Mid-century edition of Stories That Never Grow Old, edited by Watty Piper, illustrated by George and Doris Hauman.
Edited by Watty Piper. Illustrated by George and Doris Hauman. 1952 edition. The Platt & Munk Co, Inc, New York
Watty Piper was the pseudonym of Arthur Munk, co-founder of Platt & Munk publishers.
But the real creatives behind this and so many other books that people have treasured are George (1890–1961) and Doris Holt Hauman (1898 – 1984). A husband and wife team, she wrote the copy and they worked together on the illustrations. Their most successful book was the 1954 edition of The Little Engine That Could, which turned an older story into a popular classic. The endpages for Stories That Never Grow Old are among my favorite children's book illustrations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Ugly Duckling
The Bremen Town Musicians
The Fox and the Stork
Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail
Shingebiss
Five Peas in a Pod
The Marriage of Robin Redbreast and The Wren
The Fox and The Goat
Hansel and Gretel
The Boy Who Cried Wolf!
The Boy and the North Wind
How the Finch Got Her Colors
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Teeny-Tiny
Bill Goat Gruff
Li'l Hannibal
The Little Engine That Could
The Lion and The Mouse
Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar
The Old Man, His Son, and The Donkey
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Condition*: Good. Lacks dust jacket, as issued. Blue cloth cover boards embossed in black. Cloth is missing from most of the spine and covers are loose, but the signatures are still stitched together and secure. Pages are clean, undamaged, and complete.
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