The Family Treasury of Children's Stories: Book 1

The Family Treasury of Children's Stories #1

by Pauline Rush Evans (Editor), Donald Sibley (Illustrator)

Nursery Rhymes, Bedtime Verses, Baby Play, Counting Rhymes, Knee-Bouncing Rhymes, Songs with Music, Riddles, Stories and Poetry.

Stories and poetry contained in this book:

Henny-Penny (Chicken-Little)
The Old woman and her pig
The Owl and the Pussy-cat
The tale of Peter Rabbit
Windy Wash Day
The story of the Three Little Pigs
Mix a Pancake
Pelle's New Suit
The Wonderful World
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Little Engine That Could
Happy Thought
The Travelling Musicians
Red Riding Hood (Little Red-Cap)
Moon-Come-Out
Millions of Cats
Snow-White and the Seven dwarfs
The Story of the Three bears
The Woodpecker
My Shadow
The Poppy Seed Catkes
The House Cat
The Tale of Custard, the Dragon
Jack and the Beanstalk
There was Tammie
Who has seen the Wind?
The Three Foxes
The Reason
The Velveteen RAbit
Mice
The Swing
The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Five Chinese Brother
Very Lovely
Snow in the City
Angus and the Ducks
A Visit From St. Nicholas (The Night Before Christmas)
The Real Princess (The Princess and the Pea)
Hansel and Gretel
A Kite
The Three Sillies
Rumpelstiltskin
April Rain Song
Bed in Summer
Can Men be Such Fools as all That
The Ugly Duckling
Rain
The Adventures of a Brownie...The brownie and the Cook
The Peterkin Papers...Mrs. Peterkin Wishes to go to a Drive
Winnie-the-Pooh...Pooh Goes Visiting
Where go the Boats?
The Little Turtle
The Little Elfman
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbing
Boats Sail on the Rivers
The King's Breakfast

Genres: Childrens, Short Stories, Fiction, Poetry, Classics, Fantasy, Anthologies

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1956

Reviews

[AngieA Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I discovered this on my shelf this year, it brought back lots of memories of reading as a child. This is an excellent way to read to children. Book One is for the youngest and includes lots of Mother Goose Rhymes, Baby Play, Counting Rhymes, Knee-Bouncing Rhymes, familiar short tales like the Goldilocks, Three Billy Goats Gruff and the Little Engine That Could as well as some unfamiliar to me but may be part of others' memory stores. I will pull it off the shelf and have it handy for when the grandchildren visit just to be sure the old tales are passed on.

[Carrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so fun to read aloud. We all enjoyed it thoroughly.
Some of our favorites:
The Velveteen Rabbit, The Five Chinese Brothers, The Peterkin Papers, The Adventures of a Brownie, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, The Fairy Who Didn't Believe in Children, The Plain Princess, A Rootabaga Story, Bambi, and all the silly poems mixed in (written by Ogden Nash, A. A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, and many more).

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I jumped around quite a bit in here, depending on whether I thought my son would tolerate a whole story, or if I'd be lucky just to recite some verse while chasing him around. Starts with nursery rhymes & poetry before progressing into longer tales, many of which I was unfamiliar with. I enjoyed it more than my kid did.

[Pattie Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most precious set of books from my childhood. I used to see them on my sister's shelf when I would visit her, and one day she let me bring them home. Such a great set for any age. One of my favorite possessions.

[Ginny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this book in 1957. I was five. I LOVED it! I don't know how many times I've read it. When I found it while cleaning, I had to skim through it again. I'm going to send it to my nephew.

[Ann aka Iftcan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can (barely) remember my Mother reading the stories in this book to my siblings and myself when we were young. The stories were considered "classics" at the time this book came out, but many are no longer in print.

This was also my introduction to poetry, since there are poems in here that children would find interesting.

All in all--if you are fortunate enough to find a copy of this book and its companions, BUY IT. You won't regret it, and you'll be able to entertain children for years to come with it.

[Kyrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a great collection of what my generation woulc consider classic nursery rhymes and fairy tales.