Favorite Children's Stories Books in Order
Favorite Children's Stories contains 19 books, published between 1953 and 2022. The first book is Japanese Children's Favorite Stories (1953) and the newest is Burmese Children's Favorite Stories (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1953–2022
- Pages on record
- 240 in 3 of 19 books
Favorite Children's Stories gathers folk tales and children's stories by country: Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Balinese, Filipino, Burmese and broader Asian collections all sit in the listing. Florence Sakade carries 5 of the 19 books, Liana Romulo and David Conger 2 each, and Lotta Carswell Hume, Mingmei Yip, Rosemarie Somaiah, Patrick Yee and Kay Lyons one apiece. The run stretches from Japanese Children's Favorite Stories (1953) to Burmese Children's Favorite Stories (2022).
How many Favorite Children's Stories books are there?
Favorite Children's Stories has 19 books, released between 1953 and 2022.
Favorite Children's Stories Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Favorite Children's Stories books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Japanese Children's Favorite Stories1953 · confirmed 1/41953–1/4
- 2Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet:1989 · confirmed 1/41989–1/4
- 3Chinese Children's Favorite Stories2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 4Indian Children's Favorite Stories2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 5Asian Children's Favorite Stories (As: Kay Lyons, With: Marian Davies Toth,Patrick Yee,Liana Romulo,David Conger,Joan Suyenaga,Marian Davie Toth)2006 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420061121/4
- 6Little One-Inch & Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 7Urashima Taro and Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 8Peach Boy And Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 9Balinese Children's Favorite Stories2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 10Filipino Children's Favorite Stories2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 11Malaysian Children's Favourite Stories (As: Kay Lyons)2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 12Singapore Children's Favorite Stories2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 14Japanese Children's Favorite Stories Book Two2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 15Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 16Asian Children's Favorite Stories2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 17Thai Children's Favorite Stories2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 18Korean Children's Favorite Stories2020 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42020641/4
- 19Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories2020 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42020641/4
- 20Burmese Children's Favorite Stories2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Where to start with Favorite Children's Stories
Start with Japanese Children's Favorite Stories (1953), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Favorite Children's Stories book?
Burmese Children's Favorite Stories (2022) is the newest Favorite Children's Stories book released so far.
Is there a new Favorite Children's Stories book coming?
No next Favorite Children's Stories book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Favorite Children's Stories at a glance
- Paused
- No new Favorite Children's Stories title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Favorite Children's Stories books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 240 pages across the 3 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 64 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Favorite Children's Stories books, 11 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 19 titles, 5 are credited to Florence Sakade, 2 to Liana Romulo, 2 to David Conger and 1 to Lotta Carswell Hume. A further 14 writers are credited.
What the Favorite Children's Stories books are about
2 of the 19 Favorite Children's Stories books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: folklore is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Folklore 2 of 2 books
- Children's Books/All Ages 1 of 2 books
- Children's fiction 1 of 2 books
- Children's stories, Indonesian (English) 1 of 2 books
- Folklore, indonesia 1 of 2 books
- Folklore, juvenile literature 1 of 2 books
- Juvenile literature 1 of 2 books
- Short stories 1 of 2 books
- Tales 1 of 2 books