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Lists of Stories and
Programs for Story Hours
Compiled by
The Staff of The Children's Department
St. Louis Public Library
and edited by
EFFIE L. POWER
Revised Edition
NEW YORK
1921
FOREWORD
This story-hour material was first published in the Monthly Bulletin of
the St. Louis Public Library in 1914 and was later reprinted in pamphlet
form. It has been slightly revised for the present edition but the form
and viewpoint has not been changed and most of the notes remain as
originally written for the St. Louis Public Library Staff.
The editor has made no attempt to compile a complete handbook on
story-telling but has merely brought together in uniform printed form,
story lists and programs for story hours as they have been used to meet
the needs in the various divisions of the Children's Department of the
St. Louis Public Library. No claim is made to originality, but the
editor assumes all responsibility for the form and standard of the lists
as here presented.
The aim has been to keep the lists brief and to give short, practical
outlines which may be extended.
Since library story-telling is directed primarily toward inspirational
reading, the selections listed are chiefly from literary sources. A
wealth of material in the form of biography and history has not been
included, because books in those classes have been fully indexed by
subject in the library catalogues. For example: a list of Christmas
stories has been included among the lists for special days, but none has
been given for Washington's Birthday or Independence Day. There is,
however, a list of patriotic and historical narrative poems.
Further explanations will be found in the short paragraphs preceding
each list, and in the index to titles of stories.
EFFIE L. POWER,
_Director of Work with Children_.
Cleveland Public Library,
February 12, 1921.
CONTENTS
Foreword
Stories for little children
Stories for children three and four years old
Stories for children five and six years old
Suggestions for story hours for little children
Stories for special days; chiefly for little children
Christmas stories
Easter stories
Thanksgiving stories
Arbor Day stories
Hallowe'en stories
Stories for older children
Greek cycle stories
Norse cycle stories
King Arthur tales
Charlemagne and Roland legends
Chivalry tales
Stories from Chaucer
Stories from the Faerie Queene
Irish hero tales
Stories from Shakespeare
Stories from the Old Testament
Stories from the New Testament
Robin Hood stories
Ballad stories
For reading aloud
Narrative poems
Prose selections and stories
Books about story telling
Index to titles
Books referred to in the foregoing lists
STORIES FOR CHILDREN THREE AND FOUR
YEARS OLD.
The arrangement is in the order of degree of difficulty. Where the title
would naturally appear in the library catalogue, the author's name only
is given. Where a title appears in several lists, the source is given
only in one, which is indicated by giving the page number in bold face
type preceding title in the index at the end of this pamphlet.
Many of the stories listed may be found in simplified form in the
primers and readers on the little children's shelves.
Rhymes from Mother Goose.
A was an apple pie.
A was an archer who shot at a frog.
This is the house that Jack built.
Three little kittens lost their mittens.
Old Mother Hubbard.
Sing a song of sixpence.
The Queen of Hearts.
I saw a ship a-sailing.
Tom he was a piper's son.
London Bridge is broken down.
Cock Robin and Jenny Wren.
Who killed Cock Robin?
_Best versions of Mother Goose:_
Lang. Nursery rhyme book.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I.
Book of nursery rhymes; Welsh.
Mother Goose's melodies. Wheeler.
See also the Caldecott picture books.
The old woman and her pig.
_Best versions:_
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
Lang. Nursery rhyme book.
_Other versions:_
Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour.
Bryant. How to tell stories.
Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I.
O'Shea. Six nursery classics.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.
Chicken Licken _or_ Henny Penny.
_Best versions_:
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
_Other versions_:
Arnold _and_ Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature,
v. 2. (Chicken Little.)
Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
(Hen who went to Dovrefjeld.)
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
(Chicken Little.)
Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Chicken
Little.)
Darton. Wonder book of beasts.
Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Scudder. Children's book.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Peter Rabbit. Potter.
The gingerbread man.[1]
Three little pigs.[1]
The pancake.[1]
Three goats.
Poulsson. Through the farmyard gate.
[Footnote 1: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]
Golden cobwebs.
_Best versions_:
Bryant. Best stories to tell.
Bryant. How to tell stories.
Little Black Sambo. Bannerman.
The cock, the mouse and the little red hen.[2] Lefevre.
How Jack went to seek his fortune.
_Best version_:
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
Three Billy Goats Gruff.[2]
The travels of a fox.[2]
The elves and the shoemaker.
_Best versions_:
Grimm. Fairy tales; ed. by Lucas.
Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
_Other versions_:
Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour
Bryant. Stories to tell.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Scudder. Children's book.
The cat and the mouse.
_Best version_:
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
_Other versions_:
Arnold _and_ Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. i.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
Darton. Wonder book of beasts.
[Footnote 2: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]
STORIES FOR CHILDREN FIVE AND SIX YEARS OLD.
As I walked over the hills one day. (Poem by Mrs. Carter.)
_Best versions:_
Chisholm. Golden staircase.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Pinafore Palace.
Bremen town musicians.
_Best versions:_
Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
Dame Wiggin of Lee and her seven wonderful cats.
_Best versions:_
Dame Wiggin of Lee and seven wonderful cats.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
O'Shea. Six nursery classics.
Doll in the grass.
_Best versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.
Epaminondas.
_Best versions:_
Bryant. Stories to tell to children.
Bryant. Best stories to tell.
The Hobyahs.
_Best version:_
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
The Half Chick or Medio Pollito.[3]
How the camel got his hump.
Kipling. Just so stories.
