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Anthologies

An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by a compiler. Here are the top 500 anthologies from the whole heritage of children’s literature.

The Children’s Book: A Collection of the Best and Most Famous Stories and Poems in the English Language (1910)

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Ranging from fables to fairy tales to ballads to myth, this anthology has stood the test of time. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Maxfield Parrish, Et al, George Cruikshank

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The Children’s Book of America (1998)

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Short essays on American history, biographies, poems and folk tales.

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Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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The Children’s Book of Heroes (1996)

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A collection of stories, true and fictional, poems and tales about heroism.

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Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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The Children’s Book of Home and Family (2002)

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A collection of stories and poems dealing with families.

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Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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The Children’s Book of Virtues (1994)

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A collection of stories and poems dealing with the virtues.

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Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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The Children’s Hour Volume 10 (1953)

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An anthology of stories about school and sports.

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Author(s): Ralph Barbour, Eleanor Estes, Owen Johnson, Stephen Meader, John Tunis, Elizabeth Gray, Et al, William Heyliger
Illustrator(s): Hardie Gramatky, Et al, Keith Ward

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The Children’s Hour Volume 11 (1953)

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A collection of stories about the pioneers in America.

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Author(s): Laura Wilder, Carol Brink, Elizabeth Coatsworth, James Daugherty, Esther Forbes, Various, Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Et al, Henry Pitz, Keith Ward

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The Children’s Hour Volume 15 (1953)

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A collection of short biographies of famous men and women.

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Author(s): Carolyn Bailey, Roger Duvoisin, Cornelia Meigs, Mabel Robinson, Kate Wiggin, Various, Henry Longfellow
Illustrator(s): Hardie Gramatky, Howard Pyle, Lynd Ward, Et al, Henry Pitz, Keith Ward

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The Children’s Hour Volume 16 (1953)

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A collection of short science fiction. and the various indexes to the set.

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Author(s): Robert Heinlein, Various
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone, Hardie Gramatky, Et al

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The Children’s Hour Volume 4 (1953)

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A collection of humorous and nonsense stories and verse. Includes a selection from Mr. Popper's Penguins, with illustrations by Robert Lawson.

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Author(s): Betty MacDonald, Walter Brooks, Hugh Lofting, Carl Sandburg, Carolyn Wells, Various, Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Richard Hughes, Laura Richards
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson, Robert McCloskey, Kurt Wiese, Et al, Keith Ward, John Tenniel

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The Children’s Hour Volume 5 (1953)

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A copious collection of poetry. Includes Robert Lawson's illustrations to three poems of Jonathan Bing. The image on page 247 of Jonathan with a wheelbarrow does not appear in Just for Fun.

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Author(s): Robert Browning, Lewis Carroll, Charles Carryl, Alfred Noyes, Various, Robert Service
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson, Dorothy Lathrop, Et al, Elizabeth Jones

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The Children’s Hour Volume 6 (1953)

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An anthology of contemporary mid-twentieth century stories.

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Author(s): Margery Bianco, Elizabeth Enright, Eleanor Estes, Mabel Robinson, Phil Stong, Et al
Illustrator(s): Armstrong Sperry, Kurt Wiese, Et al, Keith Ward, Flavia Gág

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The Children’s Hour Volume 7 (1953)

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A collection of mysteries, classic and contemporary.

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Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth, Arthur Doyle, Robert McCloskey, Howard Pease, Edgar Poe, Various, O. Henry
Illustrator(s): Marguerite de Angeli, Robert McCloskey, Et al, Henry Pitz

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