Monday, August 18, 2025

Children's books (sixty years ago)


Wikipedia has an informative article on the How and Why Wonder Books.  Click HERE.

Here in the list:

  1. 5001 Dinosaurs
  2. 5002 Weather
  3. 5003 Electricity
  4. 5004 Rocks and Minerals
  5. 5005 Rockets and Missiles
  6. 5006 Stars
  7. 5007 Insects
  8. 5008 Reptiles and Amphibians
  9. 5009 Birds
  10. 5010 Our Earth
  11. 5011 Beginning Science
  12. 5012 Machines
  13. 5013 The Human Body
  14. 5014 Sea Shells
  15. 5015 Atomic Energy
  16. 5016 The Microscope
  17. 5017 The Civil War
  18. 5018 Mathematics
  19. 5019 Flight
  20. 5020 Ballet
  21. 5021 Chemistry
  22. 5022 Horses
  23. 5023 Explorations and Discoveries
  24. 5024 Primitive Man
  25. 5025 North America
  26. 5026 Planets and Interplanetary Travel
  27. 5027 Wild Animals
  28. 5028 Sound
  29. 5029 Lost Cities
  30. 5030 Ants and Bees
  31. 5031 Wild Flowers
  32. 5032 Dogs
  33. 5033 Prehistoric Mammals
  34. 5034 Science Experiments
  35. 5035 World War II
  36. 5036 Florence Nightingale
  37. 5037 Butterflies and Moths
  38. 5038 Fish
  39. 5039 Robots and Electronic Brains
  40. 5040 Light and Color
  41. 5041 Winning of the West
  42. 5042 The American Revolution
  43. 5043 Caves to Skyscrapers
  44. 5044 Ships
  45. 5045 Time
  46. 5046 Magnets and Magnetism
  47. 5047 Guns
  48. 5048 The Moon
  49. 5049 Famous Scientists
  50. 5050 The Old Testament
  51. 5051 Building
  52. 5052 Railroads
  53. 5053 Trees
  54. 5054 Oceanography
  55. 5055 North American Indians
  56. 5056 Mushrooms, Ferns and Mosses
  57. 5057 The Polar Regions
  58. 5058 Coins and Currency
  59. 5059 Basic Inventions
  60. 5060 The First World War
  61. 5061 Electronics
  62. 5062 Deserts
  63. 5063 Air and Water
  64. 5064 Stars
  65. 5065 Airplanes and the Story of Flight
  66. 5066 Fish
  67. 5067 Boats and Ships
  68. 5068 The Moon
  69. 5069 Trains and Railroads
  70. 5070 Ecology
  71. 5071 The Environment and You
  72. 5072 Extinct Animals
  73. 5073 Snakes
  74. 5076 Fossils

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