id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 17857 Halsey, Rosalie Vrylina Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book .txt text/plain 62360 3433 71 first book of any kind written and printed in America for children;--an some Instruction with a little Book upon them." To children accustomed of a little Quakeress furnished the Philadelphia children with a book approach of the little gilt story-books which ten years later were to [Illustration: _John Newbery's Advertisement of Children's Books_] and religious books, issued as published in America for children, should "Little Books with Pictures for Children" could be purchased at the "The Famous Tommy Thumb's Little Story-Book: Containing his Life and had the "following little Books for all good Boys and Girls: by the name of Newbery's Little Books for Children, are now republished [Illustration: _A page from a Catalogue of Children's Books printed by suggested in three little books, of two of which the author was Mrs. Pilkington, who had already written several successful stories for young The books for American children therefore Little Book for Children, 17. ./cache/17857.txt ./txt/17857.txt