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Storyland Favorites
(Laidlaw Brothers: Doubleday & Company, 1960)
This third printing has a new copyright (1966) and a non-pictorial cover different from the LM cover of my copy of the edition copyrighted in 1960. Laidlaw is now a division of Doubleday & Company. See my comments there.
Storyland Favorites
(Laidlaw Brothers, 1960)
A lively and very simple second-grade reader in good shape with vintage 50's art that I like. Five fables. The mouse rides the lion's back out of the net as the hunters approach. The Cat and the Milk is their version ...
More Friends Old and New
(Scott Foresman,, 1964)
A great bit of Catholic memorabilia! The book features great pictures of little kids dressed up as nuns, priests, and crusaders. Three fables: The Hare and the Hedgehog, TT, and TMCM. Charming illustrations. The ...
Tales to Read
(1964)
The most interesting feature in this early kids' reader is the use of rebus in its fables. Besides FG, AL, and BC, there is The Wolf and the Cat, wherein the two discover together that the wolf has outraged every ...
More Friends Old and New
(Scott, Foresman, and Co., 1963)
"I have two books of the same title from the same publisher: a Cathedral Edition of 1964 and a standard edition of 1965. This standard edition of 1963 helps to confirm how different the Cathedral Edition is. In fact, the ...
Foolish and Wise
(Bobbs-Merrill, 1964)
LM is on 163-4, with two illustrations. There are also questions and discussion suggestions on 37 in the early manual section.
Happy Days in the City
(California State Department of EducationLaidlaw Brothers, 1968)
This early kids' reader announces three Aesop stories: FG, AL, and BC. All are told in rebus, as they are in Laidlaw/Doubleday's Tales to Read (1964) by Hester and Shane. The handling of AL shows some curious decisions. ...
Happy Times
(Lyons and Carnahan, 1962)
This first-grade reader includes one fable, The Donkey and the Dog (187). This version of the story has some unusual features. A bee talked with the dispirited donkey. Getting into the house was a big part of the donkey's ...
Storyland Favorites
(Laidlaw Brothers, 1960)
Here is a second printing of this book in only fair condition. As I wrote of the third printing from the same year, it has a lively and very simple second-grade reader in good shape with vintage 50's art that I like. ...
Storyland Favorites
(Laidlaw Brothers: Doubleday & Company, 1960)
This fifth printing has a pictorial cover of LM. This may be the cleanest copy of the four copies of this book that are in the collection. Vintage 50's art that I like. Five fables. The mouse rides the lion's back out ...