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Short Story Anthologies for Kids

These are the kind of stories we all remember reading on gray afternoons, wearing sweatpants and sprawled on the floor, after having complained to Mom several bajillion times that we were bored. To which she invariably replied, "Go read a book. I'm busy." Why we always went to the old anthologies, typically from the 1950s and with covers as cracked and gray as the weather outside, was a mystery, because they never seemed appealing.

Until we started reading the stories inside. It was better than TV—tales of reckless Greek heroes, real-life Arctic explorers, animals who could talk and wear clothes (this never bothered us until we got older), foreign lands, horse races, etc., etc., etc. Okay, so maybe the pictures were a little hokey, and maybe all the facts weren't perfectly accurate, but these were good stories.

Keeping such vessels of imagination from our own children is little short of criminal. They need a place to forage their young minds, to stoke the fires of make-believe and ambition, and what better place than the pages of a short story anthology? Surely Sesame Street or Dora the Explorer won't have the same effect; no, lead kids to the source as a place of delight and awe, and they'll eat the fruit and drink the water because they want to.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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"Why" Stories
by Edward W. Dolch, Marguerite P. Dolch
from Garrard Publishing Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
Aesop's Fables
Illustrated Junior Library Series 4
by Aesop, illustrated by Fritz Kredel
from Grosset & Dunlap
Fables for 2nd-6th grade
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Arthur Rackham
from Avenel Books
for Nursery-2nd grade
$8.00 (2 in stock)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, retold & illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1st Ed. from Chronicle Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$19.99
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Heidi Holder
1st edition from Viking Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.50 (2 in stock)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Charles Santore
1988 ed from Dilithium Press, Ltd.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, Isaac Bashevis Singer
from International Collectors Library
for 6th-10th grade
in Ancient Literature (Location: LIT1-ANC)
Aesop's Fables
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Aesop, illustrated by Fritz Kredel
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 2nd-6th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Aesop's Fables
Children's Classics
by Aesop, illustrated by Nora Fry
from Dilithium Press, Ltd.
for 2nd-6th grade
Aesop's Fables
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Aesop, illustrated by Fritz Kredel
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 2nd-6th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Harry Rountree
from Gallery Books
for 3rd-9th grade
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, Illustrated by Walt Sturrock
from Unicorn Publishing House
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, retold by Marie Stuart and illustrated by Robert Ayton
from Ladybird Books Ltd
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Charles Santore
from Sterling Publishing Co.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Arthur Rackham
from Macmillan
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 1st-Adult
in Ancient Literature (Location: LIT1-ANC)
$14.99
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Charles Santore
Kohl's Cares Edition from Sterling Publishing Co.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Michael Hague
from Henry Holt and Company
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 1st-5th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, retold by Anne Terry White, illustrated by Helen Siegl
from California State Department of Education
for 2nd-4th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Charles Santore
from Random House
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Charles Santore
from Derrydale Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by W. Kirtman Plummer
1970 printing from Grosset & Dunlap
for 1st-3rd grade
in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful
by Alfred Hitchcock, illustrated by Fred Banbery
from Random House
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Alfred Hitchcock's Sinister Spies
by Alfred Hitchcock (editor); illustrated by Paul Spina
from Random House
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
American Fairy Tales
1st edition from Hyperion Books for Children
for 3rd-Adult
Animal Stories
by Edited by Walter de la Mare
from Charles Scribner's Sons
for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Anthology of Children's Literature
by Edna Johnson, Evelyn R. Sickels, and Frances Clarke Sayers (editors), illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg & N. C. Wyeth
4th edition from Houghton Mifflin
for 3rd-10th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Arabian Nights
Illustrated Junior Library Series 1
by Earle Goodenow, illustrator
from Grosset & Dunlap
Eastern Fairy Tales for 4th-8th grade
Arabian Nights
by Orton Lowe
from John C. Winston
for 3rd-6th grade
Arabian Nights / Aesop's Fables
by Mamoru Funai, Aesop
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-7th grade
in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
Atlantic Treasury of Childhood Stories
by Mary D. Huchinson Hodgkins (selector and editor), illustrated by Beatrice Stevens
from Atlantic Monthly Press
for 1st-5th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$16.00 (1 in stock)
Barefoot Book of Earth Tales
by Dawn Casey, Anne Wilson
from Barefoot Books
for 3rd-6th grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Beautiful Blue Jay and Other Tales of India
by John W. Spellman, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1st edition from Little, Brown & Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Best in Children's Books #01
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best In Children's Books #10A
by Eric Knight, et. al.
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Best in Children's Books #13
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #16
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #17
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #22
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #24
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #27
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #29
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #33
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #36
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Best in Children's Books #41
from Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Best In Children's Books (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Big Book for Peace
by Lloyd Alexander, et. al
1st edition from Dutton Children's Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Book of Adventure
Young Folks Library
