Types Of Children's Literature: A Collection Of The World's Best Literature For Children (For use in colleges, normal schools and library schools) Collected and edited by Walter Barnes, A.M. (1920)
Children’s Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 By Henrietta Christian Wright. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons (1909).
The Children's Story Of The War. Vol IV. The Story of the Year 1915 By Sir Edward Parrott, M.A., Ll.D. (1916)
Children's Hour With Red Riding Hood And Other Stories Edited by Watty Piper (1922)
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UPDATE 3/25/11: ok, so apparently there is a whole "children's bookshelf" on Gutenberg.
Super suggestions!! BTW, Watty Piper, listed here, is probably best known for "The Little Engine That Could"--a major favorite for nearly a century now. Before Thomas the Tank Engine, before the Polar Express, the Little Engine ruled the rails....
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