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Mar 06, 2011
M.
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I loved this series of books when I was a kid. They were sold along with the World Book Encyclopedia set, which my parents also bought and I also read avidly. Childcraft was designed to be a sort of encyclopedia for kids, I think, but it really was so much more, with each volume dedicated to everything from nursery rhymes to international folk tales to biology and how technology and machinery work. Fascinating stuff. The articles were extremely well written with first-class illustrations that en
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May 07, 2010
Meyps
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The 15 books in the Childcraft collection, circa 1980s were my constant childhood companions. I grew up enjoying red Volume 1's nursery rhymes and poems, apple green Volume 2's stories and fables; I learned to recognize more animals aside from the usual dog, cat, cow, and pig in brown Volume 5; started being conscious about the different types of people, different cultures, different worlds in orange Volume 8; discovered that my imagination was broader and better than my fine motor skills with b
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Jan 29, 2012
Greta
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I grew up with the entire Childcraft series. It was a kid's encyclopedia set that I think my folks must have ordered along with WorldBook. I especially loved "Make and Do"... my mom and I did tons of the projects and crafts in that volume. I also loved the volume of fables & fairy tales from around the world.
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