Rollo's Vacation/Google Book

Rollo's vacation

By Jacob Abbott

Contributor Samuel Colman

Published by Samuel Colman, 1855

Original from the University of California

Digitized Nov 6, 2008

191 pages

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Fourth or fifth grade reader.

Review of Rollo series books.

The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children

An early elementary nature/geography reader.

The stories Mother Nature told her children
By Jane Andrews
Published by Ginn & Company, 1888
161 pages

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Persia/Google Books

An interesting booklet on Persia, modern day Iran.

Persia
By Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). Committee of General Literature and Education
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846
200 pages

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The Seven Champions of Christendom /Google Books

The seven champions of Christendom: a new version from the most ancient chronicles and records, all other authentic and reliable sources of information especially adapted for the enlightenment, edification, and instruction of the rising generation
By William Henry Giles Kingston, Richard Johnson, Sampson Low, Son & Co, Sampson Low, Son, and Co
Illustrated by John Franklin, T. L.
Contributor Sampson Low, Son & Co, Sampson Low, Son, and Co, D. Appleton and Company, Chiswick Press, Whittingham and Wilkins
Published by Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 1861
235 pages

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Stories from English History/Google Books

Stories from English History: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

By Albert Franklin Blaisdell

Published by Ginn & Company, 1897

191 pages

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English Fairy Tales Retold/Google Books

English Fairy Tales: Retold
By Flora Annie Webster Steel, Arthur Rackham
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Contributor Arthur Rackham
Edition: large print
Published by Macmillan, 1918
363 pages

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Children's Saint George's Day Ebook Links

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The Discovery of the Old Northwest/Google Books

The discovery of the old Northwest: and its settlement by the French

By James Baldwin

Published by American Book Company, 1901

272 pages

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Late elementary, early middle school.

Rollo at School/Google books

The Rollo Series: Rollo at school
By Jacob Abbott
Published by Sheldon & company, 1868
Item notes: v. 5
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Appears to be a fourth grade reader.

Hannibal/Google Books

Hannibal

By Jacob Abbott

Published by Harper, 1901

295 pages

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The Alhambra /Google Books

The Alhambra

By Washington Irving, Edward Kilburn Robinson, Norman Irving Black

Published by Ginn and company, 1915

370 pages

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The Boys of '76/Google Books

Historical revolutionary war fiction for middle school and up.

The boys of '76: A history of the battles of the revolution

By Charles Carleton Coffin

Published by Harper & brothers, 1899

Item notes: v. 2

398 pages

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Stories of Famous Pictures/Google books

Early elementary, educational art reader.

Stories of Famous Pictures
By Ella Marie Powers
Published by Educational publishing company, 1904

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The Cave Twins/Google Books

The Cave Twins
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1916
162 pages

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Legends of Charlemagne/Google Books

Legends of Charlemagne; Or Romance of the Middle Ages
By Thomas Bulfinch
Published by J.E. Tilton and Co., 1866
271 pages

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Rollo at Play/Google Books

Rollo at Play
By Jacob Abbott, Charles Copeland, Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Collection (Library of Congress)
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1897
191 pages

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Appears to be third grade(advanced) - fourth grade level.

A Child's Guide to Pictures (1908)/Internet Archives

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The "Little folks" painting book : a series of outline engravings for water-colour painting/Internet Archives

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Unfortunately these Kate Greenway pictures have already been water colored, but they may be still paintable if printed out black and white. There are stories to go along with each engraving.

Kaplan Anatomy Coloring Book/Internet Archives

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Hand sewing lessons; a graded course for schools and for the home(1905)/Internet Archives

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