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There were at three distinct SBS
"book clubs" in the 1960s. Tab Books carried a
catalog number in the form Tnn, and featured the
meatier 'children's literature' such as Black Beauty
and Call of the Wild. A second series of
larger-format books had 'TW" catalog numbers, and
seemed aimed at younger readers. But the books I remember
best were the "TX" series, which by 1968 had
run to over 1000 titles. I was never able to buy as many
each month as I wanted, but over time I built my own
small library of SBS books, many of which survived my
childhood along with me (titles in green, below). They
are too fragile now to turn over to my own children, and
of uncertain appeal to 21st Century school kids immersed
in a full-color, go-motion, multi-tasking media world.
But Scholastic is still with us, and I find I am a soft
touch when those newsprint catalogs come home, or my
children ask, "Dad, can I have some money for book
fair?"A Partial List of SBS "TX"
Titles, 1958-1970
| Series |
No. |
Author |
Title |
TX
|
101
|
MacGregor, Ellen
|
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars
|
TX
|
102
|
Macdonald, Zillah K.
|
Mystery of the Piper's
Ghost
|
TX
|
106
|
Smith, Nancy Woollcott
|
The Ghostly Trio
|
TX
|
109
|
Household, Geoffrey
|
Mystery of the Spanish Cave
|
TX
|
127
|
Kinsey,
Elizabeth
|
Sea View
Secret
|
TX
|
137
|
Silverberg,
Robert
|
Revolt on
Alpha C
|
TX
|
150
|
Cheney,
Cora
|
Skeleton
Cave
|
TX
|
151
|
Wilson, Hazel
|
His Indian Brother
|
TX
|
152
|
McSwigan, Marie
|
Snow Treasure
|
TX
|
153
|
MacGregor, Ellen
|
Miss Pickerell and the
Geiger Counter
|
TX
|
154
|
Balch, Glenn
|
White Ruff
|
TX
|
155
|
Futrelle, Jacques
|
The Thinking Machine:
Adventures of A Mastermind
|
TX
|
158
|
Williams, Jay &
Abrashkin, Raymond
|
Danny Dunn and the
Antigravity Paint
|
TX
|
159
|
De Leeuw, Adele
|
Blue Ribbons for Meg
|
TX
|
162
|
Brooks, Walter R.
|
Freddy the Detective
|
TX
|
163
|
Baum, L. Frank
|
The Wizard of Oz
|
TX
|
164
|
Zim,
Herbert
|
Codes &
Secret Writing
|
TX
|
166
|
Hubbard, Freeman
|
The Phantom Brakeman and
Other Stories
|
TX
|
167
|
Bonner, Mary Graham
|
Mystery of the Haunted Hut
|
TX
|
168
|
Lainhauser,
Ruth Daggett
|
Patricia's
Secret
|
TX
|
169
|
Davidson
|
Seven
Voyages of Sinbad
|
TX
|
186
|
Seaman, Augusta Hiuell
|
The Mystery of the Old
Violin
|
TX
|
187
|
Hickok,
Lorena A.
|
The Story
of Helen Keller
|
TX
|
190
|
Stevenson, Robert Louis
|
Treasure Island
|
TX
|
212
|
Lauber, Patricia
|
Clarence Goes to Town
|
TX
|
215
|
Lindgren, Astrid
|
Pippi Longstocking
|
TX
|
218
|
Wallace, Lew
|
Ben-Hur
|
TX
|
219
|
Coolidge,
Olivia E.
|
Hercules
and Other Tales from Greek Myths
|
TX
|
220
|
Alcott, Louisa May
|
Little Women (abridged)
|
TX
|
221
|
Anderson,
C. W.
|
Afraid to
Ride
|
TX
|
221
|
Anderson,
C. W.
|
Afraid to
Ride
|
TX
|
222
|
Whitney, Phyllis
|
Mystery of the Green Cat
|
TX
|
223
|
Crowell, Pers
|
First to Ride
|
TX
|
224
|
Vinton, Iris
|
The Story of John Paul
Jones
|
TX
|
225
|
Meadowcroft, Enid LaMonte
|
Silver for General
Washington
|
TX
|
226
|
Cleary, Beverly
|
Ellen Tebbits
|
TX
|
227
|
Boylston, Helen Dore
|
Clara Barton
|
TX
|
230
|
Beim, Lorraine
|
Just Plain Maggie
|
TX
|
231
|
Gates, Doris
|
Sensible Kate
|
TX
|
232
|
Kramer,
Nora (ed)
|
Arrow Book
of Ghost Stories
|
TX
|
234
|
Twain, Mark
|
Tom Sawyer, Detective
|
TX
|
235
|
Lang, Andrew (ed)
|
Tales From the Red Fairy
Book
|
TX
|
236
|
Seaman, Augusta Hiuell
|
Riddle of the Lonely House
|
TX
|
237
|
Woolley, Catherine
|
A Room for Cathy
|
TX
|
239
|
Kohler, Julilly H.
