Children's Fantasy Books 1970s. Sylvester and the magic pebble by william steig; Some stories included a surprise birthday party one kid planned for another, a story about witches (maybe bones), a story about a boy who goes under the sea with an old man to a hidden.
His resemblance to a distant ancestor of theirs helps him to travel through time and solve the mystery of a missing treasure. Felicity hughes suggests that whereas for much of the 19th century novels were published for family reading, by the turn of the century there was a split between fiction aimed at children and fiction aimed at adults, and the status of the former was lower. Sylvester and the magic pebble by william steig;
The latter may possibly be problematic on race grounds, i am not sure.
The status of children’s literature. Vintage 1970 that’s where you live!, whitman tell a tale, children's book, storybook, bedtime story, mcm book, junk journal, picture book. It was a collection of children's stories with every page illustrated. Putnam's sons the cool ride in the sky told by diane wolkstein paul galdone drew the pictures.