| Description |
xxxviii, 2471 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Summary |
A collection of fairy tales, picture books, nursery rhymes, fantasy, alphabets, chapbooks, and comics published in English since 1659, representing 170 authors and illustrators, and including more than ninety complete works and excerpts from others. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [2451]-2458) and index. |
| Contents |
Alphabets -- Chapbooks -- Primers and readers -- Fairy tales -- Animal fables -- Classical myths -- Legends -- Religion: Judeo-Christian stories -- Fantasy -- Science fiction -- Picture books -- Comics -- Verse -- Plays -- Books of instruction -- Life writing -- Adventure stories -- School stories -- Domestic fiction. |
| Subject |
Children's literature, English.
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Children's literature, American.
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Literature -- Collections. |
| Added Author |
Zipes, Jack, 1937-.
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| Standard No. |
81173510 |
| ISBN |
039397538X (pbk.) |
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9780393975383 (pbk.) |
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0393327760 (pbk.) |
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9780393327762 (pbk.) |
| UPC # |
0393327762 |
| OCLC # |
56404687 |
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