Spirit of America Bookstore

Children's Department

small boy in an Uncle Sam costume          coded pages

children's authors

classic books

timeless fun

subjects for kids

links

The building of the Nordell Books Group websites over time accumulated several clumps of books & movies (on Spirit of America Bookstore & the four companion bookstore sites) that just belonged on a Children's Department Page. So here is that page, begun in mid-2011.

'Kindle For Kids' Department at Amazon

Amazon's Kindle Bookstore Bestsellers in Children's Ebooks

Nordell Bookstores Group Kindle Hardware & Content Page
with FREE Kindle Apps for PC, Mac, iPhone/iPod, iPad, Android & BlackBerry



Coded Pages

Hopalong Cassidy Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

Cisco Kid & Pancho Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

Nancy Drew Mystery Series [est. 1930]

Magic Lantern's 'Godzilla' Page

King Arthur Page at Spirit of America

King John, King Richard & Robin Hood

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [1929-68]

Lone Ranger Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

Magic Lantern's Rin-Tin-Tin Page

silent movie cowboy star Tom Mix [1880-1940]

'El Zorro' Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

Western Movies Film Festival at 'Readers of The Purple Sage'

toddler with a laptop computer


Children's Authors

Rudolfo Anaya of New Mexico

Hans Christian Andersen [1805–75] of Denmark

L. Frank Baum [1856-1919] and "The Wizard of Oz"

Jean de Brunhoff [] of France and Babar the Elephant

Lewis Carroll [1832–98] and "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland"

The Brothers Grimm of Germany

Joel Chandler Harris [] and "Uncle Remus"

A.A. Milne and "Winnie-the-Pooh"

Dr. Seuss {Theodor Geisel 1904-91}

Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-94] and "Treasure Island"

Mark Twain [1835-1910]

Leonard Wibberley [1915-83]

year-old girl with a typewriter


Classic Books


Anthropologist & scholar Andrew Lang [1844-1912] of Scotland edited or translated
hundreds of children's stories, which were collected into dozens of popular anthologies
Andrew Lang entry at Wikipedia

Andrew Lang Fairy Books for Kindle  "Andrew Lang Fairy Books (All Twelve)" for Kindle
Kindle Edition from MobileReference [7/2009] for 95˘
"Andrew Lang's Complete Fairy Book Series" (in one volume)
Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax, Ltd. 11¾x8¼ pb [6/2006] for $25.95
book series [1889-1910] entry at WikipediaLG's book series fansite
"The Best of Andrew Lang" for Kindle
appears to contain The Blue, Orange, Violet & Yellow Fairy Books, "Modern Myth-ology" [1897], "The Arabian Nights" [1898], and "Tales of Troy & Greece" [1907]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [undated] for $4.99

Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang  "The Blue Fairy Book" [1889] 37 stories with 138 b&w illustrations
Dover 8½x5¼ pb [6/65] for $8.76
CreateSpace 9¾x7 pb [11/2008] for $6.95
"The Red Fairy Book [1890] 37 stories with 97 b&w illustrations
Dover 8½x5½ pb [6/66] for $7.96
CreateSpace 10x7 pb [11/2008] for $7.50
North Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/98] for $26.00
Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang  "The Green Fairy Book" [1892] 42 stories with 100 b&w illustrations
Dover 8½x5½ pb [6/65] for $10.17
"The Yellow Fairy Book" [1894] 48 stories with 104 b&w illustrations
Dover 8½x5½ pb [6/66] for $8.96
CreateSpace 8½x5½ pb [2/2011] for $7.25
North Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [2003] for $25.00
Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang  "The Pink Fairy Book" [1897] 41 stories with 69 b&w illustrations
Dover 8½x5½ pb [9/2008] for $10.34
CreateSpace 10x8 pb [4/2011] for $11.51
Merchant Books 9¼x7½ pb [1/2010] for $6.89
North Books 8½x5½ hardcover [1/2004] for $25.00
"The Grey Fairy Book" [1900] 35 stories with 59 b&w illustrations
Dover 8½x5½ pb [6/67] for $9.32
CreateSpace 10x8 pb [8/2011] for $17.99
Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang   "The Violet Fairy Book" [1901] 35 stories with 74 b&w illustrations
Dover 8½x5½ pb [6/66] for $11.09
Cosimo Classics 8½x5½ pb [12/2006] for $9.99
North Books 8¼x5½ hardcover [9/2001] for $25.00
"The Crimson Fairy Book" [1903] 36 stories with 53 b&w illustrations
Dover 8¼x5¼ pb [6/67] for $8.96
CreateSpace 9¾x6¾ pb [11/2008] for $8.95
CreateSpace 10x8 pb [7/2011] for $10.99
North Books 8½x5½ hardcover [2003] for $25.00
Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang  "The Brown Fairy Book" [1904] 32 stories with 50 b&w illustrations
Dover 8¼x5¼ pb [6/65] for $10.34
CreateSpace 10x8 pb [10/2010] for $16.95
North Books 8½x5½ hardcover [1/2004] for $25.00
"The Orange Fairy Book" [1906] 33 stories with 58 b&w illustrations
Dover 8½x5½ pb [6/68] for $9.32
Merchant Books 9¼x7½ pb [3/2010] for $6.89
CreateSpace 10x8 pb [8/2011] for $16.49
Lilac Fairy Book by Andrew Lang  "The Olive Fairy Book" [1907] 29 stories with 50 b&w illustrations
Dover 8¼x5¼ pb [6/68] for $10.13
North Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [1/2004] for $25.00
"The Lilac Fairy Book" [1910] 33 stories with 51 b&w illustrations
Dover 8¼x5½ pb [6/68] for $9.32
CreateSpace 10x7 pb [11/2008] for $8.95
Rose Fairy Book by Andrew Lang  "The Rose Fairy Book" [1912] 18 stories
Edited by Andrew Lang, illustrations by Vera Bock