[Footnote 3: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]
Johnny cake _or_ Wee bannock[1].
The Jumblies. (Poem by Lear.)
Lear. Nonsense Songs.
Lambikin.
_Best version:_
Jacobs. Indian fairy tales.
_Other versions:_
Bryant. Stories to tell.
Steel. Tales of the Punjab.
Little grey pony.
Lindsay. Mother stories.
Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes[4].
Little red hen and the grain of wheat.
_Best version:_
Bryant. Stories to tell.
_Other versions:_
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable.
Mother Hulda _or_ Mother Holle.
_Best version:_
Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
_Other versions:_
Blaisdell. Child life in many lands.
Lang. Red fairy book.
Night before Christmas. (Poem by Clement C. Moore.)
Moore. Night before Christmas; il. by Jessie Wilcox Smith.
Moore. Night before Christmas (linen picture book).
[Footnote 4: For source, see page number in bold face type in index.]
Ole Shut-Eye stories.
_Best versions:_
Andersen. Wonder stories.
Andersen. Fairy tales.
Peter Rabbit plays a joke.
Burgess. Old Mother West Wind.
Quick running squash.
Aspinwall. Short stories for short people.
Rat princess.
Bryant. How to tell stories.
The sheep and the pig who set up house-keeping.
_Best version:_
Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north. (Ram and the pig.)
Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Adapted.)
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.
Snow White and Rose Red.[5]
Spotty the turtle wins a race.
Burgess. Old Mother West Wind.
Stolen charm.
_Best version:_
Williston. Japanese fairy tales. 1st series.
The straw, the coal and the bean.
_Best version:_
Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
[Footnote 5: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]
_Other versions:_
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Why the bean
wears a stripe.)
Blaisdell. Child life in many lands.
Strong. All the year round; Spring.
The sun and the wind.
_Best version:_
Aesop. Fables; ed. by Jacobs.
Three bears.[6]
Timothy's shoes.
Ewing. Lob-Lie-by-the-fire; and other tales.(To be adapted)
Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse.
_Best version:_
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
Tom, the Water baby.
Kingsley. Water babies, Ch. 1. (To be adapted.)
Why all men love the moon.
_Best version:_
Holbrook. Book of nature myths.
_Other versions:_
Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Sun, the moon and the wind.)
Jacobs. Indian fairy tales. (Sun, moon and wind go to dinner.)
Who stole the bird's nest? (Poem by L.M. Child.)
_Best version:_
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Posy Ring.
_Other versions:_
Lovejoy. Nature in verse.
Waterman. Graded memory selections.
[Footnote 6: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]
Why the evergreens never lose their leaves.
_Best version:_
Holbrook. Book of nature myths.
The wise men of Gotham.
_Best version:_
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
The wolf and the seven little goats.
_Best version:_
Grimm. Household stories tr. by Crane.
_Other versions:_
Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Adapted.) (Wolf and seven
little goslings.)
Grimm. Fairy tales. (Wolf and the seven young kids.)
Mulock. Fairy book. (Wolf and the seven young goslings.)
SUGGESTIONS FOR STORY HOURS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
The following programs for story hours for the
little children are suggestive only. It is desirable
that the best folk tales be repeated as often as the
children desire, and that poems should be read or
recited in connection with the stories where there is
a response. The little children should never be held
longer than half an hour, and twenty minutes is
better. The stories to be told together are numbered
1 and 2. This grouping may be changed and additions
may be made from books which have been
duplicated freely in the juvenile book collections,
but the selection should be kept to the standard of
this list. Also, it is not required that the groups
of stories should be used in the order listed.
See also lists for special days.
PROGRAMS FOR STORY HOURS.
1. Water of life. (Story of the three sons.)
_Best version:_
Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
_Other versions:_
Grimm. Fairy tales; il. by Folkard.
Grimm. German household tales; tr. by Edwardes.
Jerrold. Reign of King Oberon.
Shaw. Fairy tales for the second school year.
Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Magic casements.
_Alternative_
Water of life. (Story of the faithful servant.)
_Best version:_
Pyle. Wonder clock.
_Other versions:_
Lang. Golden mermaid.
Lang. Pink fairy book.
2. Princess whom nobody could silence.
_Best version:_
Thomsen. East o' the sun. (Princess who could not be silenced.)
_Other versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.
Compare with Peter Fiddle-de-dee in
Bay. Danish fairy and folk tales.
* * * * *
1. Princess and the pea.
_Best versions:_
Andersen. Fairytales; tr. by Lucas.
Andersen. Stories and tales; tr. by Dulcken.
2. Lad who went to the north wind.
_Best versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent.
Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy world.
Bay. Danish fairy and folk tales.
Carroll _and_ Brooks. Third reader. (Boy and the north wind.)
Treadwell. Reading-literature, first reader.
* * * * *
1. Tinder box.
_Best versions:_
Andersen. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
Andersen. Wonder stories; tr. by Dulcken.
_Other versions:_
Lang. Yellow fairy book.
Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
Winnington. Outlook fairy book.
2. Travels of a fox.
_Best version:_
Winnington. Outlook story book.
_Other versions:_
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
Johnson. Oak tree fairy book.
* * * * *
1. Robin Goodfellow.
_Best version:_
Rhys. English fairy book.
_Other versions:_
Coates. Fireside encyclopaedia of poetry. (Merry pranks of Robin
Goodfellow.)
Dana. Household book of poetry. (Merry pranks of Robin Goodfellow.)
