Best in Children's Books Volume 26: Wild Swans, Sir Francis Drake, Timothy Titus, Georgie, Horse for a Prince, Feeding Birds This Winter, War Whoop of the Wily Iroquois, Unc' Billy Possum, Henry Huggins & Ribs, Baker's Daughter, Let's Go to Portugal

Anthology of children's stories and poetry. Contents: "The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Colleen Browning; "Sir Francis Drake" by Smith Burnham, illustrated by Ray Houlihan; "Timothy Titus" by Blanche Elliott, illustrated by Ninon; "Georgie" written and illustrated by Robert Bright; "A Horse for a Prince" (Alexander the Great's horse, Bucephalus) retold by James Baldwin, illustrated by Don Freeman; "Feeding the Birds This Winter" by Robert S. Lemmon, illustrated by Alexandroff; "The War Whoop of the Wily Iroquois" by Martha Keller, illustrated by Robert MacLean; "Unc' Billy Possum" by Thornton W. Burgess, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; "Henry Huggins and Ribs" by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Richard Scarry;"The Baker's Daughter" by Margery Williams Bianco, illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith"Let's Go to Portugal" (no author noted), color photographs, illustrated map.