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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Aesop and Company
by Aesop, prepared by Barbara Bader and illustrated by Arthur Geisert
from Sandpiper Books
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop, edited by Ann McGovern
from Scholastic Inc.
for Nursery-2nd grade
$2.50 (3 in stock)
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
Puffin Classics
by Aesop
Reprint from Puffin Books
Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF)
$7.99
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, 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 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 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)
Anansi and the Moss-covered Rock
by Eric A. Kimmel
Reprint from Holiday House
for Preschool-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Biggest Frog in Australia
by Susan L. Roth
from Aladdin Paperbacks
for Preschool-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$10.99
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)
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)
Fables of Aesop
by Aesop, illustrated by Edward J. Detmold
from Gramercy Books
for Kindergarten-4th grade
Fables of Aesop
by Aesop, illustrated by Stephen Gooden and translated by Roger L’Estrange
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
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)
For the Children's Hour
by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Clara M. Lewis
from Yesterday's Classics
for Nursery-1st grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
$18.95
Grasshopper and the Ants
by Jerry Pinkney
from Little, Brown & Company
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
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)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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)
Kindergarten Gems
by Agnes Taylor Ketchum, Ida M. Jorgensen
from Yesterday's Classics
for Preschool-1st grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
$15.95
Lion and the Mouse
Step into Reading Level 1
by Gail Herman
from Random House
for Preschool-kindergarten
in Step into Reading (Location: EAR-STEP)
$4.99 $2.50 (7 in stock)
Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book
by Bob Hartman, Krisztina Kallai Nagy
from Lion Publishing
for Nursery-1st grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
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)
My Book House #01: In the Nursery
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #01: In the Nursery
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #03: Up One Pair of Stairs
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #05: Over the Hills
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #05: Over the Hills
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #06: Through Fairy Halls
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #07: The Magic Garden
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #08: Flying Sails
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #10: From the Tower Window
My Book House
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #10: From the Tower Window
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #11: In Shining Armor
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #12: Halls of Fame
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House - 12-Volume Set
by Olive Beaupre Miller, editor
from Book House for Children
for Preschool-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$75.00 (1 in stock)
Nursery Friends from France
from Book House for Children
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$19.00 (1 in stock)
Over the Hills and Far Away
by Elizabeth Hammill
from Candlewick Press
for Nursery-1st grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
Persian Cinderella
by Shirley Climo & Robert Florczak
Reprint from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.99
Read-To-Me Storybook
by Lois Lenski, Illustrator
from HarperCollins
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
Seven Chinese Sisters
by Kathy Tucker
Reprint from Albert Whitman & Company
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Stories from Around the World
by Heather Amery
from Usborne
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-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)
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)
Two Ways to Count to Ten
by Ruby Dee
Reprint from Square Fish Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
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)
Unwitting Wisdom
by Aesop, retold and illustrated by Helen Ward
from Chronicle Books
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
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)