_Alternative._
1. Presents of the little folk.
_Best version:_
Grimm. Fairy tales. (Little folks' presents.)
_Other versions:_
Grimm. German household tales.
Grimm. Household fairy tales; tr. by Boldrey.(The greedy goldsmith's
reward.)
2. The fairies. (Poem by Robert Bird.)
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Posy ring.
See other poems about fairies in
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Golden numbers _and_ Posy ring.
* * * * *
1. Snow queen.
_Best versions:_
Andersen. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
Andersen. Wonder stories; tr. by Dulcken.
_Other versions:_
Lang. Pink fairy book.
Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
Do not tell a second story.
1. Golden bird.
_Best version:_
Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
_Other versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld.
Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
Grimm. Best stories.
Grimm. Household fairy tales; tr. by Boldrey.
Lang. Green fairy book.
Marshall. Fairy tales of all nations.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3.
Scudder. Children's book.
Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Magic casements.
Compare with Golden mermaid in
Lang. Green fairy book.
2. Husband who was to mind the house.
_Best versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent.
Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy world.
Asbjoernsen. Popular tales from the Norse; tr. by Dasent.
Laboulaye. Fairy tales. (Good woman.)
Laboulaye. Last fairy tales. (Grizzled Peter.)
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
* * * * *
1. Billy Beg and the bull.
_Best version:_
MacManus. In chimney corners.
_Other versions:_
Bryant. Best stories to tell.
Bryant. How to tell stories.
Wiggin. Tales of wonder.
2. Cock, the mouse and the little red hen.
_Best version:_
Lefevre. Cock, the mouse and the little red hen.
_Other versions:_
Van Sickle. Riverside reader, 2nd. (Adapted.)
Compare with Little red hen in
Blaisdell. Child life, in tale and fable. 2nd reader.
Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
Treadwell. Reading-literature, primer.
* * * * *
1. Ugly duckling.
_Best versions:_
Andersen. Fairy tales; ed. by Lucas.
Andersen. Wonder stories; tr. by Dulcken.
_Other versions:_
Arnold _and_ Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. 3.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Adapted.)
Baldwin. Fairy reader.
Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Adapted.)
Boston collection of kindergarten stories.
Carroll _and_ Brooks. Third reader.
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Gibbon. Old King Cole.
Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
Lang. Orange fairy book.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
McMurry. Classic myths.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3. (Adapted.)
Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
Scudder. Children's book.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Whittier. Child life in prose.
2. Good little mouse.
_Best versions:_
D'Aulnoy. Fairy tales; tr. by Planché.
Lang. Red fairy book.
_Other versions:_
Heller. Little golden hood.
Lang. Snowdrop and other stories.
Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.
* * * * *
1. Necklace of truth.
_Best version:_
Mace. Home fairy tales.
2. Pancake.
_Best version:_
Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy world.
Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld.
Brown. Jingle primer.
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
Treadwell. Reading-literature, primer.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.
Compare with Gingerbread man in
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
Bryant. Best stories to tell.
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Grover. Folk-lore reader, bk. i.
St. Nicholas, v. 2.
Summers. Readers, 1st year.
Treadwell. Reading-literature, primer.
Compare with Johnny cake in
Bailey. Firelight stories.
Baldwin. Second fairy reader.
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.
Compare with Wee bannock in
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
1. Goody two-shoes.
_Best versions_:
Welsh ed. History of little Goody Two-shoes.
Scudder. Children's book.
_Other versions_:
Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Adapted.)
Crane. Goody Two-shoes.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
Poulsson. In the child's world. (Adapted.)
Welsh. Stories children love.
2. Pied piper. (Poem by Browning.)
Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable.
Bellamy and Goodwin. Open Sesame, pt. 1.
Browning. Pied piper of Hamelin; il. by Greenaway.
Browning. Poems.
Chisholm. Golden staircase.
Lucas. Book of verses for children.
Patmore. Children's garland from the best poets.
White. Poetry for school readings.
Whittier. Child life in poetry.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Golden numbers.
_Prose versions_:
Bryant. Best stories to tell.
Bryant. How to tell stories.
Crommelin. Famous legends.
Jacobs. More English fairy tales. (Pied piper of Franchville.)
Lang. Red fairy book. (Rat catcher.)
Lang. Snow man and other stories. (Rat catcher.)
* * * * *
1. East o' the sun and west o' the moon.
_Best versions_:
Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent.
Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy world.
Dasent. Popular tales from the Norse.
Jerrold. Reign of King Oberon.
Lang. Blue fairy book.
Lang. Sleeping beauty and other stories.
Wiggin and Smith. Fairy ring.
2. Epaminondas.
_Best versions:_
Bryant. Best stories to tell.
Bryant. Stories to tell.
* * * * *
1. Black bull of Norroway.
_Best version:_
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
_Other versions:_
Lang. Blue fairy book.
Rhys. English fairy book.
Compare with Red bull of Norroway in
Singleton. Goldenrod fairy book.
2. Goody 'Gainst-the-stream.
_Best version:_
Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent.
_Other versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north. (Contrary woman.)
Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld.
* * * * *
1. Half chick.
_Best version:_
Lang. Green fairy book.
_Other versions:_
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Adapted.)
Brown. Jingle primer.
Bryant. Best stories to tell.
Bryant. Stories to tell.
Carroll _and_ Brooks. Third reader.
Howard. Banbury Cross stories.
Laboulaye. Fairy tales. (Story of Coquerico.)
