--- product_id: 1210608 title: "The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud" price: "40145CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/1210608-the-20th-century-childrens-book-treasury-picture-books-and-stories store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # vivid classic illustrations 44 timeless stories color-coded age guidance The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud **Price:** 40145CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Unlock timeless childhood magic—because every story deserves to be shared! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud - **How much does it cost?** 40145CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/1210608-the-20th-century-childrens-book-treasury-picture-books-and-stories) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Smart Age Navigation:** Color-coded symbols guide you to age-appropriate stories for every stage. - • **Diverse Themes & Genres:** From ABCs to fantasies, this treasury covers every childhood milestone and imagination. - • **Vivid Visual Storytelling:** Rich, colorful illustrations that captivate both toddlers and early readers. - • **A Curated Classic Collection:** 44 beloved stories spanning generations, from Madeline to Winnie-the-Pooh. - • **Perfect Gift for New Parents:** A keepsake anthology that creates lifelong reading memories and bonding moments. ## Overview The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury is a beautifully curated anthology featuring 44 classic and award-winning children's stories, designed for reading aloud and sharing across multiple age groups. With vivid illustrations and a unique color-coded system for age-appropriate reading, this treasury is a treasured gift for new parents and a foundational companion for nurturing a lifelong love of reading. ## Description Unparalleled in scope and quality and designed for reading aloud and sharing, this splendid anthology brings together some of the most memorable and beloved children's books of our time. Here are classics such as Madeline and Curious George ; contemporary bestsellers such as Guess How Much I Love You and The Stinky Cheese Man ; Caldecott Medal winners such as Make Way for Ducklings and Where the Wild Things Are ; and family favorites such as Goodnight Moon , The Sneetches , Winnie-the-Pooh , and Alexander & The Terrible, No Good Very Bad Day , soon to be a motion picture. The selections range from concept books and wordless books to picture books and short read-aloud stories, and represent the complete array of childhood themes and reading needs: ABCs, number and color books, stories about going to bed and going to school; tales about growing up, siblings, parents, and grandparents; animal stories, fantasies; fables; magical stories; stories about everyday life--and more. This beautiful edition includes a recommended list of books published in the time since this anthology's original compilation, including Caldecott Honors Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and Olivia , with descriptive annotations intended to guide parents to these new books and new voices of the 21st century. Also included are an introduction from editor Janet Schulman, capsule biographies of the 62 writers and artists represented in the collection, color-coded running heads indicating age levels, and indexes. As a gift, a keepsake, and a companion in a child's first steps toward a lifelong love of reading, The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury belongs in every family's bookcase. Review: My order history shows I've bought this 8 times as a gift ... (Wonderful book for new parents!) - I love this book enough that I regularly buy it as a new baby gift. Even though it's over twenty years old now and doesn't contain newer books, it's still relevant. I love this book for so many reasons. This treasury contains a number of different genre's, themes, and time periods and is suitable to read to a baby on up to new self-readers reading to you. With 44 stories inside, there's enough of a good mix of classic stories that you don't get sick of re-reading. There a lot of books from my childhood in here that I love sharing with my children. The illustrations are vivid although.....since this is a treasury, some pages of the illustrations have completely been removed from stories in the interest of total page count. Even so, for most stories there is enough visual interest to keep little ones paying attention. There are a couple of stories such as "Millions of cats" that have almost no pictures; even with me trying to use silly voice inflections, I find those kind of stories in here challenging to hold attention of little ones. Once you read the stories through once, you'll know which to skip. Also, there are many pages of this treasury that have 4 book pages condensed down onto one page or over a left and right page. One thing that has always annoyed me about this treasury is that the age levels are completely intermixed throughout this book. So you have to hunt around to find the stories that are age-appropriate for your child. Even though I was reading it so much, I was completely ignorant to the fact that there are color-coded pages for the three different age levels until recently (duh, now I know.) I wish they would have put all of the baby appropriate stories at the front, little kid books in the middle, and new readers at the end. I usually read a few stories out of the book at a time and it is so aggravating to flip around the book. On the bottom of each right hand page is the title and page number. The way that this book is marked for age levels is that there is a color coded symbol indicating the age level next to the title (red, green, or blue). Red is for the youngest audience - mostly picture books with few pages. Blue is for intermediate listeners and is a good mix of pictures and words. Green is for children who will sit and listen without requiring a lot of pictures. Buried between biographical notes of each author (which is actually pretty interesting) and an index is a listing of books by their age level. I truly wish that they would have organized the book by age level instead of mixing it up, but sometimes because of it I end up reading something random that catches my listener's eye as I am flipping by. Because this is made of thin paper, reading this to an active toddler can be challenging if he or she wants to turn the pages on their own. I still recommend this book for parents of