Dover children's thrift classics

There are some of us now reaching middle age who discover themselves to be lamenting the past in one respect if in none other, that there are no books written now for children comparable with those of thirty years ago. I say written FOR children because the new psychological business of writing ABOUT them as though they were small pills or hatched in some especially scientific method is extremely popular today.

Adaptation of [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](

A strange-looking animal with very long, sharp teeth comes from the North and makes new friends among the forest folk and meadow people.

The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.

A new collection of nonsense verses, many beginning "There was an old man . . " or "There was a young lady . . ."

Tales selected and adapted from The Chinese fairy book, published in 1921.

The adventures of Peter Rabbit, Johnny Chuck, Reddy Fox, the Merry Little Breezes, and all their companions in the fields, the woods, and the streams.

Includes several adventures of Mowgli, the boy reared by a pack of wolves in an Indian jungle.

Fifteen favorite bedtime stories relate the adventures of the gentleman rabbit, his Littletail family, Jane Fuzzy-Wuzzy, and others.

A collection of eight Scottish fairy tales, including "Battle of the Fairy Kings," "Conall and the Thunder Hag," and "Land of Green Mountains."

The other animals are frightened when Buster Bear comes to live in the Green Forest, until he gets into trouble trying to steal blueberries from Farmer Brown's boy and they realize he is not very different from them.

Chronicles the adventures of Bowser the hound with an assortment of other animals.

Includes ten traditional fairy tales in their unabridged versions.

Presents Wilde's "Happy Prince," "Nightingale and the Rose," "Selfish Giant," "Remarkable Rocket," and "Birthday of the Infanta."

Bob White is a busy bird with many friends, including Farmer Brown's boy, who tries to protect Bob and his wife when a hunter arrives.

Blacky the clever crow shares adventures with other animals in the Green Meadows and by the Big River, as he considers stealing eggs from Hooty the owl, helps Farmer Brown's boy protect Dusty the wood duck, and engages in other escapades.

Despite his grandmother's efforts to teach him to behave, Reddy Fox always seems to get into trouble.

After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell he is under and watches him change into a handsome prince.

The adventures of a woodchuck and his friends Sammy Jay, Happy Jack Squirrel, Billy Possum, and other inhabitants of the forest surrounding Farmer Brown's land.

Bobby Raccoon discovers that life can have many surprises when he loses his home, makes new friends, and finds a new home.

A pair of bear cubs share a series of adventures with the other inhabitants of the Green Forest.

Granny teaches Reddy Fox many lessons about humility, selflessness, patience, and other virtues in stories about the animals that live in the Green Meadow and Green Forest.