Best in Children's Books Volume 35: America's Past, Star-Spangled Banner, Pet of the Met, Tinder Box, Pandora, Velveteen Rabbit, Simple Sewing: Doll Clothes, Let's Look at Russia, Wonderful Teakettle, Beezus & Her Imagination, Animals of Australia

Anthology of children's stories. Contents: "America's Glorious Past" illustrated by Alice Smith and Edward Shenton;"The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key, illustrated by Phoebe Erickson;"Pet of the Met" written and illustrated by Lydia and Don Freeman;"The Tinder Box" by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Elizabeth Skilton;"Pandora" illustrated by Colleen Browning;"The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams, illustrated by Maurice Sendak;"Simple Sewing: A Doll and Her Clothes" by Tina Lee, illustrated by Luciana Roselli;"Let's Look at Russia" by Gladys Schwarcz, illustrated by Earl Thollander, plus 17 color photographs; "The Wonderful Teakettle" illustrated by Eiichi Mitsui;"Beezus and Her Imagination" by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Mircea Vasiliu; "Amazing Animals of Australia" (no author noted), with color photographs.