Mace. Home fairy tales. (Medio Pollito.)
Treadwell. Reading-literature. Ist reader.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring. (Story of Coquerico.)
2. The bee, the harp, the mouse and the bum-clock.
MacManus. Donegal fairy stories.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.
* * * * *
1. Scarface.
_Best version:_
Grinnell. Blackfoot Lodge tales.
_Other version:_
Wilson. Myths of the red children.
2. Why the sea is salt.
_Best versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent.
Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north. (Quern at the bottom
of the sea.)
Asbjoernsen. Popular tales from the Norse; tr. by Dasent.
Bryant. How to tell stories. (Adapted.)
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Lang. Blue fairy book.
Lang. Cinderella; and other fairy stories.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.
Compare with Coffee-mill which grinds salt in
Bay. Danish fairy and folk tales.
1. Old Pipes and the dryad.
Stockton. Bee man of Orn.
Stockton. Fanciful tales.
2. The old woman and the tramp.
_Best versions_:
Djurklon. Fairy tales from the Swedish.
Wiggin and Smith. Tales of laughter.
* * * * *
1. The Elephant's child.
Kipling. Just so stories.
Kipling reader for elementary grades.
Do not tell a second story.
* * * * *
1. Jack and the bean stalk.
_Best version_:
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
_Other versions_:
Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
Carroll _and_ Brooks. Third reader.
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Crane. Red Riding Hood's picture book.
Cruikshank. Fairy book.
Gibbon. Old King Cole.
Heller. Little golden hood.
Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
Lang. Jack and the bean stalk.
Lang. Red fairy book.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
Mulock. Fairy book.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3.
O'Shea. Old world wonder stories.
Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
Rhys. English fairy book; il. by Whitney.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
2. Three billy-goats gruff.
_Best versions:_
Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables. (Three goats named Bruse.)
Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions:_
Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north; tr. by Dasent.
Asbjoernsen. Fairy world.
Bailey. Firelight stories.
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Dasent. Popular tales from the Norse.
Treadwell. Reading-literature, primer.
Van Sickle. Riverside readers, 2nd.
Wiggin and Smith. Tales of laughter.
* * * * *
1. Tiger, Brahman and Jackal.
_Best version:_
Jacobs. Indian fairy tales.
_Other versions:_
Bryant. Stories to tell.
Steel. Tales of the Punjab.
2. Cinderella _or_ Aschenputtel.
_Best versions:_
Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane.
_Other versions:_
Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
Canton. Reign of King Herla.
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Cruikshank. Fairy book.
Grimm. Household tales; tr. by Lucas.
Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
Lang. Blue fairy book.
Lang. Cinderella
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
McMurry. Classic stories.
Marshall. Fairy tales of all nations.
Mulock. Fairy book.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
Perrault. Tales of Mother Goose.
Rhys. English fairy book; il. by Whitney.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Scudder. Children's book.
Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
Shaw. Fairy tales for the second school year.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
Compare with Rushen coatie in
Jacobs. More English fairy tales
_and_ Huron Cinderella in
Kennedy. New world fairy book.
* * * * *
1. Aladdin, or the wonderful lamp.
_Best versions:_
Arabian nights; ed. by Wiggin _and_ Smith.
Fairy tales from the Arabian nights; ed. by Dixon.
_Other versions:_
Arabian nights; ed. by Lang.
Arabian nights; ed. by Olcott.
Arabian nights; ed. by Rouse.
Arnold _and_ Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. 4. (Adapted.)
Blaisdell. Child life in literature. (Adapted.)
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
Lang. Blue fairy book.
Lang. History of Whittington and other stories.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3. (Adapted.)
Scudder. Children's book.
Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
2. The Hobyahs.
_Best version_:
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
* * * * *
1. Beauty and the beast.
_Best versions_:
Lang. Blue fairy book.
Scudder. Children's book.
_Other versions_:
Bay. Danish fairy and folk tales. (Beauty and the horse.)
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
Lang. Jack, the giant killer and other fairy stories.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
Mulock. Fairy book.
Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
2. Gudbrand-on-the-hillside _or_ Dame Gudbrand.
_Best versions_:
Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions_:
Laboulaye. Fairy tales. (Good woman.)
Laboulaye. Last fairy tales.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Compare with
Andersen. What the good man does is sure to be right.
* * * * *
1. Jack the giant killer.
_Best version_:
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
_Other versions_:
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Gibbon. Old King Cole.
Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
Lang. Blue fairy book.
Lang. Jack the giant killer.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know
Marshall. Fairy tales of all nations.
Mulock. Fairy book.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3.
O'Shea. Old world wonders stories.
Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
Rhys. English fairy book.
Scudder. Children's book.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales
Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.
2. Three sillies.
_Best versions_:
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Compare with Six sillies in
Lang. Red fairy book.
1. Little One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes.
_Best versions_:
Grimm. Household fairy tales; tr. by Boldrey.
Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
_Other versions_:
Grimm. Fairy tales; Wiltse, pt. 2.
Grimm. German household tales.
Lang. Green fairy book.
Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
Marshall. Fairy tales of all nations.
Mulock. Fairy book.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Scudder. Children's book.
Shaw. Fairy tales for second school year.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Thompson. Fairy tale and fable.
Treadwell. Reading-literature, 1st reader. (Little Two-eyes.)
Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
2. Mr. Vinegar.
_Best version_:
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
* * * * *
1. Sleeping beauty in the wood.
_Best version_:
Lang. Blue fairy book. (Omit part after awakening by the prince.)
