retained.
OCLC:
317625232

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