those children: Even with very active ones it's possible to establish nightly snuggly reading time when they are more docile and it's mommy or daddy's job to turn the pages versus during the daytime when they are in charge of turning the pages. If your child has fallen in love with one of the stories in the book and wants to read it over and over and over again, this probably isn't the book to use - you will want to also get the board book. I have spent countless hours reading stories out of this book to my sons. I doubt I would have bought all of these books separately to read to them, so it was wonderful when I stumbled across this ages ago. All in all, this is a great gift for new parents. The people you gift it to will be sure to have lifelong memories of reading together with their loved ones. I've had so many thank yous months and even years down the road over this gift! Review: Spectacular story tales - This children’s treasury book is spectacular with the colorful pictures and several different tales which are outstanding . Our book has been used often with my daughter’s 12 grandchildren and also 6 greats . ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #25,040 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #83 in Children's Short Story Collections #180 in Short Stories Anthologies #641 in Children's Classics | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 796 Reviews | ## Images ![The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81zncaInINL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My order history shows I've bought this 8 times as a gift ... (Wonderful book for new parents!) *by M***S on July 2, 2019* I love this book enough that I regularly buy it as a new baby gift. Even though it's over twenty years old now and doesn't contain newer books, it's still relevant. I love this book for so many reasons. This treasury contains a number of different genre's, themes, and time periods and is suitable to read to a baby on up to new self-readers reading to you. With 44 stories inside, there's enough of a good mix of classic stories that you don't get sick of re-reading. There a lot of books from my childhood in here that I love sharing with my children. The illustrations are vivid although.....since this is a treasury, some pages of the illustrations have completely been removed from stories in the interest of total page count. Even so, for most stories there is enough visual interest to keep little ones paying attention. There are a couple of stories such as "Millions of cats" that have almost no pictures; even with me trying to use silly voice inflections, I find those kind of stories in here challenging to hold attention of little ones. Once you read the stories through once, you'll know which to skip. Also, there are many pages of this treasury that have 4 book pages condensed down onto one page or over a left and right page. One thing that has always annoyed me about this treasury is that the age levels are completely intermixed throughout this book. So you have to hunt around to find the stories that are age-appropriate for your child. Even though I was reading it so much, I was completely ignorant to the fact that there are color-coded pages for the three different age levels until recently (duh, now I know.) I wish they would have put all of the baby appropriate stories at the front, little kid books in the middle, and new readers at the end. I usually read a few stories out of the book at a time and it is so aggravating to flip around the book. On the bottom of each right hand page is the title and page number. The way that this book is marked for age levels is that there is a color coded symbol indicating the age level next to the title (red, green, or blue). Red is for the youngest audience - mostly picture books with few pages. Blue is for intermediate listeners and is a good mix of pictures and words. Green is for children who will sit and listen without requiring a lot of pictures. Buried between biographical notes of each author (which is actually pretty interesting) and an index is a listing of books by their age level. I truly wish that they would have organized the book by age level instead of mixing it up, but sometimes because of it I end up reading something random that catches my listener's eye as I am flipping by. Because this is made of thin paper, reading this to an active toddler can be challenging if he or she wants to turn the pages on their own. I still recommend this book for parents of those children: Even with very active ones it's possible to establish nightly snuggly reading time when they are more docile and it's mommy or daddy's job to turn the pages versus during the daytime when they are in charge of turning the pages. If your child has fallen in love with one of the stories in the book and wants to read it over and over and over again, this probably isn't the book to use - you will want to also get the board book. I have spent countless hours reading stories out of this book to my sons. I doubt I would have bought all of these books separately to read to them, so it was wonderful when I stumbled across this ages ago. All in all, this is a great gift for new parents. The people you gift it to will be sure to have lifelong memories of reading together with their loved ones. I've had so many thank yous months and even years down the road over this gift! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spectacular story tales *by S***B on January 21, 2026* This children’s treasury book is spectacular with the colorful pictures and several different tales which are outstanding . Our book has been used often with my daughter’s 12 grandchildren and also 6 greats . ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful Collection! *by L***A on December 4, 2025* This book is a wonderful anthology of beautiful stories for children. It was a favorite of our children and we just purchased a new copy for our first grandchild. ## Frequently Bought Together - The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud - Red: A Crayon's Story - Native American Stories for Kids: 12 Traditional Stories from Indigenous Tribes across North America --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/1210608-the-20th-century-childrens-book-treasury-picture-books-and-stories](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/1210608-the-20th-century-childrens-book-treasury-picture-books-and-stories) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-09-02*