Parables for children inspired by nature. This collection includes all 29 stories from the first, second, third, and fourth... More > series, originally published in separate volumes. < Less

This volume was written by the author in answer to the requests of hundreds of children for more stories like the ones they... More > had enjoyed in Fifty Famous Stories Retold. This volume includes stories of 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

Stories from the history of ancient Greece beginning with mythical and legendary stories of gods and heroes and ending with... More > the conquests of Alexander the Great. Gives short accounts of battles and sieges, and of the men who made Greece a great nation. Ages 10-14 < Less

A child's history of Scotland, from legendary days through the time when the kingdoms of Scotland and England were joined... More > together. Relates in vigorous prose the thrilling exploits of the heroes and 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

Ten illustrated stories from the song of Roland, simply but effectively told, relating how Roland and Oliver died, of... More > Charlemagne's vengeance on Marsil the Saracen and of the punishment of the traitor Ganelon. The treatment is romantic, the style picturesque. < Less

Stories of Robin Hood in a lively retelling that chronicles the events of the time in which Robin Hood lived. Describes how... More > and why he came to live in the Greenwood, and the adventures he had there with Little John, Maid Marian, and the Sheriff of Nottingham. < Less

Presents the adventures of Mother Eel, the Playful Muskrat, the Snappy Snapping Turtle, and the other Pond People. These... More > stories are full of humor, yet cleverly convey information about the frogs, minnows, and other pond residents and often suggest a moral in a delicate manner which no child could resist. < Less

Paves the way to an enjoyable reading of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, by presenting the various legends about the causes of... More > the Trojan War woven into a continuous narrative, ending where the story of 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

Includes fifty legendary tales depicting certain romantic episodes in the lives of well-known heroes and famous men, or in... More > the history of a people. Children naturally take a deep interest in such 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

Twenty stories from Shakespeare retold in lively prose. The author makes the complex language of Shakespeare's greatest... More > plays accessible to young children by relating the stories that form the core of the plays. Her graceful, vivid retellings are the perfect introduction to Shakespeare's works. < Less