_Other versions_:
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Sleeping princess.)
Carroll _and_ Brooks. Third reader.
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
Lane. Stories for children.
Lang. Sleeping beauty.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
Mulock. Fairy book.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
Perrault. Tales of Mother Goose.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Scudder. Children's book.
Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
Winnington. Outlook fairy book.
The Lang and Valentine versions give a second part of
the story which the others omit.
Compare with Briar Rose in
Baldwin. Fairy reader.
Grimm. Fairy tales tr. by Lucas.
Grimm. German popular fairy tales tr. by Boldrey.
Grimm. Household tales; tr. by Edwardes.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.
Compare with the Myth of the awakening of Brunhilda.
2. Nanny who wouldn't go home to supper.
_Best versions_:
Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north.
Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld. (How they got Hair Lock home.)
Compare with Old woman and her pig in
Jacobs. English fairy tales
_and_ Munacher Manachar in
Jacobs. Celtic fairy tales.
* * * * *
1. Snow-white and Rose-red.
_Best versions_:
Grimm. Household stories.
Grimm. Household fairy tales; tr. by Boldrey.
_Other versions_:
Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable.
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Grimm. Best stories.
Grimm. Fairy tales; Wiltse, pt. 1.
Grimm. House in the wood; il. by Brooke.
Lane. Stories for children.
Lang. Blue fairy book.
Lang. Little Red Riding Hood; and other stories.
Mulock. Fairy book.
Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales.
Singleton. Goldenrod fairy book.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.
2. The lad and the fox.
_Best versions:_
Djurklon. Fairy tales from the Swedish.
Wiggin and Smith. Tales of laughter.
* * * * *
1. Three bears.
_Best versions:_
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
Lang. Green fairy book.
_Other versions:_
Arnold _and_ Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. 2.
Bailey. Firelight stories.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour.
Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Silver locks.)
Boston collection of kindergarten stories.
Brooke. Story of the three bears.
Bryant. How to tell stories.
Coussens. Child's book of stories. (Goldilocks.)
Crane. Mother Hubbard picture book.
Darton. Wonder book of beasts. (Adapted.)
Grover. Folk-lore readers, bk. 1.
Howard. Banbury Cross stories.
Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales.
Lang. Snow man and other stories.
Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
McMurry. Classic stories.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
O'Shea. Six nursery classics.
Rhys. English fairy book.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Scudder. Children's book.
Summers. Readers. 1st year.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Thompson. Fairy tale and fable.
Tileston. Children's hour.
Tileston. Sugar and spice.
Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
In Jacobs' English fairy tales and Lang's Green fairy
book, a version by Southey has been followed exactly.
In some of the other versions a little girl has been
substituted for the old woman and there are minor
variations. In Mrs. Valentine's Old, old fairy tales,
the story has been greatly changed and lengthened.
Compare Scrapefoot in
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
2. Tom Thumb.
_Best versions:_
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
Scudder. Children's book.
_Other versions:_
Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Valentine. Old, old fairy tales.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.
1. Three little pigs.
_Best versions:_
Brooke. Story of the three little pigs.
Jacobs. English fairy book.
_Other versions:_
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour
Brooke. Golden Goose book.
Brown. Jingle primer.
Bryant. How to tell stories.
Coussens. Child's book of stories.
Darton. Wonder book of beasts.
Grover. Folk-lore readers, bk. 1.
Lansing. Rhymes and stories.
Treadwell. Reading-literature, 1st reader.
Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Tales of laughter.
Compare with The story of three pigs in
Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
Lang. Green fairy book.
Lang. Snow man and other stories.
Summers. Readers, 1st year.
2. The cock and the crested hen.
_Best versions:_
Djurklou. Fairy tales from the Swedish.
Wiggin and Smith. Tales of laughter.
* * * * *
1. The tar baby.
2. How Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox.
3. How Mr. Rabbit lost his fine bushy tail.
_Best version:_
Harris. Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings.
* * * * *
1. King of the golden river.
Ruskin. King of the golden river.
2. Robert of Lincoln. (Poem by Bryant.)
Bryant. Poems.
Lovejoy. Nature in verse for children.
Repplier. Book of famous verse.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Posy ring.
* * * * *
1. Little Snow-white.
_Best version_:
Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane.
_Other versions_:
Lang. Red fairy book.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know
Mulock. Fairy book.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Valentine. Old, old fairy tales. (Snowdrop.)
2. Three wishes.
_Best versions_:
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
Laboulaye. Last fairy tales.
* * * * *
1. Wild swans.
_Best versions_:
Andersen. Fairy tales.
Andersen. Wonder stories.
_Other versions_:
Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales. (Twelve wild ducks.)
Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane. (Six swans.)
Jerrold. Reign of King Oberon.
Thomsen. East o' the sun. (Twelve wild ducks.)
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Fairy ring.
2. Boots and his brothers.
_Best versions_:
Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales. (Jack and his brothers.)
Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions:_
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour. (Peter, Paul and Espen.)
Laboulaye. Fairy tales.
Laboulaye. Last fairy tales.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
* * * * *
1. Tom Hickathrift.
_Best versions:_
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
Rhys. English fairy book.
2. Diana; and the story of Orion.
_Best version:_
Francillon. Gods and heroes.
* * * * *
1. The fisherman and his wife.
_Best version:_
Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane.
_Other versions:_
Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables.
Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
Lang. Green fairy book.
Scudder. Children's book.
