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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.

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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)
	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 From Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories 1^st edition from Hyperion Books for Children for 3rd-Adult in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenberg from Puffin Books for 3rd-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $6.99
	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 4^th edition from Houghton Mifflin for 3rd-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (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) $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 (5 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)
	Buddha Stories by Demi 1^st edition from Henry Holt and Company for 3rd-6th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	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 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 Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales by Chris Van Allsburg 1^st edition from Houghton Mifflin for 5th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $19.99
	Classic Myths to Read Aloud The Great Stories of Greek and Roman Mythology, Specially Arranged for Children Five and Up by an Educational Expert by William F. Russell from Three Rivers Press in Reading Aloud & Story-telling (Location: LIR-RAST) $16.00 $9.50 (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)
	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)
	Cow-Tail Switch And Other West African Stories by Harold Courlander, George Herzog Reissue from Square Fish Publishing for 5th-7th grade 1948 Newbery Honor Book in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Brian Pinkney from Yearling for 4th-7th grade 1993 Newbery Honor Book in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $7.99
	Dog of Flanders and Other Stories by Louise De La Ramee from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North Calla Editions by Kay Nielsen from Dover Publications in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	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
	Favorite Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs from Dover Publications for 3rd-4th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Favorite Folktales from Around the World by Jane Yolen from Pantheon Books for 4th-Adult in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters Heroines in Folktales from Around the World by Kathleen Ragan, Foreword by Jane Yolen from W. W. Norton and Co. for 5th-Adult in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $16.95
	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) $7.64
	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
	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)
	Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales Calla Editions by Grace James from Dover Publications for 7th-10th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	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)
	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)
	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
	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)
	Laugh Book A New Treasury of Humor for Children 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)
	Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book Forty World Folktales Especially for Reading Aloud 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)
	Moral Compass by William J. Bennett 1^st 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 Storytime Treasury from Houghton Mifflin in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $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) $14.95 $10.50 (1 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)
	Oscar Wilde Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by PJ Lynch from Hodder Children's for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Over the Hills and Far Away A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Elizabeth Hammill from Candlewick Press for Nursery-1st grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Paul Buyan Twenty-One Tales of the Legendary Logger by Esther Shephard Reissue from Odyssey Press for 3rd-7th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo With Seventeen Other Laughable Tales and 200 Comical Silhouettes by John Bennett from Longmans, Green & Co. for 3rd-8th grade 1929 Newbery Honor Book 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)
	Random House Book of Sports Stories in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	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 Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-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 Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	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) $8.10 (1 in stock)
	Stories to Remember Volume 1 by Thomas Costain & John Beecroft from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 10th grade - Adult in Short Stories (Location: LIT-ANTH) $6.00 (2 in stock)
	Stories to Solve Fifteen Folktales from Around the World by George Shannon 1^st edition from Greenwillow Books for 5th-7th 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)
	Sweet and Sour Tales from China from HMH Books for Young Readers in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $8.95
	Tale of the Cid: and Other Stories of Knights and Chivalry by Andrew Lang from Dover Publications for 6th-Adult in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $9.95
	Tales from Japan by Helen & William McAlpine from Oxford University for 4th-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger from Dover Publications for 4th-8th grade 1925 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $12.99
	Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger 1971 printing from Doubleday & Company for 4th-8th grade 1925 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Tales Told Again by Walter De La Mare from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 4th-8th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	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) $8.49 $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)
	Two Ways to Count to Ten A Liberian Folktale 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)
	Urashima and the Kingdom Beneath the Sea by Ralph F. McCarthy for 4th-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $4.00 (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)
	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)
	World's Best Fairy Tales A Reader's Digest Anthology by Belle Becker Sideman (editor), illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Reader's Digest for 3rd-6th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	World's Best Fairy Tales Volume 1 A Reader's Digest Anthology by Belle Becker Sideman (editor), illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Reader's Digest for 3rd-6th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	World's Best Fairy Tales Volume 2 A Reader's Digest Anthology by Belle Becker Sideman (editor), illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Reader's Digest for 3rd-6th grade in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH)
	Young Oxford Book of Folk Tales by Kevin Crossley-Holland from Oxford University for 4th grade-adult in Short Story Anthologies for Kids (Location: FIC-ANTH) $9.00 (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 (2 in stock)

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