by Nathan Haskell Dole, ed.
from Auxiliary Educational League
for 4th-7th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Book of Brave Deeds
Young Folks Library
by John T. Trowbridge, ed.
from Auxiliary Educational League
for 4th-7th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Book of Famous Travels
Young Folks Library
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich & G. A. Henty, editors
from Auxiliary Educational League
for 4th-7th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Book of Patriotism
Young Folks Library
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief
4th edition from Auxiliary Educational League
for 4th-7th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 1
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 1
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 1
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 10
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
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Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 10
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 2
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 2
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 2
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 3
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 3
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 3
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 4
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 4
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 4
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
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Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 5
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
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Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 5
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 5
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
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Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 6
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for 3rd-6th grade
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Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 6
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for 3rd-6th grade
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Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 6
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
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Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 7
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for 3rd-6th grade
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Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 7
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for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 7
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
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Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 8
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
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Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 8
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 8
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 9
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 9
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 9
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Buddha Stories
by Demi
1st edition from Henry Holt and Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
Burgess Animal Book for Children
by Thornton W. Burgess
from Living Book Press
for 2nd-6th grade
in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)
$28.99
Celtic Fairy Tales
by Neil Philip, illustrated by Isabelle Brent
from Viking Press
for 3rd-8th grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
$12.00 (2 in stock)
Child's Book of Country Stories
by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
from Dilithium Press, Ltd.
for 1st-4th grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
Child's Book of Grace
from Parragon Publishing
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Children's Hour - 16 Volume Set
by Marjorie Barrows, ed.
from Spencer Press
for 1st-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Children's Stories from Dickens
by Charles Dickens, Mary Angela Dickens
from Gramercy Books
for 3rd-7th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Chronicles of Harris Burdick
by Chris Van Allsburg
1st edition from Houghton Mifflin
for 5th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$19.99
Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, illustrated by Don Daily
from Running Press
for 2nd-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$11.99
Collier's Junior Classics - 10 Volume Set
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$50.00 (1 in stock)
Collier's Junior Classics - 10 Volume Set
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor
1956 printing from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Collier's Junior Classics Volume 1: A, B, C: Go!
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor, Rosemary E. Livsey Volume Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Collier's Junior Classics Volume 10: Gifts From the Past
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor and Elenora Alexander, Volume Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Collier's Junior Classics Volume 2: Once Upon a Time
by Margaret E. Martignoni Series Editor, Elizabeth H. Gross Volume Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Collier's Junior Classics Volume 3: Magic In the Air
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor and Mary V. Gaver, Volume Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Collier's Junior Classics Volume 4: Just Around the Corner
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor and Alice Brooks McGuire, Volume Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Collier's Junior Classics Volume 5: In Your own Backyard
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor and Marian C. Young, Volume Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Collier's Junior Classics Volume 6: Harvest of Holidays
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor and Ruth Weeden Stewart, Volume Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Collier's Junior Classics Volume 7: Legends of Long Ago
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor and Jane Darrah, Volume Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Collier's Junior Classics Volume 8: Roads to Greatness
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor and Louise Galloway, Volume Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Collier's Junior Classics Volume 9: Call of Adventure
by Margaret E. Martignoni, Series Editor and Charlemae Rollins, Volume Editor
from Crowell-Collier
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Courage to Adventure
by Child Study Association of America (editors), illustrated by Reisie Lonette
from Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
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