|
Loading... The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories…by Janet Schulman
LibraryThing recommendationsMember recommendationsLoading...
won't like
will probably not like
will probably like
will like
will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This treasury contains many of the most wonderful picture books of the 20th Century, as well as many that I hadn't previously read. My only complaint with this book is how many of the stories are compressed in order to fit everything in, by shrinking the illustrations and putting a lot on a page. I think that this detracts from the story reading experience some, and prefer compilations where the original layout has been preserved (such as the HarperCollins Treasury of Picture Book Classics). ( )Many of the great stories from our childhood, for all age levels, contained in one book...a must have to add to your child's library. 20th Century Children's Lit is a collection of great children's picture books. Each book is categorized - if there is a little red book icon on the lower corner of the page it is for the youngest kids. These books have few words. If there is a little blue book it is a standard picture book (think Madeline). If there is a little green book it has more text. Several are excerpts from longer works, which doesn't necessarily work well. The only stories we don't like were level green - all the rest were great. In order to fit all these books in, they left out some pictures. So if you really like one of the stories, you might want to get it out of the library to see all the pictures. Our copy is held together with duct tape; it has gotten that much use. It's great for the kids to look through on long car trips and also useful for waiting rooms. Excellent collection of stories to share with children. Wonderful collection of classic children's books, old and new. no reviews | add a review
References to this work on external resources.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Book description |
|
This impressive collection of concept books, wordless books, picture books, and read-aloud stories was artfully compiled by longtime children's book editor and publisher Janet Schulman. Stories are coded red, blue, and green to designate age groupings from baby/toddler books such as Whose Mouse Are You?, through preschool books such as Where the Wild Things Are, to longer stories for ages 5 and older such as Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The reason the book isn't bigger than Babar is because many of the illustrations from each story were reduced or removed to fit the anthology's format. (Leo Lionni's Swimmy, for example, takes up 5 pages total, compared to its original 29 pages.) Brief biographical notes that are surprisingly quirky shine a little light on the 62 authors and illustrators, and an index helps, too, for the child who likes one story best. We love the idea of being within easy reach of a Star-Belly Sneetch, a William Steig donkey, and a Sendak monster at all times, and we're sure your little bookworms will, too. (Click to see a sample spread from The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury, compilation copyright © 1998 by Janet Schulman, illustrations © renewed 1997 by William Steig.) (All ages) --Karin Snelson
(retrieved from Amazon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:30:08 -0500)
The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details.
Quick Links |
| Ebooks | Audio | Swap |
| — | — | 1/130 |