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Parables from Nature More Detail
Parables from Nature By Mrs. Alfred Gatty
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Parables for children inspired by nature. This collection includes all 29 stories from the first, second, third, and fourth series, originally published in separate volumes.
The Story of Greece More Detail
The Story of Greece By Mary Macgregor
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Stories from the history of ancient Greece beginning with mythical and legendary stories of gods and heroes and ending with the conquests of Alexander the Great. Gives short accounts of battles and... More > sieges, and of the men who made Greece a great nation. Ages 10-14< Less
Stories of Roland : Told to the Children More Detail
Stories of Roland : Told to the Children By H. E. Marshall
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Ten illustrated stories from the song of Roland, simply but effectively told, relating how Roland and Oliver died, of Charlemagne's vengeance on Marsil the Saracen and of the punishment of the... More > traitor Ganelon. The treatment is romantic, the style picturesque.< Less
Scotland's Story More Detail
Scotland's Story By H. E. Marshall
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A child's history of Scotland, from legendary days through the time when the kingdoms of Scotland and England were joined together. Relates in vigorous prose the thrilling exploits of the heroes and... More > heroines who defended Scotland from its English invaders. Includes the stories of Macbeth, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, the poet king and the beautiful lady of the garden, the "Glen of Weeping" and many others. First published a century ago, from the author of the highly-acclaimed "Our Island Story."< Less
A Story of the Golden Age More Detail
A Story of the Golden Age By James Baldwin
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Paves the way to an enjoyable reading of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, by presenting the various legends about the causes of the Trojan War woven into a continuous narrative, ending where the story of... More > the Iliad begins. The youthful Odysseus is the hero, as he journeys to visit his grandfather Autolycus, then Nestor and Menelaus, hearing the old stories as he goes.< Less
Among the Pond People More Detail
Among the Pond People By Clara D. Pierson
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Presents the adventures of Mother Eel, the Playful Muskrat, the Snappy Snapping Turtle, and the other Pond People. These stories are full of humor, yet cleverly convey information about the frogs,... More > minnows, and other pond residents and often suggest a moral in a delicate manner which no child could resist.< Less
Fifty Famous Stories Retold More Detail
Fifty Famous Stories Retold By James Baldwin
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Includes fifty legendary tales depicting certain romantic episodes in the lives of well-known heroes and famous men, or in the history of a people. Children naturally take a deep interest in such... More > stories. The reading of them will not only give pleasure but will lay the foundation for broader literary studies, as nearly all are the subjects of frequent allusions in poetry and prose.< Less
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold More Detail
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold By James Baldwin
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This volume was written by the author in answer to the requests of hundreds of children for more stories like the ones they had enjoyed in Fifty Famous Stories Retold. This volume includes stories of... More > historical events, scientific discoveries, and legendary heroes. The richer vocabulary and more complicated plot elements in these stories gradually accustom children to following a longer narrative.< Less
God's Troubadour: The Story of St. Francis of Assisi More Detail
God's Troubadour: The Story of St. Francis of Assisi By Sophie Jewett
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Relates how the gay, courtly young soldier became a knight of Jesus Christ, vowed devotion to Lady Poverty and proved himself the "little brother" to all men and even to the birds and... More > beasts.< Less
The Fairy-Land of Science More Detail
The Fairy-Land of Science By Arabella Buckley
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Introduction to the wonders of the physical world: sunbeams and the work they do, the aerial ocean in which we live, a drop of water on its travels, the two great sculptors-water and ice, the voices... More > of nature and how we hear them, the life of a primrose, the history of a piece of coal, bees in the hive, and bees and flowers.< Less

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