Tales of Laughter Every Child Should Know
| First published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Pages | xi+369 |
| Price | $1.08 |
Notes
A truncated version of 1908 anthology Tales of Laughter: A Third Fairy Book (Library of Fairy Literature, book 3) must be expected, from the examples of undated Every Child Should Know anthologies Fairy Stories [ECSK] and Tales of Wonder [ECSK], which are truncated versions of the first and fourth Library of Fairy Literature anthologies.
The known edition may contain the corresponding interior illustrations by Elizabeth MacKinstry, for Tales of Laughter in its 1926 edition.
- Published by for the 1939 Christmas gift season Published by Doubleday, Doran for The Parents' Institute
- What Every Child Should Know Library, 2nd series (set of six, others non-genre) Price $1.08 represents $6.50 for the set, or $1 monthly for seven months. --advertisement by The Parents' Institute, Inc., Parents' Magazine 1939-11
- Library of Congress (LCCN, below) reports "xi, 369 p. col. front." WorldCat (OCLC) reports "369 pages : illustrations, front". Neither library record identifies an illustrator. Any interior illustrations are probably a selection from those by Elizabeth MacKinstry for the 1926 Doubleday, Page ed.