Classics of Children's Literature

by John W. Griffith (Editor), Charles H. Frey (Editor)

This anthology provides¿in a convenient, readable and economical format¿the most celebrated and enduring children's literary works. Unlike other surveys of children's literature that present a large number of samples, excerpts and synopses of many kinds and genres in the field, Classic of Children's Literature provides novels, stories, and fairy tales in their entirety. Featured selections include: E. B. White's modern masterpiece, Charlotte's Web ; Margery William Bianco's classic fantasy, The Velveteen Rabbit ; the Mowgli stories from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books ; and an array of children's verses: John Newbery's Mother Goose's Melody , Heinrich Hoffman's Struwwelpeter , nonsense verse by Edward Lear, and sixteen poems from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses . For literature enthusiasts.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Short Stories, Childrens, Poetry, Novels, Literature

1200 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 1992

Reviews

[Rachel Nicole Wagner Martinez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love his book :) This is a wonderful collection of literature for my children's literature course! I will keep this book to further read and enjoy after my class is over.

xo,
Rach

[Randie D. Camp, M.S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read selected stories from this MASSIVE collection of children's literature for a History of Children's Literature course. I appreciated the brief descriptions of the authors that came before each story/section of stories by that author.

The print was somewhat difficult to read, maybe too small?? Or perhaps, I've become spoiled by my Kindle...I also would have liked more illustrations. It just felt odd to be reading children's literature without the beautiful illustrations that traditionally accompany Children's literature.

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kiddie stories!!! Not only does it include the *non-Disneyized* versions of classics like "The Little Mermaid" and "Little Red Riding-hood," but also Edward Lear's poems, Kipling, the German Struwwelpeter, and the complete texts of Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Alice in Wonderland, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island, Peter Pan, and Charlotte's Web. This book is awesome!!

[Jacob Rosenstein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Beauty & the Beast

[Tanya Wadley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great collection of children's lit. If you read aloud a few pages per day, it will take a few months to finish. Young children like it, even with no pictures. The original Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty (you probably never knew her mother in law was a cannabalistic ogre!), Little Red Riding Hood, The Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island, and many, many others are found in this collection. Just skip The Almond Tree, it's an awful story to read to children. This single story gets one star.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love rereading all of the children's stories in their original versions! Very interesting and somewhat terrifying.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm still toward the beginning, but loving the fairy tales... This is a large tome that may take me awhile, but looks wonderful!