The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud

Just a wonderful little book. Great stories, both familiar and a bit out of the main stream. The perfect book to take on a trip. Lots for the older (6, 7, 8 year olds) to read to themselves; lots for the younger kids to have read to them.

Just a great resource and a fun book to own. I still pull it out 15 years later and reread my kids' favorites.

Not perfect, after all it includes Babar and The Berenstain Bears.  And, of course, all sense of book design is lost when picture-books are condensed to fit an anthology.  Still, one could do worse than investing in this collection rather than buying all the individual titles.  And, of course, the authors get publicity: if you love a particular story, you can look for more by that author or illustrator next time you go to the library.  Iow, a good gift for a new parent or teacher,  of course.

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 show more that much use. It's great for the kids to look through on long car trips and also useful for waiting rooms. show less

Too many to list contents, but it really does have all the best-known stories & books, including a lot of our family favorites.
The biggest drawback to these compilations is that they are too heavy to hold comfortably while reading to children, and too thick to turn the pages easily, which also obscures some of the illustrations.

Just a wonderful little book. Great stories, both familiar and a bit out of the main stream. The perfect book to take on a trip. Lots for the older (6, 7, 8 year olds) to read to themselves; lots for the younger kids to have read to them.

Just a great resource and a fun book to own. I still pull it out 15 years later and reread my kids' favorites.

Just a wonderful little book. Great stories, both familiar and a bit out of the main stream. The perfect book to take on a trip. Lots for the older (6, 7, 8 year olds) to read to themselves; lots for the younger kids to have read to them.

Just a great resource and a fun book to own. I still pull it out 15 years later and reread my kids' favorites.

There are so many different books contained in here! A trip down memory lane for you as the child gets to enjoy some classic stories. I have bought this book for 5 of my friends and family.