Fifty Famous Stories Retold (in chronological order) - AO Selections Only
by James Baldwin Author
A collection of stories admirably retold by James Baldwin. Selecting the best of our literary heritage, Baldwin cast it into a form that delights children of all ages.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1599150069
- Print Status
- In Print
- Weeks
- 25
- Pages
- 200
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 5th
- Historical Setting
- 825 BC - 1896 AD
- Publisher
- Yesterday's Classics
- Copyright
- 2005
- Written
- 1896
Weeks
- 1 Ch. 30 - The Sword of Damocles (Greek)
- 2 Ch. 31 & 32 - Damon and Pythias; and A Laconic Answer (Greek)
- 3 Ch. 36 - The Brave Three Hundred
- 4 Ch. 34 & 35 - Alexander and Bucephelas; and Diogenes (Greek)
- 5 Ch. 25 - The Story of Regulus (Roman)
- 6 Ch. 26 - Cornelia's Jewels (Roman)
- 7 Ch. 28 - Horatius at the Bridge (Roman)
- 8 Ch. 24 - Cincinnatus (Roman)
- 9 Ch. 27 - Androclus and the Lion (Roman)
- 10 Ch. 2 - King Alfred and the Beggar (Saxon England)
- 11 Ch. 20 - The Story of William Tell (Switzerland 1300's)
- 12 Ch. 21 - Arnold Winkelried; (1386)
- 13 Ch. 8 - Bruce and the Spider (Britain, 1329)
- 14 Ch. 9 - The Black Douglas (James Douglas, Britain, d 1330)
- 15 Ch. 46 - Whittington (Britain, 1423)
- 16 Ch. 45 - The *Inchcape Rock (1500's)
- 17 Ch. 47 - Casablanca (1500's)
- 18 Ch. 13 & 14 - Sir Philip Sidney (1586) and The Ungrateful Soldier
- 19 Ch. 18 & 39 - George Washington and his Hatchet (5 page) and Doctor Goldsmith (1774)
- 20 Ch. 49 - Picciola (1800's)
- 21 Ch. 23 - How Napoleon Crossed the Alps (1800's)
- 22 Ch. 44 - Maximillian and the Gooseherd (King of Bavaria, 1800's))
- 23 Ch. 48 - Antonio Canova (1822)
- 24 Ch. 19 - Grace Darling (1842)
- 25 Ch. 40 - The Kingdoms (Frederick William, King of Prussia)
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