Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children, Volume 1An anthology composed of selections of graduated reading difficulty that includes nursery rhymes, fables, fairy tales, poems, folk tales, short stories, historical accounts, biographical profiles, excerpts from longer works, and a usage guide designed to assist with the development of reading programs. |
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... wish for a classification of the selections on the basis of their content will find what they desire in the Index in the tenth volume . Chicago , December , 1909 . C. H. S. PREFACE TO THE NEW ( FIFTEENTH ) EDITION The favor with which ...
... wish for a classification of the selections on the basis of their content will find what they desire in the Index in the tenth volume . Chicago , December , 1909 . C. H. S. PREFACE TO THE NEW ( FIFTEENTH ) EDITION The favor with which ...
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... wish shall be granted . " Not long afterward the plowman's wife did indeed have a little son , who was strong and healthy in every respect but not larger than her husband's thumb ; and strange to say , no matter how much he ate or how ...
... wish shall be granted . " Not long afterward the plowman's wife did indeed have a little son , who was strong and healthy in every respect but not larger than her husband's thumb ; and strange to say , no matter how much he ate or how ...
Page 158
... wish to climb . " Mother , mother , " he called . " Come out and see what the wonderful beans have done . They have made a ladder right up into the sky , and I want to climb it . " His mother was as much astonished as Jack him- self at ...
... wish to climb . " Mother , mother , " he called . " Come out and see what the wonderful beans have done . They have made a ladder right up into the sky , and I want to climb it . " His mother was as much astonished as Jack him- self at ...
Page 162
... was I , also , who inspired you with the wish to climb the ladder . Now the giant lives in this country - here , in fact , in the very castle that was once your father's . Everything he has is yours 162 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK.
... was I , also , who inspired you with the wish to climb the ladder . Now the giant lives in this country - here , in fact , in the very castle that was once your father's . Everything he has is yours 162 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK.
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... wish for saving me thus ? " said the giant . " Why , good uncle , " said Jack , " I want only the old cap and coat which are at the head of your bed and the shoes and rusty old sword in your closet . ' " " " You shall have them , " said ...
... wish for saving me thus ? " said the giant . " Why , good uncle , " said Jack , " I want only the old cap and coat which are at the head of your bed and the shoes and rusty old sword in your closet . ' " " " You shall have them , " said ...
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