A Book of Children's Literature
It's original purpose - to serve as a text for teachers and librarians in training, and as a source book for all who are interested in children and their reading. This book brings together a representative of old and recent literature. The text provides for a full semesters course in children's literature. age levels from 2 to 15. It has a chapter on selection and evaluation of children's books. Included are chapters on modern fanciful tales, animal and other nature stories, realistic stories and biography as well as fairytales, poetry, greek myths and fables.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- Print Status
- Out of Print
- Story & Poems
- 40
- Pages
- 613
- Suggested Grades
- Early Years - 10th
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company, Inc.
- Edition
- 2nd
- Copyright
- 1939
Story & Poems
- 1 Traditional French FT- The Fairy pg. 48
- 2 Beauty and the Beast pg. 48
- 3 German FT - The Elves and The Shoemaker pg. 56
- 4 Norse FT - The Three Billy-Goats Gruff pg. 67
- 5 English & Irish FT
- 6 Modern Tales- The Steadfast Tin Soldier pg. 134
- 7 The River Bank pg. 177
- 8 The Velveteen Rabbit pg. 186
- 9 The Seller of Dreams pg. 188
- 10 Many Moons pg. 195
- 11 Fables-Greek: Aesop- The Hare and the Tortoise pg. 217
- 12 The Dog in the Manger pg. 217
- 13 The Dog and His Shadow pg. 217
- 14 French Fable- The Earthen Pot and The Iron Pot pg. 224
- 15 American Fable- The mountain and the Squirrel pg. 224
- 16 Myths & Legends- Indian: The Eagle & the Snake pg. 231
- 17 Greek & Roman: The Three Golden Apples pg. 244
- 18 Hero Tales- Hebrew: David pg. 280
- 19 Daniel pg. 282
- 20 English: How Arthur Became King pg. 298
- 21 How Robin Hood Met Little John pg. 300
- 22 American: Paul Bunyan Logs off the Dakotas pg. 316
- 23 Biography: The capture and Escape of Daniel Boone pg. 334
- 24 Invincible Elizabeth pg. 340
- 25 Animal & Nature stores: For the Love of a Man pg. 364
- 26 John J. Audubon- the Baltimore Oriole pg. 380
- 27 The Building of a Spider's Web pg. 381
- 28 Turtles pg. 393
- 29 The Garter Snake's Family pg. 394
- 30 Realistic Stories: The Purple Jar pg. 412
- 31 The Laurence Boy pg. 428 (Mark Twain)
- 32 The Boy's Theater at Rivermouth pg. 439 (L. I. Wilder)
- 33 The Race For the Silver Skates pg. pg 421 (L.M. Alcott)
- 34 Traditional poetry: several selections pg. 497
- 35 Modern Poetry: Johnny Appleseed pg. 538
- 36 A boy's Song (Longfellow) pg. 552
- 37 I Hear America Singing (W. Rands) pg. 554
- 38 The Old Music Box (J. Farrar) pg. 565
- 39 Sleep, Baby, Sleep (Tennyson) pg. 582
- 40 Boats Sail on the River (Dickinson) pg. 605
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