The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury: Celebrated Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud (Hardcover)

A Note to Parents
New Books Too Good to Miss

1. Madeline (by Ludwing Bemelmans)
2. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (by Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert)
3. Swimmy (by Leo Lionni)
4. A Chair for My Mother (by Vera B. Williams)
5. Goodnight Moon (by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd)
6. The Snowy Day (by Ezra Jack Keats)
7. "The Letter" from Frog and Toad are Friends (by Arnold Lobel)
8. Freight Train (by Donald Crews)
9. Make Way for Ducklings (Robert McCloskey)
10. A Million fish...More or Less (by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Dena Schutzer)
11. A Boy, A Dog and a Frog (by Mercer Mayer)
12. Millions of Cats (by Wanda Gag)
13. Guess How Much I Love You (by Sam McBratney, illustrated by Anita Jeram)
14. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (by Judith Viorst, illustrated by Ray Cruz)
15. Curious George (by H.A. Rey)
16. I Hear, I See, I Touch (by Helen Oxenbury)
17. Miss Nelson Is Missing! (by Harry Allard, illustrated by James Marshall)
18. Titch (by Pat Hutchins)
19. Where the Wild Things Are (story and pictures by Maurice Sendak)
20. The Cat Club (by Esther Averill)
21. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (by William Steig)
22. Good Night, Gorilla (by Peggy Rathmann)
23. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (by Virginia Lee Burton)
24. Stevie (by John Steptoe)
25. The Tub People (by Pam Conrad, illustrated by Richard Egielski)
26. "In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place" from Winnie-the-Pooh (by A.A. Milne, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard)
27. Bedtime for Frances (by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Garth Williams)
28. "The Stinky Cheese Man" from The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith)
29. The Story of Babar (by Jean de Brunhoff)
30. The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree (by Stan and Jan Berenstain)
31. "The Elves in the Shelves" from A Necklace of Raindrops (by Joan Aiken, illustrated by Jan Pienkowski)
32. Ten, Nine, Eight (by Molly Bang)
33. Stellaluna (by Janel Cannon)
34. D.W. the Picky Eater (by Marc Brown)
35. Petunia (by Roger Duvoisin)
36. First Tomato (by Rosemary Wells)
37. Amelia Bedelia (by Peggy Parish, illustrated by Fritz Siebel)
38. I Am a Bunny (by Ole Risom, illustrated by Richard Scarry)
39. Harry the Dirty Dog (by Gene Zion, illustrated by Margaret Boly Graham)
40. Whose Mouse Are You? (by Robert Kraus, illustrated by Jose Aruego)
41. Owen (by Kevin Henkes)
42. The Story of Ferdinand (by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson)
43. "The Sneetches" from The Sneetches and Other Stories (by Dr. Seuss)
44. The Story of Little Babaji (by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Fred Marcellino)

Biographical Notes
Guide to Reading Ages
Index of Titles, Authors, and Illustrators