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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... began to gnaw on the big ropes . It was a hard task , and his lips grew sore and his sharp teeth ached , but he kept on bravely till one after another the ropes gave way and the King of the Woods was almost free . " Wait just a few ...
... began to gnaw on the big ropes . It was a hard task , and his lips grew sore and his sharp teeth ached , but he kept on bravely till one after another the ropes gave way and the King of the Woods was almost free . " Wait just a few ...
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... began to get hot , Tom jumped about madly , scattering the dough so that his mother thought the pudding was bewitched , and gave it to a tinker who passed by just at that time . The tinker put the pudding into his bag and went on his ...
... began to get hot , Tom jumped about madly , scattering the dough so that his mother thought the pudding was bewitched , and gave it to a tinker who passed by just at that time . The tinker put the pudding into his bag and went on his ...
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... began to think that he did live among them ; and now if you should go to Europe you would hear the German children , the French chil- dren , the Danish children and all the others telling and reading stories about Tom Thumb . But al ...
... began to think that he did live among them ; and now if you should go to Europe you would hear the German children , the French chil- dren , the Danish children and all the others telling and reading stories about Tom Thumb . But al ...
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... began in this way : " In Arthur's court Tom Thumb did live , A man of mickle might , The best of all the Table Round , And eke a doughty knight . TOM THUMB AT KING ARTHUR'S COURT " His stature but an inch in height , Or quarter of a ...
... began in this way : " In Arthur's court Tom Thumb did live , A man of mickle might , The best of all the Table Round , And eke a doughty knight . TOM THUMB AT KING ARTHUR'S COURT " His stature but an inch in height , Or quarter of a ...
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... began by sending a furious blast that at first nearly tore the cloak away ; but the shivering traveler clutched his cloak more tightly and wrapped it about him so closely that the Wind , though he blew his worst , could not get the ...
... began by sending a furious blast that at first nearly tore the cloak away ; but the shivering traveler clutched his cloak more tightly and wrapped it about him so closely that the Wind , though he blew his worst , could not get the ...
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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!