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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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	American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenberg from Puffin Books for 3rd-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $7.99
	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) $6.00 (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)
	Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum by Ashley Bryan from Aladdin Paperbacks Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 3rd-7th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $9.99 $5.50 (3 in stock)
	Beautiful Blue Jay and Other Tales of India by John W. Spellman, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1^st edition from Little, Brown & Company for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (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) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Book of Virtues for Young People by William J. Bennett, ed. 1^st edition from Simon and Schuster for 3rd-8th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $8.50 (1 in stock)
	Celtic Fairy Tales by Neil Philip, illustrated by Isabelle Brent from Viking Press for 3rd-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children by William Russell from Three Rivers Press for Kindergarten-8th grade in Reading Aloud & Storytelling (Location: LIR-RAST) $14.99
	Courage to Adventure Stories of Boys and Girls Growing Up with America 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)
	English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs from Everyman's Library for 3rd-6th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $21.00
	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) $13.95
	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
	Gold Thread and Other Stories of Young Faith by Norman Maclead from Whole Heart Ministries for 3rd-6th grade in Morality Tales (Location: FIC-WH05) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Good Times Today The Macmillan Readers by Arthur I. Gates and Celeste Comegys Peardon 1956 printing from Macmillan for 3rd-4th grade in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ) $5.00 (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 (1 in stock)
	Illustrated Treasury of Modern Literature for Children from Exeter Books for 3rd-6th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $8.00 (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)
	Kingfisher Book of Classic Boy Stories A Treasury of Favorites from Children's Literature by Michael Morpurgo, editor 1^st edition from Kingfisher in Picture Book Treasuries (Location: PIC-TRE) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Kingfisher Treasury of Stories from Around the World by Linda Jennings from Kingfisher for 3rd-5th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Medieval Tales that Kids can Read & Tell by Lorna MacDonald Czarnota from August House for 3rd-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	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) $17.80 $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo by John Bennett 2025 Reprint from Unknown Publisher for 3rd-8th grade 1929 Newbery Honor Book in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $19.99
	Stories of Wizards by Gillian Doherty, illustrated by Linda Edwards from Usborne for 3rd-6th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	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) $14.95
	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
	Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories - 5 Volumes by Arthur S. Maxwell from Pacific Press for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $30.00 (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) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories - Volume 3 by Arthur Stanley Maxwell from Pacific Press for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories - Volume 5 by Arthur Stanley Maxwell from Pacific Press for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Uncle Arthur's Stories (Location: FIC-WH07) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories - Volume 5 by Arthur Stanley Maxwell from Pacific Press for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	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)
	Wise Words by Peter Leithart from GCB Publishing Group for 3rd-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer from HarperCollins for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $7.95 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer; illustrated by Maurice Sendak from Harper & Row for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)

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