Forgotten Vintage Children's Lit We Want Republished! discussion

There are a few lists on Listopia that represent forgotten and obscure gems. Here are the ones I know about - please add others, if you know of them!

Obscure Children's Vintage Gems
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

The Best Out-Of-Print Children's Books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...

The Out-of-Print/Backlist Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Beloved Out-Of-Print Children's Books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Mid-Century YA and Children's Books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Lesser-Known Vintage Children's Family Series
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Lesser-Known Vintage Children's Family Stories: Standalones
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Classic School Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

Jolly Old-Fashioned British Boarding School Stories
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

Little-known and Rare Horse Books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

Then there are THESE whopping great (both in scale and content!) lists:

Children's Fantasy 1900s-1990s
listed by decade - all lists contain links to the other decades
i.e. Children's Fantasy of the 1940s: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

Children's Time Travel Fiction 1900s-1990s
listed by decade - all lists contain links to the other decades
i.e. Children's Time Travel Fiction of the 1960s: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

Forgotten Kids Books of Quality
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Best Children's Books Most People Haven't Heard of...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...

Jane Nissen Books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Jane Nissen republished a bunch of old children's books, but sadly it looks like the publisher no longer exists now.

Guides and Scouts
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
You need to sift through the more modern stuff that's irrelevant to us, but from about page 2 onwards there are some really great vintage "Girl's own" and "Boy's own" style titles.

Oh awesome! Thanks, Andrea!

Forgotten Little Women
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Really Underrated Children's Books
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Best Books for Girls Who Belong to Another Era
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Thanks :)

I'm not sure if anyone in this group is interested in vintage nursery rhyme collections? I've had some beloved copies for years but have recently started collecting more when I can get them on the cheap at booksales, etc! To educate myself on what might be out there, I've started a collection of Listopia lists on Nursery Rhymes of the XXXXs (by decade). I'm having to do a fair amount of Goodreads Librarian editing to identify and tidy up appropriate books for the lists (which I'm enjoying!) but wanted to do a shout out in case anyone else is interested in the same topic and has their own favourites to add to the lists. I think it will be a slow project on my end :) Here's the 1980s one (which has a link to the others). I intend to create more for other decades, but thought I'd consolidate some work on these first :) https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Oh nice project, SBC! Outside of my area of expertise, but will happily add when and where I can! :)

SBC wrote: "I'm not sure if anyone in this group is interested in vintage nursery rhyme collections? I've had some beloved copies for years but have recently started collecting more when I can get them on the ..."

Will you be expanding it to include the 1800s (not necessarily by decade)?

Yes, I thought I'd have a single Pre-20th century list. Will try to create that one soon! :)

SBC wrote: "Yes, I thought I'd have a single Pre-20th century list. Will try to create that one soon! :)"

Yay! Another question - I assume these lists are for collections only, not books based on a single nursery rhyme?

Yes, just for collections. :)