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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
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

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	"Why" Stories by Edward W. Dolch & Marguerite P. Dolch from Garrard Publishing Company for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
	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)
	Bears, Pirates and Silver Lace Stories of Old California by Anne B. Fisher; illustrated by Phil Nesbitt from Binford & Mort Publishing for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Big Book for Peace by Lloyd Alexander, et. al 1^st edition from Dutton Children's Books for 1st-3rd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	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)
	Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children by William Russell from Three Rivers Press for Kindergarten-8th grade in Reading Aloud & Story-telling (Location: LIR-RAST)
	Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-4th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $11.95
	Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-4th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $11.95 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin from Living Book Press for 1st-4th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $8.99
	Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales by Jacqueline Onassis, illustrated by Boris Zvorykin from Viking Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe by Antonia Barber from Frances Lincoln for Preschool-3rd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $6.00 (3 in stock)
	Illustrated Treasury of Humor for Children by Judith Hendra, editor; introduction by William Cole from Grosset & Dunlap for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Kaleidoscope of Fairies & Fables by Hans Andersen, Aesop, Kipling & the Brothers Grimm, retold by Robert Mathias from Hamlyn for Kindergarten-4th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book from Lion Hudson for Preschool-2nd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Little Child's Book of Stories by Ada M. Skinner & Eleanor L. Skinner, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for Preschool-3rd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	New World Echoes A Cycle 3 reader Copper Lodge Library by Compiled and Edited by Jennifer Courtney from Classical Conversations for 1st-6th grade in Classical Conversations (Location: CUR-CC) $14.95 $10.50 (2 in stock)
	Open the Doors by Margery Fisher (collected and arranged by) First American Edition from World Publishing Company for 2nd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Platt & Munk Treasury of Stories for Children by Nancy Christensen Hall, editor from Grosset & Dunlap for 1st-3rd grade in Picture Book Treasuries (Location: PIC-TRE)
	Read-To-Me Storybook by Lois Lenski, Illustrator from HarperCollins for Nursery-2nd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Reading-Literature First Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell, Margaret Free from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-2nd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $10.95
	Reading-Literature Second Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell, Margaret Free from Yesterday's Classics for 1st-2nd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $11.95
	Stories from Around the World by Heather Amery from Usborne for Nursery-2nd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Stories From France Folklore of the World by Edward W. Dolch from Garrard Publishing Company for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Stories from Hawaii Folklore of the World by Edward W. Dolch, Marguerite P. Dolch, & Ted Schroeder (Illustrator) from Garrard Publishing Company for 1st-3rd grade in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
	Stories from India Folklore of the World by Edward W. Dolch, Marguerite P. Dolch, & Gordon Laite (Illustrator) from Garrard Publishing Company for 1st-3rd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Stories from Old China Folklore of the World by Edward W. Dolch, Marguerite P. Dolch, & Seong Moy (Illustrator from Garrard Publishing Company for 1st-3rd grade in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
	Sun, Moon, and Stars by Mary Hoffman from Dutton Children's Books for Preschool- 3rd Grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Tenggren's Golden Tales from the Arabian Nights by Gustaf Tenggren from Golden Books for 1st-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Thirty More Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin from Yesterday's Classics for 2nd-5th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $12.95
	Thirty More Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin from Living Book Press for 2nd-5th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $9.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Treasury of Children's Literature by Armand Eisen for Preschool-3rd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories - Volume 2 by Arthur Stanley Maxwell from Pacific Press for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Uncle Arthur's Stories (Location: FIC-WH07) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories - Volume 3 by Arthur Stanley Maxwell from Pacific Press for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Uncle Arthur's Stories (Location: FIC-WH07)
	Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories - Volume 5 by Arthur Stanley Maxwell from Review and Herald Publishing Association for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Uncle Arthur's Stories (Location: FIC-WH07) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories First Series Volumes 1-4 by Arthur S. Maxwell from Review and Herald Publishing Association for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Uncle Arthur's Stories (Location: FIC-WH07) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Very Little Child's Book of Stories by Ada M. Skinner & Eleanor L. Skinner, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for Preschool-3rd grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell Reprint from HMH Books for Young Readers for 1st-3rd grade 1969 Caldecott Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell Reprint from Scholastic Inc. for 1st-3rd grade 1969 Caldecott Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell, illustrated by Blair Lent from Houghton Mifflin for 1st-3rd grade 1969 Caldecott Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)

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