Monday, December 29, 2008

Golden Numbers: Poems for Children and Young People/Google Books

Daily poetry for night and day, throughout the year. Click here.

Golden Numbers: Poems for Children and Young People
By Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith
Compiled by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1902
686 pages

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Books for High Schools/Google Books

Nice reference book for finding free online texts. Click here.

Books for High Schools
By Martha Wilson
Compiled by Martha Wilson
Published by American library assoc., 1914
150 pages
Main page

South America, A Geography Reader/Google Books

No grade level mentioned, but I'm guessing this is appropriate for grade five or six.

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South America: A Geography Reader
By Isaiah Bowman
Published by Rand, McNally & company, 1915
354 pages

Monday, December 8, 2008

The Young Reader/Google Books

The Young Reader By John Pierpont, published in 1839, stories to teach morals. No grade assigned but looks to be advanced third - fourth grade.

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Stepping Stones to Literature Fourth Grade/Google books

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Modern Science Reader/Google Books

Introduction mentions that this text is for "college men"; however it appears appropriate for high school students.

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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The World's Story An Outline of Universal History/Google Books

Suitable for high school, or useful as a teacher's guide.

The World's Story: A History of the World in Story, Song and Art, Ed. by Eva March Tappan, published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1914

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The Birds' Christmas Carol/Google Books

By Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916
69 pages
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Positive Review.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Mary of Plymouth/Google Books


Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement
By James Otis
Published by American Book Company, 1910
156 pages
Ages 8-12.

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Review and summary at The Lost Classics.

Thanksgiving

Pilgrim Stories/Google Books


Pilgrim Stories by Margaret Blanche Pumphrey, Lucy Fitch Perkins, Rand McNally and Company
Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Published by Rand McNally & Company, 1910
256 pages
Ages 8-10.

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HT to Pawpaw Holler Home.

Thanksgiving

Monday, November 10, 2008

A-Z Literature & Authors

An organized website with free classic literature grouped by the origins of literature, themes, genres, and subjects. "Also, find out about periods and movements, as well as theory and criticism. Read about literature and authors from around the world." Click here.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Grammar School Algebra/Google Books

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Grammar School Algebra
By George Edward Atwood
Published by Morse Co., 1900
253 pages

Covers mathematical concepts to approximately the sixth grade.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands/Google Books

A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands ...
By Charlotte Mary Yonge
Published by The Christian Herald, 1895
314 pages

An excerpt from the introduction, What is a Golden Deed?

"...the eye gleam and the heart throb, and bears
us through the details of suffering, bloodshed,
and even barbarity, — feeling our spirits
moved and elevated by contemplating the courage
and endurance that they have called forth.
Nay, such is the charm of brilliant valor, that
we often are tempted to forget the injustice of
the cause that they may have called forth the
actions that delight us. And this enthusiasm
is often united with the utmost tenderness of
heart, the very appreciation of suffering only
quickening the sense of the heroism that
risked the utmost, till the young and ardent
learn absolutely to look upon danger as
an occasion for evincing the highest qualities.

O Life, without thy checkered scene
Of right and wrong, of weal and woe,
Success and failure, could a ground
For magnanimity be found ?

The true cause of such enjoyment is perhaps
an inherent consciousness that there is nothing
so noble as forgetfulness of self. Therefore it
is that we are struck by hearing of the exposure
of life and limb to the utmost peril, in oblivion,
or recklessness of personal safety, in comparison
with a higher object."

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Young People's History of the Pilgrims/Google Books

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Young People's History of the Pilgrims
By William Elliot Griffis
Published by Houghton Mifflin company, 1920
353 pages

(Thanksgiving)

The Book of Saints and Heroes /Google Books


The Book of Saints and Heroes
By Lang, Leonora Blanche Lang, Andrew Lang, Henry J. Ford
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912
351 pages

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

How to be Happy Written for Children(Christian)/Google Books


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How to be Happy: Written for the Children of Some Dear Friends
By Lydia Howard Sigourney, Lady, A Lady
Published by D.F. Robinson, 1833
128 pages

The Beautiful Land of Nod/Google Books


The Beautiful Land of Nod
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Published by W.B. Conkey, 1892
141 pages

A storybook for young children. Click here.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

A Book of Bravery/Google Books


The Book of Bravery: Being True Stories in an Ascending Scale of Courage
By Henry Wysham Lanier
Published by C. Scribner's Sons, 1920
429 pages

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A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legends, History, and Science/Google Books

A Book of Giants: Tales of Very Tall Men of Myth, Legends, History, and Science
By Henry Wysham Lanier
Published by E.P. Dutton & company, 1922
316 pages

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A Short History of Science/Google Books

A Short History of Science
By W. T. Sedgwick, H. W. Tyler
Published by The Macmillan company, 1917
474 pages

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Guyot Geographical Reader and Primer/Google Books


Geographical regions are covered(for the most part) rather than specific countries. Appears to be appropriate for fourth-fifth grade.

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The Guyot geographical reader and primer: a series of journeys round the world
By Mary Howe Smith, Mary Howe Smith Pratt
Published by American Book Company, 1898
282 pages

Introductory [Science Primer]/Google Books

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Introductory [Science Primer]
By Thomas Henry Huxley
Published by American book company, 1880
94 pages

Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners/Google Books

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Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners
By Henry Enfield Roscoe, Joseph Lunt
Published by Macmillan, 1897
245 pages

Lessons in Elementary Chemistry/Google Books

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Lessons in elementary chemistry: Inorganic and Organic
By Henry Enfield Roscoe
Published by Macmillan, 1893
503 pages

Chemistry for Secondary Schools/Google Books

Chemistry
By Henry Enfield Roscoe, Balfour Stewart
Published by Macmillan, 1883
132 pages

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