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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... GOLDEN BIRD . Eugene Field 246 Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 247 Robert Louis Stevenson 256 257 Eugene Field 262 Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 264 300 Robert Louis Stevenson 301 Björnstjerne Björnson 301 Robert Louis Stevenson 302 Wilhelm and Jakob ...
... GOLDEN BIRD . Eugene Field 246 Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 247 Robert Louis Stevenson 256 257 Eugene Field 262 Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm 264 300 Robert Louis Stevenson 301 Björnstjerne Björnson 301 Robert Louis Stevenson 302 Wilhelm and Jakob ...
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... GOLDEN BIRD · Herbert N. Rudeen 288 • Donn P. Crane 307 Donn P. Crane 315 Roy Appel 321 Lucille Enders 327 Lucille Enders 330 Lucille Enders 337 Lucille Enders 339 R. F. Babcock 341 Donn P. Crane 352 Donn P. Crane 353 FEATHER THE FOX ...
... GOLDEN BIRD · Herbert N. Rudeen 288 • Donn P. Crane 307 Donn P. Crane 315 Roy Appel 321 Lucille Enders 327 Lucille Enders 330 Lucille Enders 337 Lucille Enders 339 R. F. Babcock 341 Donn P. Crane 352 Donn P. Crane 353 FEATHER THE FOX ...
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... bird whose plumage shone like gold ; he had never seen in his life any bird like it . He picked up a stone and threw it at the bird , hoping to be lucky enough to secure it ; but the stone only knocked off a golden feather , and the bird ...
... bird whose plumage shone like gold ; he had never seen in his life any bird like it . He picked up a stone and threw it at the bird , hoping to be lucky enough to secure it ; but the stone only knocked off a golden feather , and the bird ...
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... bird , if you can . " So the poor brother went again to the wood , and when he saw the golden bird sitting on the tree , he took a stone and brought it down and carried it to his brother , who gave him a great heap of gold for it . " I ...
... bird , if you can . " So the poor brother went again to the wood , and when he saw the golden bird sitting on the tree , he took a stone and brought it down and carried it to his brother , who gave him a great heap of gold for it . " I ...
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... bird ! " and then , that her husband might not miss them , for she was afraid of his anger , she quickly killed a chicken , took out the heart and liver , and laid them on the golden bird . As soon as it was ready she carried it in to ...
... bird ! " and then , that her husband might not miss them , for she was afraid of his anger , she quickly killed a chicken , took out the heart and liver , and laid them on the golden bird . As soon as it was ready she carried it in to ...
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Popular passages
Page 348 - You elegant fowl, How charmingly sweet you sing! Oh! let us be married; too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?
Page 347 - THE Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The' Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, "O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are!
Page 417 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child.
Page 412 - They stole little Bridget For seven years long; When she came down again Her friends were all gone. They took her lightly back, Between the night and morrow; They thought that she was fast asleep, But she was dead with sorrow.
Page 32 - OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
Page 60 - Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he: He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Page 150 - What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day ? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger.
Page 26 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Page 411 - Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men. Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather! Down along the rocky shore Some make their home — They live on crispy pancakes Of yellow tide-foam ; Some in the reeds Of the black mountain-lake, With frogs for their watch-dogs, All night awake.
Page 75 - The Swing How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do!