I found some more books in a box, including this rather large first-edition collection of short stories, puzzles, games, poems and how-to articles on a range of topics, from origami to making jewelry.This book was the first of a series the Reader's Digest published for young people. It's interesting to see how the book is laid out like the magazine, with short stories punctuated by small features.
It includes a variety of stories: fiction, non-fiction, history, mystery....there's a lot to read in this book. A special feature is a story by Dr. Wernher von Braun called "First Men to the Moon" that includes a special pullout page illustrating the layout of a rocket. Of course, this was eight years before we sent men to the moon, so the story includes his predictions.
This book is hardcover, has 202 pages, was printed in 1961 (first edition) and is in very good condition. Sorry....this one's sold.
4 comments:
Great review - thanks. I'm always on the hunt for great children's books and have recently discovered Bayard and their series of StoryBoxBooks, AdventureBoxBooks and DiscoveryBoxBooks (which is a special Olympic edition) They have work by acclaimed children's books illustrator Helen Oxenbury appearing in the Storybox series for September. In addition to this, they also have some great activities for rainy days: http://www.storyboxbooks.com/potatoprinting.php, http://www.adventureboxbooks.com/macaroni-picture-frames.php, http://www.discoveryboxbooks.com/skittles.php Enjoy!
Thanks for sharing those links. My youngest loved anything by Helen Oxenbury!
My dad bought this book for me when I was about 2 years old. I read this stories for 46 years already!
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