a compilation from the Brown, Grey, Lilac, Orange, and Pink Fairy Books
Viking Children's Books hardcover [1950] out of print/scarce
Longsmans, Green & Co. hardcover [1949] out of print/scarce
Rainbow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang & Michael Hague  "The Rainbow Fairy Book" [1993]
31 'best-loved stories' with 70 illustrations by Michael Hague

William Morrow hardcover [9/93] out of print/many, many used


Tom Swift [1910-41]
Tom Swift, Jr. [1954-71]
Tom Swift in Outer Space [1981-84]
Tom Swift, Jr. [1991-93] aka Tom Swift IV
Tom Swift, Young Inventor [2006-2007]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift


"Dick & Jane (and Spot" Series Books [est. 1930]

"Little Golden Books [est. 1942]


toddler with a laptop computer


Timeless Fun

Charlie Chaplin [1889-1977]

Charley Chase [1893-1940]

Magic Lantern's Disney Films Page

Magic Lantern's 'Laurel & Hardy' Page

Jerry Lewis

Magic Lantern's 'Little Rascals / Our Gang' Page

Harold Lloyd [1893-1971]

Magic Lantern's 'Looney Tunes' Page

Magic Lantern's 'Lassie' Page

Magic Lantern's 'The Marx Brothers' Page

Magic Lantern's 'The Muppets' Page

Old Time Radio Page at Spirit of America

Mack Sennett [1880-1960] and The Keystone Cops

Magic Lantern's 'Lord of The Rings' Series Page

Magic Lantern's 'Harry Potter' Series Page

Magic Lantern's 'Pirates of The Caribbean' Series Page

Magic Lantern's 'The Three Stooges' Page

Spirit of America's Americana Page / Bear Country Section

iconic photo of Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Cooper from the silent feature film "The Kid" [1921]


Subjects For Kids

Magic Lantern's Animation Pages

Spirit of America's 'A History of Aviation' Pages

Native Americans Pages at 'Readers of The Purple Sage'

'Pirates of The Americas' Page
Magic Lantern's Pirate Film Festival

Spirit of America's U.S. Presidents Pages

Spirit of America's American Railroads Pages

Magic Lantern's Sports Film Festival Pages
Magic Lantern's Baseball Movies Film Festival Page
Magic Lantern's Boxing Movies Film Festival Page

Spirit of America's Surf Shack Page

Billy the Kid [1860-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage'

U.S. History Timeline Pages
up to 1800   •   1801-1900   •   1901-1930   •   1931-1950   •   1951-1968   •   1969-2000   •   2001 to present

Spirit of America's U.S. History Dept.

Science

Albert Einstein [1879-1955] Page at Maison d'Ętre Philosophy Bookstore

Stephen W. Hawking Page at Maison d'Ętre Philosophy Bookstore

Charles Darwin [1809-82] and Evolution

Magic Lantern's Stereoscopic {3-D} Cinema

small boy scientist


Links
Thinking & Intelligence / Children & Learning Section at Maison d'Ętre Philosophy Bookstore
Working Minds / Things To Worry About / Education
Working Minds / Books On The Subject / Education

LooneyTunesPhonics.com Online Phonics Reading Program

'Kindle For Kids' Department at Amazon

Nordell Bookstores Group Kindle Hardware & Content Page
with FREE Kindle Apps for PC, Mac, iPhone/iPod, iPad, Android & BlackBerry



Online sales in association with  browse Children's Book Dept. at Amazon

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