Classics of Children's Literature (6th Edition)

Classics of Children's Literature (6th Edition) by John W. Griffith. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780131891838.

This anthology provides¿in a convenient, readable and economical format¿the most celebrated and enduring childrens literary works. Unlike other surveys of childrens literature that present a large number of samples, excerpts and synopses of many kinds and genres in the field, Classic of Childrens Literature provides novels, stories, and fairy tales in their entirety. Featured selections include: E. B. Whites modern masterpiece, Charlottes Web; Margery William Biancos classic fantasy, The Velveteen Rabbit; the Mowgli stories from Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Books; and an array of childrens verses: John Newberys Mother Gooses Melody, Heinrich Hoffmans Struwwelpeter, nonsense verse by Edward Lear, and sixteen poems from Robert Louis Stevensons A Childs Garden of Verses. For literature enthusiasts.