2. The Banyan deer.
_Best version:_
Jatakas. Jataka tales; Babbitt.
* * * * *
1. Fisherman and the genii.
_Best version:_
Arabian nights; ed. by Wiggin _and_ Smith.
_Other versions:_
Fairy tales from the Arabian nights; ed. by Dixon.
Arabian nights; ed. by Lang.
Arabian nights; ed. by Olcott.
2. The Lady of Shalott. (Poem by Tennyson.)
Tennyson. Poems.
Couch. Oxford book of English verse.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Golden numbers.
* * * * *
1. Whittington and his cat.
_Best version:_
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
_Other versions:_
Baldwin. Fifty famous stories retold.
Lang. History of Whittington.
Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 2.
Scudder. The book of fables and folk stories
2. Orpheus and Eurydice.
_Best version:_
Francillon. Gods and heroes.
_Other versions:_
Carpenter. Hellenic tales.
Firth. Stories of old Greece.
* * * * *
1. Adventures of Nils.
Lagerlöf. Wonderful adventures of Nils.
Outline: The elf--The wild geese--Glimminge Castle
(cut)--The rat charmer--The great crane dance--on
Kullaberg--Ulvasa--Lady.
Do not tell a second story.
* * * * *
1. Persephone.
_Best versions:_
Adams. Myths of old Greece. (Proserpina.)
Hawthorne. Tanglewood tales. (Pomegranate seeds.)
_Other versions:_
Burt. Herakles, the hero of Thebes.
Cooke. Nature myths.
Cox. Tales of ancient Greece.
Francillon. Gods and heroes.
Mabie. Myths every child should know. (Hawthorne version.)
2. How the leaves came down. (Poem by Coolidge.)
Lovejoy. Nature in verse for children.
Skinner. Arbor Day manual.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Posy ring.
* * * * *
1. Hansel and Grethel.
_Best versions:_
Grimm. Household stories; tr. by Crane.
Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
Lang. Blue fairy book.
_Other versions:_
Jerrold. Reign of King Oberon.
Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know.
Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
2. Quick running squash.
Aspinwall. Short stories for short people.
* * * * *
1. Peterkin and the little grey hare.
_Best version:_
Pyle. Wonder clock.
2. Mirror of Matsuyama.
_Best versions:_
Williston. Japanese fairy tales. 1st ser.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Magic casements
* * * * *
1. The reformed pirate.
Stockton. Floating prince.
2. How the camel got his hump.[7]
3. The camel's hump. (Poem.)
Kipling. Just so stories.
Kipling reader for elementary grades.
[Footnote 7: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]
STORIES FOR SPECIAL DAYS; CHIEFLY FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
CHRISTMAS STORIES
For poems see Granger. Index to poetry and recitations: Appendix.
_Birth of Christ._
The Bible. St. Matthew, Chap. 2. St. Luke, Chap. 2.
See also adaptations in collections of Bible Stories.
_Christ Legends._
Babouscka.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 235
Dickinson _and_ Skinner. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 208.
Dier. Children's book of Christmas, p. 105.
Coming of the prince.
Field. Little book of profitable tales, p. 31.
Herman's treasure box.
Broadus. Book of the Christ child, p. 77.
Legend of St. Christopher.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 233.
Broadus. Book of the Christ child, p. 145.
Chenoweth. Stories of the saints, p. 101.
Olcott. Good stories for great holidays, p. 305.
Smith and Hazeltine. Christmas in legend and story, p. 103.
St. Nicholas, v. 3, p. 137.
Scudder. Book of legends, p. 31.
Legend of the Christ child.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 96.
Harrison, Christmas-tide, p. 237.
Little friend.
Brown. Flower princess, p. 45.
Story of the other wise man. Van Dyke.
Where love is, God is. Tolstoi.
_Stories._
Bird's Christmas Carol. Wiggin.
Captured Santa Claus. Page.
Christmas before last.
Stockton. Bee-man of Orn and other tales, p. 87.
Christmas cake.
Lindsay. More mother stories, p. 165.
Christmas cuckoo.
Browne. Granny's wonderful chair, p. 17.
Christmas dream.
Alcott. Lulu's library, v. 1, p. 7.
Christmas every day.
Howells. Christmas every day; and other stories.
Christmas in the barn.
Dickinson, Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 211.
Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 119.
Christmas masquerade.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 19.
Wilkins. Pot of gold, p. 115.
Christmas truants.
Stockton. Clocks of Rondaine, p. 75.
Stockton. Fanciful tales, p. 108.
Christmas turkey and how it came.
Alcott. Lulu's library, v. 3, p. 22.
Christmas under the snow.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 261.
Miller. Kristy's queer Christmas, p. 67.
Clocks of Rondaine.
Stockton. Clocks of Rondaine, p. 1.
Stockton. Fanciful tales, p. 52.
Dog of Flanders. Ouida.
Felix.
Stein. Troubadour tales, p. 132.
Fir-tree.
Andersen. Wonder stories, p. 46.
Bryant. Best stories to tell to children, p. 134.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 6.
Lang. Pink fairy book, p. 102,
Lansing. Fairy tales, v. 2, p. 41.
Schauffler. Christmas, p. 241.
Scudder. Children's book, p. 167.
First Christmas tree. Van Dyke.
First Christmas tree in New England.
Colonial stories retold from St. Nicholas, p. 62.
Golden cobwebs.
Bryant. Best stories to tell to children, p. 22.
Bryant. How to tell stories to children, p. 133.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 193.
