From: Florrie Binford Kichler <fkichler>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:42:55 -0400

Hi--some of the books you have may be the same as the original orange covered books published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company between 1932 and 1976. But many of today's Childhood of Famous Americans Series published by Simon and Schuster/Aladdin are being rewritten by new authors. The only way to tell for sure is to look at the copyright page. If the copyright information mentions the Bobbs-Merrill Company, then the book is the same text as the original. If not, then it has been rewritten by Simon and Schuster/Aladdin.

Hope this helps.

Florrie Kichler

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-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Kbshepler at aol.com Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 2:42 AM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Childhood of Famous American series
(BookswithOrangeCovers)

  I have a selection of the still published "Childhood of Famous Americans" books (now with a blue, white and red cover) on my elementary school library

shelves. They are read regularly by a certain group of young readers. Can anyone
 tell me if/how these titles differ from the "orange cover" versions that loom so large in the memory of some list members?
  Kathy
  Kathy Shepler, Librarian Aurora School Oakland, CA

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