|
The Boy Who Stole the
Elephant
|
TX
|
240
|
Kipling, Rudyard
|
The First Jungle Book
|
TX
|
246
|
Bennett,
Anna Elizabeth
|
Little
Witch
|
TX
|
247
|
Baker, Rachel
|
First Woman Doctor
|
TX
|
252
|
Thorne,
Alice
|
The Story
of Madame Curie
|
TX
|
256
|
Irving, Robert
|
Hurricanes and Twisters
|
TX
|
259
|
Lang, Andrew (ed)
|
Tales from the Green Fairy
Book
|
TX
|
260
|
Wyss, Johann
|
Swiss Family Robinson
|
TX
|
261
|
Otis, James
|
Toby Tyler, Or 10 Weeks
With a Circus
|
TX
|
262
|
De Leeuw, C
|
One Week of Danger
|
TX
|
268
|
McGovern, Ann (ed)
|
Summer Daze
|
TX
|
269
|
Buck, Pearl S.
|
The Big Wave
|
TX
|
270
|
Spyri, Johanna
|
Heidi
|
TX
|
278
|
|
Treasury of Christmas
Stories
|
TX
|
298
|
Beim,
Jerrold
|
Trouble
After School
|
TX
|
303
|
Williams,
Jay & Abrashkin, Raymond
|
Danny Dunn
and the Homework Machine
|
TX
|
306
|
Butterworth,
Oliver
|
The
Enormous Egg
|
TX
|
309
|
Seymour,
Alta Halverson
|
When the
Dikes Broke
|
TX
|
312
|
Glines, Lt. Col. Carroll V.
|
Helicopter Rescues
|
TX
|
315
|
Orton,
Helen Fuller
|
Mystery in
the Pirate Oak
|
TX
|
330
|
Twain, Mark
|
The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer
|
TX
|
407
|
Halacy, D.
S. Jr.
|
Solar
Science Projects
|
TX
|
440
|
Grimm Brothers
|
Grimms' Fairy Tales
|
TX
|
442
|
Fritz, Jean
|
The Cabin
Faced West
|
TX
|
448
|
Fisher,
Aileen
|
Skip
|
TX
|
450
|
Dickens, Charles
|
A Chistmas Carol
|
TX
|
471
|
Mason, Miriam E.
|
The Middle Sister
|
TX
|
517
|
Gunther,
John
|
Jason and
the Golden Fleece
|
TX
|
535
|
Silverberg,
Robert
|
Lost Race
of Mars
|
TX
|
539
|
Sobol,
Donald J.
|
Encyclopedia
Brown, Boy Detective
|
TX
|
547
|
Gardner,
Martin
|
Science
Puzzlers
|
TX
|
556
|
Meyer,
Jerome S.
|
Arithmetricks
|
TX
|
561
|
Garfield,
James B.
|
Follow My
Leader
|
TX
|
575
|
Sobol,
Donald J.
|
The Wright
Brothers at Kitty Hawk
|
TX
|
666
|
Hicks,
Clifford B.
|
Alvin's
Secret Code
|
TX
|
733
|
Unkelbach,
Kurt
|
The Dog in
My Life
|
TX
|
747
|
Shumsky,
Lou and Zena
|
Problem
Father
|
TX
|
785
|
Coombs,
Charles
|
Project
Apollo
|
TX
|
791
|
Key,
Alexander
|
The
Forgotten Door
|
TX
|
834
|
Henry,
Marguerite
|
Sea Star,
Orphan of Chincoteague
|
TX
|
913
|
Cameron,
Eleanor
|
The
Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet
|
TX
|
914
|
Serraullier,
Ian
|
The
Gorgon's Head
|
TX
|
915
|
Glemser,
Bernard
|
Radar
Commandos
|
TX
|
919
|
Norton,
Andre
|
Gray Magic
|
TX
|
945
|
Dodge, Mary
Mapes
|
Hans
Brinker (abridged)
|
TX
|
947
|
Edmonds, I.
G.
|
The Case of
the Marble Monster
|
TX
|
959
|
Dickson,
Gordon R.
|
Secret
Under the Sea
|
TX
|
965
|
Spearing,
Judith
|
Ghosts Who
Went to School
|
TX
|
995
|
Sobol,
Donald J.
|
Encyclopedia
Brown Finds the Clues
|
TX
|
996
|
Jane, Mary
C.
|
Mystery by
Moonlight
|
TX
|
1065
|
Del Rey,
Lester
|
Tunnel
Through Time
|
TX
|
1072
|
Hayman,
Leroy
|
The Death
of Lincoln
|
TX
|
1146
|
Henry,
Marguerite
|
Misty of
Chincoteague
|
TX
|
1497
|
Seton, Ernest Thompson
|
King of the Grizzlies
|
TX
|
1912
|
Gurney, Gene
|
Flying Aces of World War I
|
TX
|
1921
|
Hollander, Zander
|
Strange But True Football
Stories
|
TX
|
2404
|
Clark, Margaret Goff
|
Mystery Horse
|
TX
|
3025
|
Coatsworth, Elizabeth
|
The Werefox
|
TX
|
3218
|
Shura, Mary Francis
|
Maggie in the Middle
|
|
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