Children's Digest (1950-2009 Better Reading Foundation) comic books

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Cover by Gustaf Tenggren. A digest of fiction, fact and comics for children from the producers of Parents Magazine. "The Emperor's Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen; "Jonathan Bing" by Beatrice Curtis Brown; "The Wonderful Turkey Chase" by Robert L. Grimes; plus other stories, poems, comics, puzzles, games, jokes, and riddles. 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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October 1952. Stories and comics aimed for children. 5.5" x 7.5", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Richard Hughes, Sidonie M. Gruenberg, Alice Calhoun Haines, Bee Lewi, John Masefield and Mary Mapes Dodge. A digest of fiction, fact and comics for children from the producers of Parents Magazine. A new version of the classic fairy tale The Snow Maiden; The story of Abraham Lincoln's most famous trial as a lawyer; An excerpt from the children's classic "Hans Brinker." Telephone Travel; Riddles; Trial by Moonlight; What Is a Tidal Wave?; The Snow Maiden; A Valentine for You; The Tender-Hearted Dragon; Some Fun; A Gift for Hans; Some More Fun; Fergie Fox in Sour Grapes; Sea Fever. 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Will James, Wanda Gag, Laurence Housman, Bee Lewi, William D. Potter and Robert Louis Stevenson. A digest of fiction, fact and comics for children from the producers of Parents Magazine. A classic tale from Aesop's Fables; A comics version of the train story Casey Jones; A poem from the classic "A Child's Garden of Verse." The Story of Damon and Pythias; Riddles; Smoky and the Wolves; Why Don't Fish Drown?; The Crow and the Pitcher; Doctor Know-It-All; Young Night Thought; Some Fun; Custer Crocodile; What's the Good Word?; The Contest; The Magic Rocking-Horse; Casey Jones; Old One Eye; The Science Corner. 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Louis Wolfe, Johanna Spyri, Dorothy Hosford, Bee Lewi, Dorothy Aldis, Margaret J. Sprinkle, Don Lang, and Crockett Johnson. A digest of fiction, fact and comics for children from the producers of Parents Magazine. Adventures on the Pony Express; A story by "Barnaby" cartoonist Crockett Johnson; An excerpt from the children's classic "Heidi." Riding for the Pony Express; Riddles; Magic Tricks Anyone Can Do; Who's Upside Down?; Thor's Mighty Hammer; Feet; The Organ Grinder; Some Fun; Custer Crocodile; What's the Good Word?; Jenny and Her Pets; Is a Falling Star a Real Star?; Marco Polar Bear; Who Threw the Ball? 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Robert Louis Stevenson, Paul Ellsworth, Mildred Plew Meigs, Sinead de Valera and Hans Christian Andersen. A digest of fiction, fact and comics for children from the producers of Parents Magazine. The story of Sir Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table; The legend of famed pirate captain Henry Morgan; The classic poem fairy tale The Princess on the Pea. The Swing; Riddles; King of the Buccaneers; Where Does the Water Go at Low Tide?; What's the Good Word?; The Princess on the Pea; Free Land; Tommy Turtle; Some Fun; King Arthur's Bravest Knight; Johnny Fife and Johnny's Wife; The Magic Gifts; Play Checker Snap; Charter Oak. 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Robert Louis Stevenson, Don Lang, Hilaire Belloc, Le Grand, John Martin and Andrew Lang. A digest of fiction, fact and comics for children from the producers of Parents Magazine. Thomas Edison and the story of the light bulb; A comic biography of medieval conqueror Genghis Khan; Jim meets pirates en route to Treasure Island. Treasure Island; Riddles; Edison, Wizard of Light; Why Do Telegraph Wires Hum?; What's the Good Word?; The Princess and the Dragons; An Elephant Never Forgets; Sniffy, the Pup; Some Fun; The Yak; Augustus and the Indian; Genghis Khan, Empire Builder; Baron Munchausen's Marvelous Adventure; Make Your Own Ship Models. 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.