Classics of children's literature

Synopsis

This anthology provides in a convenient, readable and economical format the most celebrated and enduring children's literary works. Unlike other surveys of children's literature that present a large number of samples, excerpts and synopses of many kinds and genres in the field,Classic of Children's Literatureprovides novels, stories, and fairy tales in their entirety.Featured selections include: E. B. White's modern masterpiece,Charlotte's Web; Margery William Bianco's classic fantasy,The Velveteen Rabbit; the Mowgli stories from Rudyard Kipling'sThe Jungle Books; and an array of children's verses: John Newbery'sMother Goose's Melody, Heinrich Hoffman'sStruwwelpeter, nonsense verse by Edward Lear, and sixteen poems from Robert Louis Stevenson'sA Child's Garden of Verses.For literature enthusiasts.