Books: Paperback Dividend: Children's Books

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The continuing paperback revolution in children's books is doing wonders for parents, schools and libraries that have grown numb over the cost ($4.95 and up) of any hardback books for the young. Led by Dell and Viking, more and more publishers lately have been bringing out durable, attractive and low-priced paper editions of children's classics, new and old. Among the greats, near greats and notables now available:

Mary Poppins, by P.L. Trovers, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; $1.45.

The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster, Random House; 95¢.

The Little House books, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row; 8 vols., 95¢ each.

Six Stories, by E. Nesbit, Penguin; 6 vols., $1.25 each.

Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, by E.B. White, Dell; 95¢ each.

The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, Collier; 7 vols., 95¢ each.

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg, Atheneum; 95¢.

Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren, Viking; 75¢.

Island of the Blue Dolphins (Dell) and The Black Pearl (Houghton Mifflin), by Scott O'Dell; 95¢ each.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, by Joan Aiken, Dell; 75¢.

Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, Dell; 75¢.

Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh, Dell; 95¢.

The Cricket in Times Square (Dell, 75¢) and Tucker's Countryside (Camelot, 95¢), by George Selden.

The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, Dell; 95¢.

The Famous Five Series, by Enid Blyton, Atheneum; 95¢ each.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Squirrel Nutkin, by Beatrix Potter, Dover; $1 each.

The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf, Viking; 95¢.

The High King, by Lloyd Alexander, Dell; 95¢.

The Borrowers and The Borrowers Afield, by Mary Norton, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; 75¢ each.

Sounder, by William Armstrong, Harper & Row; $1.25.

MAINLY PICTURES:

London Bridge Is Falling Down ($1.25) and The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (95¢), by Peter Spier, Doubleday.

Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans, Viking; $1.25.

The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats, Viking; 95¢.

Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey, Viking; 85¢.

Stained Glass Windows Coloring Book, by Paul E. Kennedy, Dover; $1.50.

Aesop's Fables Coloring Book, Dover; $1.25.

Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, Scholastic; 75¢.

Obadiah the Bold, by Brinton Turkle. Viking; 75¢.

Drummer Hoff, by Ed Emberley, Prentice-Hall; 95¢.