I read a book of short stories in 1963. My memory is that the title or description following the title was “stories for girls to live by”. I believe one of the shorts was by Betty Cavanna. I do remember one of the stories had an excerpt about a girl on a sandy beach applying nail polish (crazy fragment to remember, I know). I have been searching for this book in vain forever. I lent it to a girl friend in 1964 and never got it back. If you can help me I’d so appreciate it as I would love to find a copy.
Thank you
Mary
Try this: Stories to Live By, edited by Marjorie Vetter. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2819051-stories-to-live-by-from-american-girl-magazine
Re Marjorie Vetter: there were 1960 and 1968 editions witb different cover art, so you want the earlier one. Don’t know if the contents changed as well or just the dust jacket.
Mama Squirrel beat me to it! Stories to Live by: A Treasury of Fiction from the American Girl. Here’s a link to pic of the first cover art
https://www.google.com/search?q=stories+to+live+by+american+girl&rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS646US646&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=622&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6g9HHkeTJAhVL1xoKHQkZDmMQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=nxrnblBFo5uKqM%3A