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May Hill Arbuthnot

1884-08-27 - 1969-10-02

May Hill Arbuthnot (August 27, 1884 – October 2, 1969) was an American educator, editor, writer, and critic who devoted her career to the awareness and importance of children's literature. Her efforts expanded and enriched the selection of books for children, libraries, and children's librarians alike. She was selected for American Libraries article “100 Most Important Leaders we had for the 20th Century”. source

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  • Cover of: Time for poetry: a teachers' anthology

    First published in 1959 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1970 4 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1956 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Arbuthnot anthology of children's literature: single-volume edition of Time for poetry, Time for fairy tales and Time for true tales.

    First published in 1953 9 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition arbuthnotantholo0000arbu_h9y7 Cover of edition lccn_0673150001
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  • Cover of: Children and Books (3rd Ed. )

    First published in 1965 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Time for fairy tales, old and new

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  • Cover of: Time for stories of the past and present

    First published in 1968 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Children's books too good to miss

    First published in 1966 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Arbuthnot Anthology of Children's Literature, 2nd Edition

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  • Cover of: The New More Friends and Neighbors (Dick and Jane) (Book 2, Part 2, New Basic Readers, Curriculum Foundation Series)

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    First published in 1968 1 edition
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Subjects
Children's literature, Books and reading, Children, Children's stories, Readers, Bibliography, Collections, Fairy tales, Literature, Histoire et critique, History and criticism, Littérature de jeunesse, Readers (Elementary), Study and teaching, $2.95 0, American poetry, Best books, Biography, Books and reading for children, Catholic authors, Children's poetry, Children's poetry. [from old catalog], English poetry, Fantasy, Folklore
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1870-1950, 1950-

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  • may arbuthnot
  • M.H. Arbuthnot
  • Arbuthnot
  • M. H. Arbuthnot
  • Mary Hill & Shelton L. Root Arbuthnot

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