Monday, April 20, 2009

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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Sunday, April 19, 2009

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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Friday, April 17, 2009

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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Thursday, April 16, 2009

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.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Studies of Great Composers/Google Books

Studies of Great Composers
By Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Published by G. Routledge and sons, limited, 1904
376 pages

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High school reading level.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Monday, April 6, 2009

The Child's Pictorial Preceptor /Google Books


Quite old, but timeless. Pages would make nice mottoes for the classroom, or for framing.

The Child's pictorial preceptor
By E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm)
Contributor E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm)
Published by Published by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg Hartford, Conn. & Berea, Ohio., 1842
46 pages

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Rollo Learning to Work

Rollo at Work
By Jacob Abbott, Charles Copeland
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1897
191 pages



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About a fourth grade reading level.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Art Crafts for Beginners/ Google Books

This book presents historical background information and directions. Written for adults, but wonderful for homeschool projects led by an adult.

The art crafts for beginners
By Frank Goodwin Sanford, Arthur F. Phillips
Published by Century, 1906
270 pages

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