Bringing Back The Kids’ Books That Got Away

The New York Review Children’s Collection is in the business of resurrecting beloved kids’ books. “Reprint rights come cheaply enough, [editor Edwin] Frank says, for the New York Review to make money on reissues that sell as few as 5,000 copies. And whatever the numbers, the books’ reappearance makes booksellers and buyers happy — reversing, in a tiny but symbolic way, the odious publishing trend toward keeping books in print for shorter and shorter periods of time.”