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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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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, 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 Arthur Rackham
from Macmillan
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 1st-Adult
in Ancient Literature (Location: LIT1-ANC)
$14.99
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)
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)
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
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
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
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
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
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
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 6
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 6
from University Society, Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 6
from University Society, Inc.
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
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Book 7
from University Society, Inc.
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
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 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)
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
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)
Dog of Flanders and Other Stories
by Louise De La Ramee
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
English Fairy Tales
by Joseph Jacobs
from Everyman's Library
for 3rd-6th grade
$21.00
Favorite Stories and Songs
by Arranged by David C. Beasley
from Barnes & Noble
for 2nd-8th grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
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)
Golden Prize and Other Stories About Horses
by Mel Crawford, illustrator
from Whitman Publishing Company
for 4th-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$4.00 (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)
Laugh Book
by Compiled by Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson, Illustrated by Marilyn Hafner
from Doubleday & Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Humor & Comedy (Location: FIC-COM)
Merry Maker
Young Folks Library
by Joel Chandler Harris, ed.
from Auxiliary Educational League
for 4th-7th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
Moral Compass
by William J. Bennett
1st edition from Simon and Schuster
for 4th-6th grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
More Stories to Remember Volume 1
by Thomas B. Costain & John Beecroft
from Doubleday & Company
for 6th-12th grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
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 #02: Story Time
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for 2nd-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #02: Story Time
by Olive Beaupre Miller
from Book House for Children
for 2nd-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 2nd-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #04: Through the Gate
by Olive Beaupre Miller
for 2nd-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 #07: Magic Garden
by Olive Beaupre Miller, ed.
from Book House for Children
for 2nd-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 #08: Flying Sails
by Olive Beaupre Miller, ed.
from Book House for Children
for 2nd-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
My Book House #09: The Treasure Chest
by Olive Beaupre Miller, ed.
from Book House for Children
for 2nd-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
from Book House for Children
for 2nd-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
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)
My Book House: In Your Hands (A Parent's Guide Book)
Revised from Book House for Children
for 2nd-6th grade
in My Book House (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
People Could Fly
by Virginia Hamilton
1st edition from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo
by John Bennett
from Longmans, Green & Co.
for 3rd-8th grade
1929 Newbery Honor Book
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
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