Children -- Books and reading; Children's literature -- Bibliography
Contains stirring English and American ballads. 12 to 14.
GOLDEN POEMS. Compiled by Francis F. Browne.
Contains five hundred selections from three hundred writers. 14 to 18.
NONSENSE BOOKS. By Edward Lear.
An unequalled collection of nonsense rhymes, songs, stories, botany,
alphabets, and limericks. 6 to 12.
NURSERY RHYME BOOK, THE. Edited by Andrew Lang.
An excellent collection, well illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke. 3 to 6.
POEMS CHILDREN LOVE. Edited by P. W. Coussens.
Contains poems arranged and graded according to ages, being thus very
helpful to parents and teachers. Includes numerous poems not to be found
in other collections. 4 to 16.
POEMS OF CHILDHOOD. By Eugene Field.
Eugene Field understood the peculiar ideals and fancies of the little
ones, and is known as the children’s poet. The book is admirably
illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. 4 to 8.
POSY RING. Compiled by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith.
A book of verse for children. 7 to 11.
RHYMES AND JINGLES. By Mary Mapes Dodge.
Verses of the sort a child learns easily. 4 to 7.
SING-SONG. By Christina G. Rossetti.
Nursery rhymes well illustrated. 4 to 7.
_Supplementary Reading For Boys and Girls_
ACHILLES AND HECTOR. By Agnes Cook Gale.
Homer’s “Iliad” re-told for boys and girls. 9 to 12.
AMERICAN INDIANS. By Frederick Starr.
A book descriptive of the Indians of this continent. 10 to 12.
ASGARD STORIES. By Mary H. Foster and Mabel H. Cummings.
Tales from Norse mythology. 8 to 10.
BA-LONG-LONG, THE IGOROT BOY. By Albert E. Jenks.
Tells about primitive life and primitive people. 10 to 12.
BOOK OF NATURE MYTHS. By Florence Holbrook.
Tells how fire was brought to the Indians, why the sea is salt, why the
woodpecker’s head is red, etc. 8 to 10.
CHILD STORIES FROM THE MASTERS. By Maud Menefee (Mrs. E. L. Bradley).
In simple language Miss Menefee has told the stories of Browning’s
Pippa, and Saul and David, of Dante’s Beatrice, and of Goethe’s Wilhelm
Meister, and Mignon. 7 to 9.
CHILDREN OF THE WIGWAM. By Annie Chase.
Stories of Indian children. 6 to 9.
CITY OF THE SEVEN HILLS. By Caroline H. Harding and Samuel B. Harding.
Descriptive of the manners and customs of ancient Rome. 11 to 13.
CLASSIC STORIES FOR THE LITTLE ONES. Edited by Lida B. McMurray.
Adapted from popular fairy tales. 6 to 8.
COAL AND THE COAL MINES. By Homer Greene.
The story of coal, its formation, discovery, and use. 12 to 14.
CONQUEST OF THE OLD NORTHWEST, THE. By James Baldwin.
Tells of the struggle between the French and the English and the
conquest of the Indians. 12 to 16.
DISCOVERERS AND EXPLORERS. By Edward R. Shaw.
Tells about Balboa, Magellan, Hudson, Cortes, etc. 10 to 12.
DISCOVERY OF THE OLD NORTHWEST, THE. By James Baldwin.
The story of French explorations of the great lakes and of the great
rivers of the Northwest. 12 to 16.
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