The Children's Treasury of Literature in Colour

by Bryna Untermeyer (Editor)

Other authorsRudyard Kipling (Contributor), Charles Dickens (Contributor), Oscar Wilde (Contributor), Lewis Carroll (Contributor), P. L. Travers (Contributor), Carlo Collodi (Contributor), Erskine Caldwell (Contributor), J. R. R. Tolkien (Contributor), Ray Bradbury (Contributor), J. M. Barrie (Contributor), A. A. Milne (Contributor) — 43 more, L. Frank Baum (Contributor), Richard Scarry (Illustrator), H. C. Andersen (Contributor), T. H. White (Contributor), John Tenniel (Illustrator), Michael Lewis (Contributor), Louis Slobodkin (Contributor), Andrew Lang (Contributor), Hilary Knight (Illustrator), Alice Provensen (Illustrator), Martin Provensen (Illustrator), Hugh Lofting (Contributor), J. P. Miller (Illustrator), Lafcadio Hearn (Contributor), Kenneth Grahame (Contributor), John Ruskin (Contributor), Charles Perrault (Contributor), Peter Spier (Illustrator), C. S. Forester (Contributor), Eloise Wilkin (Illustrator), Louis Untermeyer (Editor), Gottfried Keller (Contributor), Denver Gillen (Illustrator), Mary Shepard (Illustrator), E. H. Shepard (Illustrator), Lilian Obligado (Illustrator), William Sharp (Illustrator), Mircea Vasiliu (Illustrator), Jay Williams (Contributor), Frank R. Stockton (Contributor), Gloria Kamen (Illustrator), Gordon Laite (Illustrator), William Dugan (Illustrator), Adrienne Segur (Illustrator), Robert J. Lee (Illustrator), W. T. Mars (Illustrator), Mae Gerhard (Illustrator), Lowell Hess (Illustrator), Grace Dalles Clarke (Illustrator), Jean Winslow (Illustrator), Brothers Grimm (Contributor), Felix Saltern (Contributor), Kanako Tanabe (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 1978

Status

Available

Call number

808.899282

Publication

WHSmith (1978), Hardcover. 544 pages. (Based on 1966 Hamlyn edition).

User reviews

LibraryThing member MrsLee

This is a great collection of children's literature. Many of the stories are complete in themselves, some are one tale out of a classic book, such as the Uncle Remus stories or the Jungle Book. Rather than condensing the original authors' works, they give a taste of the style so you can explore

further if you wish. I used to use this to read my husband to sleep every night.

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LibraryThing member adpaton

A few years ago my brother asked for this book for his school but I wouldn't give it to him because I could not bear to part with it, batered though it is. Unfortunately my own daughters have never got into this collection but the extracts from famous children's books like Mary Poppins, Wizard of

Oz, Doctor Doolittle and The Hobbit introduced me to a set of books I would probably not otherwise have tried.

In addition to extracts from children's classics the volume contains full sections on fairy stories, with chapters devoted to the works of the brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andesron, Aesops Fables - even Oscar Wilde.

The illustrations are exquisite - taken from many different sources and including the classics such as those by Tenniel [Alice] and the ones for Milne [Pooh] and Grahame [Wind in the Willows].

The term 'treasury' is not hyperbole in this instance: the book may not have been quite as much fun as some others but it provided me with endless hours of delight and entertainment and ushered me into a huge, magical world.

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Subjects

Children's literature

Language

English

ISBN

0600387933 / 9780600387930

Local notes

A collection of gorgeously illustrated excerpts from classic children's literature.

Excerpts from
• from Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling (illus Nicolas)
• from The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling (illus Lilian Obligado)
• from Poo-Poo and the Dragons - CS Forester (illus Robert J Lee)
• from Mary Poppins - PL Travers (illus Mary Shepard)
• Molly Cottontail - Erskine Caldwell (illus Gloria Kamen)
• from Winnie-the-Pooh - AA Milne (illus EH Shepard)
• Cinderella - Charles Perrault (illus Gordon Laite)
• Sleeping Beauty - Charles Perrault (illus Adrienne Segur)
• Drakestail - Andrew Lang (illus Richard Scarry)
• Puss in Boots - Charles Perrault (illus JP Miller)
• Blue-Beard - Charles Perrault (illus Kanako Tanabe)
• Hop-o-my-thumb - Charles Perrault (illus Mae Gerhard)
• Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs - Grimm Brothers (illus William Sharp)
• Rumpelstiltskin - Grimm Brothers (illus William Sharp)
• Hansel and Gretel - Grimm Brothers (illus Eloise Wilkin)
• Tom Thumb - Grimm Brothers (illus William Dugan)
• Snow-White and Rose-Red - Grimm Brothers (illus Gordon Laite)
• Rapunzel - Grimm Brothers (illus Gordon Laite)
• The Fisherman and His Wife - Grimm Brothers (illus WT Mars)
• Thumbelina - HC Andersen (illus Adrienne Segur)
• The Ugly Duckling - HC Andersen (illus Lilian Obligado)
• The Emperor's New Clothes - HC Andersen (illus Grace Dalles Clarke)
• from Uncle Remus, His Songs and Sayings (illus AB Frost)
• from Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi (illus Gordon Laite)
• Switch on the Night - Ray Bradbury (illus Hilary Knight)
• The Amiable Giant - Louis Slobodkin (illus Grace Dalles Clarke)
• from The Wizard of Oz - L Frank Baum (illus WW Denslow)
• from Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting (illus Hugh Lofting)
• The Kitten Who Barked - Louis Untermeyer (illus Lilian Obligado)
• Raoul the Owl - Jay Williams (illus Lilian Obligado)
• from Ting-a-Ling Tales - Frank R Stockton (illus Jean Winslow)
• from Bambi - Felix Salten (illus Charles Harper)
• The King of the Golden River - John Ruskin (illus Mae Gerhard)
• The Magic Fishbone - Charles Dickens (illus WT Mars)
• from The Arabian Nights - Andrew Lang (illus Robert J Lee, Gordon Laite, Lowell Hess)
• Favourite Fables of Aesop - Louis Untermeyer (illus Alice and Martin Provensen)
• The Race Between the Hare and the Hedgehog - Brothers Grimm (illus Jean Winslow)
• from The Little White Bird - JM Barrie (illus Jean Winslow)
• from The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame (illus EH Shepard)
• The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde (illus Denver Gillen)
• Count Beet - Louis Untermeyer (illus Robert J Lee)
• from The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien (illus Robert J Lee)
• from The Fat of the Cat - Gottfried Keller (illus Jean Winslow)
• from The Sword in the Stone - TH White (illus Mircea Vasiliu)
• from Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll (illus John Tenniel)
• The Boy Who Kept His Finger in the Dike - Michael Lewis (illus Peter Spier)
• The Boy Who Drew Cats - Lafcadio Hearn (illus Gordon Laite)
• The Leaping Match - HC Andersen (illus Gordon Laite)
• Old Sultan - Brothers Grimm (illus Gordon Laite)
• The Language of Beasts - Andrew Lang (illus Gordon Laite)
• Androcles and the Lion - Louis Untermeyer (illus Harlow Rockwell)