Anyone remember the Colliers Junior Classics / Young Folks Shelf of Books?

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The Newbery book thread reminded me of the Collier’s Junior Classics / Young Folks Shelf of Books 10 volume anthology: https://www.amazon.com/Coliers-Junior-Classics-10-Set/dp/B000KI3SQU
When looking at the list of Newbery winners I realized that I’d read excerpts from many of them in several of the volumes of the set. I can’t find a table of contents anywhere online. I wonder whether the series editors wanted to include as many Newbery awardees as possible?

Here are some of the titles that I clearly remember; there are probably more, and I’d love to look at the set, but the one we grew up with at home is with my brother who lives 10 hours away.

Newbery medal:
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
…And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric Kelly
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis

Newbery Honor:
Li Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Good Master by Kate Seredy

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We’ve got a whole bunch of them at the amateur library I curate at my church. I’ve never had a chance to sit down and see just what they contained, though.

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I have a earlier set (1960?). I loved them when I was growing up.