1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Salvador Dali, 1969
2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Iassen Ghiuselev, 2003
3. Books to complete the collection of Coretta Scott King Award winners and honor books from the inception of that award in 1970 through the current year
4. 20th century children's literature

 
Donations:

1. Sixty-six variants of the Cinderella story -- Floyd Dickman, Columbus, Ohio
2. 2,800 American children's books published between 1803 and 1993 -- Robert Egolf, Ocala Florida
3. Sixty early 20th century American children's books -- Marjorie Hipple, Knoxville, Tennessee

 
Following are examples of these recent gifts and acquisitions:

Floor Games
By H. G. Wells

Drawings by J. R. Sinclair
Published by Frank Palmer, London  . 1911

An book chock full of ideas for creating tales and scenes using toy soldiers, miniature animals, blocks, andtrains and train tracks.

The Mary Frances First Aid Book

With Ready Reference List of Ordinary Accidents and Illnesses, and Approved Home Remedies
By Jane Eayre Fryer
Illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer
Published by The John C. Winston Company, Chicago
1916

All kinds of suggestions and advice about hygiene, safety and first aid, including a list of items to have in one's medicine cabinet and a diagram for making a sanitary drinking cup out of a piece of clean paper.

1978 Coretta Scott King Award, Author, Honor

Little Eight John
By Jan Wahl

Illustrated by by Wil Clay
Lodestar Books, NY, 1992

1993 Coretta Scott King Award, Illustrator, Honor

Ashpet

An Applalachian Tale
Retold by Joanne Compton

Illus. by Kenn Compton

Holiday House, NY

1994

Jouanah

A Hmong Cinderella

Adapted by Jewell Coburn

Illus. by Anne S. O'Brien

Shen's Books, Arcadia CA

1996

Cinderella
Illustrated by Helen Sewell

Macmillan Company, NY

1934