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1 total messages Started by "Michael F. Stem Sat, 24 Aug 2024 11:20
Seeking info on anthology
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Author: "Michael F. Stem
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 11:20
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In 1959 or 1960, I was given a three-volume anthology that was oriented
towards kids. Over the decades, it vanished. Anybody familiar with this?

Content:

As I said, it was three volumes. It appears to have been edited/organized
along a "grow with it" philosophy. The first volume was generally stuff
like nursery rhymes and Mother Goose stories (although I don't think that
she made an appearance). The second volume was along the lines of fairy
tales, fables, and folk tales. The third was mostly excerpts from
novel-length works, such as _Hans Brinker_ and _Robinson Crusoe_.

Physical Description:

Hardbacks, about five or six inches wide, and seven or eight inches
high. (This might be off, since I'm much larger than I was sixty-odd
years ago.) They were in the neighborhood of one hundred to two hundred
pages, with the third longer than either of the first two. Each volume
included a handful of color plates. I don't think that they came with
dust jackets.

Does this description sound familiar to anybody here?
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Michael F. Stemper
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