The Family Storybook Treasury - ADVISABLE

The Family Storybook Treasury.  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. $18.99.  PICTURE BOOK.  With eight different stories, and a poem between each one, this book certainly has a wide variety of writings.  Plus, there is an accompanying audio cd of all 8 stories and the poems.  The stories come from famous characters like Martha Speaks and Curious George.  They are Curious George and the Firefighters, Lyle Walks the Dog, Martha Speaks, The Great Doughnut Parade, Sheep in a Jeep, Tacky the Penguin, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.  These stories are old classics, and they are all absolutely wonderful.  If you don't have these books, then you should probably get this volume because it truly is a collection of delightful stories.  But from a library standpoint, I think people would usually check out the specific stories rather than this big collection; so I would say that this is not essential.  However, it would make a great gift for someone who might not be familiar with all of the different stories.  Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE.  Brent Smith, Reading Teacher