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The new 59-part, 7,412-page, 10-volume series debuted in October 1922 as The Children's Encyclopedia, the digraph having been dropped, and went through 14 editions by 1946 under the imprint of The Educational Book Co. Translations appeared in France, Italy, Spain, Brazil and China. [citation needed]
The children find Mrs. Frankweiller, who allows the children into her home. Mrs. Frankweiler plays cards for money with Jamie, who loses 82 cents to her, while Claudia takes an extended bath. She sends Jamie off to play cards with her butler, Saxonberg ( George Rose ), implying that Saxonburg could be easily defeated, in order to have some ...
The Northamptonshire volume in The King's England series. Arthur Henry Mee (21 July 1875 – 27 May 1943) was an English writer, journalist and educator. He is best known for The Harmsworth Self-Educator, The Children's Encyclopædia, The Children's Newspaper, and The King's England.
The Childcraft series was originally created in 1934 by W. F. Quarrie & Company, then publishers of the World Book encyclopedia. The series' title was Childcraft – The How and Why Library. Childcraft was created as a sort of encyclopedia for young children. With simple texts and illustrations, the volumes were designed to make learning fun.
Weston Woods Studios (or simply Weston Woods) is a production company that makes audio and short films based on well-known books for children. [1] It was founded in 1953 by Morton Schindel in Weston, Connecticut, and named after the wooded area near his home.
NBC Children's Theatre is an American television anthology series airing from November 3, 1963 to March 17, 1973. [1] Its stories were primarily drawn from classical and contemporary children's literature, including The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood and Stuart Little. Narrators were Bill Cosby, Johnny Carson, Hugh Downs, and Burl Ives.
Originally it made films to be shown as part of children's Saturday morning matinée cinema programming. The films typically were about 55 minutes long. Over time the organisation's role broadened and its name changed, first to the Children's Film and Television Foundation in the mid-80s [1] and to the Children's Media Foundation in 2012. [2]
The Young Children's Encyclopedia. Encyclopædia Britannica. 1970–. [159] Young People's Illustrated Encyclopedia. Children's Press, 1972. [156] Young Students Learning Library. Weekly Reader Books. 1988–. [160] Young World: A Child's First Encyclopedia. Random House, 1992. [156]