Schauffler. Christmas, p. 296.
Gretchen and the wooden shoe.
Lindsay. Mother stories, p. 167.
How Christmas came to the Santa Maria flats.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 196.
How the fir tree became the Christmas tree.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 238.
In the great walled country.
Alden. Why the chimes rang, p. 138.
Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 103.
Legend of the Christmas rose.
Lagerlöf. Girl from the marsh croft, p. 189.
Smith _and_ Hazeltine. Christmas in legend and story, p. 175.
Little cake bird.
Tregarthen. North Cornwall fairies and legends.
Little Cosette. (Adapted from Victor Hugo.)
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 244.
Little girl's Christmas.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 48.
Little Gretchen and the wooden shoe.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 316.
Harrison. Christmas-tide, p. 219.
Master Sandy's snap dragon.
Brooks. Storied holidays, p. 11.
My grandmother's grandmother's Christmas candle.
Colonial stories retold from St. Nicholas, p. 135.
New altar.
Broadus. Book of the Christ child, p. 5.
Peterkin's Christmas tree.
Hale. Peterkin papers, p. 63.
Picciola.
Blaisdell. Child life in many lands, p. 74.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Story hour, p. 156.
Poor Count's Christmas. Stockton.
St. Nicholas, v. 9, p. 122; p. 189.
Sabot of little Wolff. Coppée.
Blaisdell. Child life; fifth reader, p. 9.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 139.
Smith _and_ Hazeltine. Christmas in legend and story, p. 232.
Santa Claus at Simpson's bar.
Harte. Luck of Roaring Camp, p. 161.
Schauffler. Christmas, p. 282.
Santa Claus on a lark.
Gladden. Santa Claus on a lark; and other Christmas stories, p. 1.
Silver hen.
Wilkins. Pot of gold, p. 154.
Solomon Crow's Christmas pockets.
Stuart. Solomon Crow's Christmas pockets; and other tales, p. 3.
Symbol and the saint.
Field. Little book of profitable tales, p. 15.
Tailor of Gloucester. Potter.
Tell tale tile.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 36.
Miller. Kristy's queer Christmas, p. 136.
Three little Christmas trees that grew on the hill.
O'Grady _and_ Throop. Story teller's book, p. 221.
Tilly's Christmas.
Alcott. Aunt Jo's scrap bag, No. 1, p. 123.
Tiny Tim. Dickens.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 248.
Dickens. Christmas carol, ch. 3.
Harrison. Christmas-tide, p. 152.
Tommy Trot's visit to Santa Claus. Page.
Voyage of the wee red cap.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 86.
Where the Christmas tree grew.
Wilkins. Young Lucretia and other stories, p. 105.
Why the chimes rang.
Alden. Why the chimes rang, p. 1.
Dickinson. Children's book of Christmas stories, p. 113.
EASTER STORIES.
The Resurrection.
The Bible. St. Matthew, Ch. 28.
See also adaptations in collections of Bible Stories.
_Stories._
Boy that was scaret o' dyin'.
Slosson. Story-Tell Lib, p. 72.
Boy who discovered the spring.
Alden. Why the chimes rang.
Easter snow storm.
St. Nicholas, v. 25, p. 472.
Fred's Easter Monday.
St. Nicholas, v. 2, p. 356.
General's Easter box.
Our holidays, p. 159.
St. Nicholas, v. 31, p. 483.
Herr Oster Hase.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 281.
King Robert of Sicily. (Poem by Longfellow.)
Longfellow. Poems.
Ladders to Heaven.
Ewing. Mary's meadow, p. 233.
The legend of Easter eggs. (Poem by Fitz-James O'Brien.)
Olcott. Story-telling poems, p. 310.
Lesson of faith.
Gatty. Parables from nature, p. 1.
Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 307.
Boston collection of kindergarten stories, p. 139. (Adapted.)
Harrison. In story-land, p. 96. (Story of the small green caterpillar.)
Olcott. Good stories, p. 7. (Adapted.)
Little lilac bush.
Wiggin. Polly Oliver's problem, p. 205.
Mother Hubbard's Easter lily.
Bigham. Stories of Mother Goose village, p. 153.
Persephone.[A]
Plant that lost its berry.
Slosson. Story-Tell Lib, p. 38.
Sacred flame.
Lagerlöf. Christ legends, p. 221.
Selfish giant.
Wilde. Happy prince, and other tales, p. 45.
Sleeping Beauty in the wood.[8]
Snowdrop.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 280.
Star and the lily.
Emerson. Indian myths, p. 68.
Mabie. Myths every child should know, p. 348. (Adapted.)
Trinity flower.
Ewing. Mary's meadow, p. 215.
[Footnote 8: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]
THANKSGIVING STORIES.
All the plums.
St. Nicholas, 10: 34.
An old time Thanksgiving.
St. Nicholas, 24: 58.
Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 135.
Ann Mary; her two Thanksgivings.
Wilkins, M.E. Young Lucretia, p. 37.
Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 103.
Borrowing a grandmother.
St. Nicholas, 4: 38.
Boston Thanksgiving story.
Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 93
Bunny's Thanksgiving.
Jewett. Bunny stories, p. 152.
"Chusey."
Coolidge. New Year's bargain, p. 178.
Coming of Thanksgiving.
Warner. Being a boy, p. 76.
First Thanksgiving.
Austin. Standish of Standish, p. 276.
Schwartz. Five little strangers, p. 67.
First Thanksgiving day.
Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 21.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Story hour, p. 107.
Grandma's Thanksgiving story.
Half a hundred stories, p. 110.
Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 31.
Helen's Thanksgiving.
Coolidge. Round dozen, p. 47.
How Patty gave thanks.
Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 94.
In the cellar.
St. Nicholas, 16: 59.
Janie Leech's angel.
Moulton. Bed time stories, p. 211.
Jericho Bob.
St. Nicholas, 19: 65.
Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 71.
Minna's Thanksgiving. (Poem.)
Poulsson. Through the farmyard gate, p. 75, chap. XXI.
Mischief's Thanksgiving. Coolidge.
Mr. Thankful.
St. Nicholas, 27: 50.
Old fashioned Thanksgiving. Alcott.
Patem's salmagundi.
Brooks. Storied holidays, p. 253.
Polly's Thanksgiving.
Schauffler. Thanksgiving, p. 129.
The ragged pedlar.
Naomi, _Aunt_. Jewish fairy tales and fables, p. 39.
The runaway's Thanksgiving.
Boyesen. Norseland tales, p. 102.
Story of Ruth and Naomi.
The Bible. Book of Ruth.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 219. (Adapted.)
Story of the first corn.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 221.
(Adapted from Longfellow's Hiawatha.)
Thanksgiving at Hollywood.
Half a hundred stories, p. 76.
Thanksgiving dinner.
White. When Molly was six, p. 114.
A Thanksgiving dinner that flew away.
St. Nicholas, 11: 13.
Our holidays, p. 23.
Turkeys turning the tables.
Howells. Christmas every day, p. 23.
Wee Pumpkin's Thanksgiving.
Bigham. Stories of Mother Goose village, p. 75.
Who ate the dolly's dinner.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 225.
See also books on United States History--Colonial period.
ARBOR DAY STORIES.
Appleseed John.
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 182.
Harrison. In story-land, p. 187. (Old Johnny Appleseed.)
Olcott. Story telling poems, p. 46. (Poem.)
Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 59.
Apollo and Daphne.
Francillon. Gods and heroes, p. 44.
Kupfer. Stories of long ago, p. 52.
Olcott. Good stories, p. 383.
Baucis and Philemon.
Hawthorne. Wonder book, p. 140. (The miraculous pitcher.)
Bailey _and_ Lewis. For the children's hour, p. 185. (Adapted.)
Olcott. Good stories, p. 374.
Honest woodman.
Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 22.
Karl and the Dryad.
Brown. Star jewels, p. 67.
Legend of the cowslip.
Wiltse. Stories for the kindergarten, p. 163.
Little brown seed.
Howliston. Cat-tails and other tales, p. 40.
Maple leaf and the violet.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Story hour, p. 133.
Mary's Meadow. Ewing. (To be adapted.)
Old Pipes and the dryad.[A]
Story of the morning glory seed.
Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 399.
Talk of the trees.
Andrews. Stories Mother Nature told, p. 25.
Three little birds.
Richards. Five minute stories, p. 142.
Tree in the city.
Richards. Golden windows, p. 18.
Twig that became a tree.
Schauffler. Arbor Day, p. 160.
Walnut tree that wanted to bear tulips.
Howliston. Cat-tales and other tales, p. 74.
Wiltse. Stories for the kindergarten, p. 35.
Why the evergreen never lose their leaves.[9]
[Footnote 9: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]
HALLOWE'EN STORIES.
Buried moon.
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
Chace of the Gilla Dacar.
Curtin. Hero tales of Ireland.
Rolleston. High deeds of Finn.
Murdoch's rath.
Ewing. Old fashioned fairy tales.
Tamlane.
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
Tappan. Old ballads in prose.
STORIES FOR OLDER CHILDREN.
The cycle story hours in the St. Louis Public Library
are planned to interest older boys and girls in
great works of literature and to inspire them to read
along one line for several weeks or months. Stories
in a series are told at a definite hour each week to
encourage regular attendance. However, each story
is complete in itself and any boys and girls of nine
years and more are invited to attend whether or not
they are registered borrowers of books.
GREEK CYCLE STORIES.
Greek Myths.
1. The gorgon's head.
2. Three golden apples.
3. The miraculous pitcher.
4. The Chimaera.
5. The Minotaur.
6. The Pygmies.
7. The golden fleece.
_Sources for the story teller:_
Hawthorne. Wonder book.
Hawthorne. Tanglewood tales.
Kingsley. Heroes, or, Greek fairy tales for my children.
The Hawthorne books are Greek myths interpreted into
moral stories written in the author's inimitable style. The
characters are more human and real to the child than those
in the Kingsley version. Kingsley retains the Greek spirit
and tells the stories in bold, strong, heroic outlines. They
are probably more easily adapted than the Hawthorne versions.
Stories from the Odyssey.
1. Adventures of Ulysses with the Lotus Eaters and the Cyclops.
2. Kingdom of the Winds and the Island of Circe.
3. The visit to the Land of Shades.
4. Song of the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis and the Oxen of the Sun.
5. The Island of Calypso and the shipwreck on the coast of Phaeocia.
6. Princess Nausicaa.
7. Battle of the Beggars.
8. Triumph of Ulysses.
_Sources for the story teller:_
Homer. Odyssey; tr. by W.C. Bryant.
Parts read or recited from this straightforward, dignified
translation in blank verse will be appreciated by children.
Homer. Odyssey; done into English prose by Butcher and Lang.
Homer; tr. by G.H. Palmer.