Showing posts with label Elementary School Literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elementary School Literature. Show all posts
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Stories from Don Quixote/Google Books
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Rollo on the Rhine
Rollo on the Rhine
By Jacob Abbott
Published by Sheldon, 1868
Item notes: v. 5
218 pages
Main page.
Friday, May 1, 2009
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
Saturday, April 25, 2009
English Fairy Tales Retold/Google Books
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Story of a Plush Bear/Google Books
The story of a plush bear
By Laura Lee Hope
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1921
120 pagesBegin Reading here.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Count up the sunny days : a story for girls/Internet Archives
Appears to be appropriate for ages 9-12. The writing style is not as meandering as many Victorian books. This book looks like a pleasant read for young people. I only skimmed through the first five pages, so I could not give a synopsis of the story.
Click here.
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Friday, March 13, 2009
The King Nobody Wanted/Project Gutenberg
"In a very real and interesting way, The King Nobody Wanted tells the story of Jesus. Where the actual words of the Bible are used, they are from the King James Version. But the greater part of the story is told in the words of every day.
Since you will certainly want to look up these stories in your own Bible, the references are given on pages 191 and 192. You will discover that often more than one Gospel tells the same story about Jesus, but in a slightly different way. In The King Nobody Wanted, the stories from the Gospels have been put together so that there is just one story for you to read and understand and enjoy."
Begin reading here. Main download page.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
The Madonna and of the Goldfinch/Internet Archive
Published in 1917 by Amy Steedman. "Stories of Italy and of little Italian boy and girls, into which has been woven much interesting information concerning Italian customs and beliefs. Beautifully illustrated." ~ 1918 Publishers Weekly
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know /Google Books
Thursday, February 12, 2009
At the Back of the North Wind/Google Books
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Main page
At the Back of the North Wind
By George MacDonald, Jessie Willcox Smith
Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Published by D. McKay, 1919
342 pages
Review:
"The book tells the story of a young country boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep in the loft, Diamond plugs up several holes in the barn wall in order to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind from going on her routes. Diamonds befriends her, and North Wind lets him ride on her back, taking him on several adventures.
Though North Wind does goods deeds and helps people, she is also does terrible things. In one of her mischievous acts, she sinks a ship. Yet everything bad leads to something good. North Wind seems to be a representation of Pain and Death working according to God's will for something good.
On their adventures, North Wind brings Diamond to the country she lives in; a country without pain and death.Yet, he is brought only in a shadow of the real country at the back of the North Wind. The real country is open for him only after his death. At the end of the book, Diamond dies, finally able to see the country.
In this book, MacDonald touches many theological and philosophical questions, especially concerning theodicy[A vindication of God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil.]. Today, it is considered one of his masterpieces."
Appropriate for later elementary and up. A good read aloud for younger children.
Friday, February 6, 2009
The Orange Seed(Christian)/Google Books
A gentle Christian girl's tale roughly for ages 9-12.
This is a nicely written, pleasant storyline for children, teaching them the morality of living through your soul rather than through the flesh. The story is free of any obvious denominational theology.
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Main page
This is a nicely written, pleasant storyline for children, teaching them the morality of living through your soul rather than through the flesh. The story is free of any obvious denominational theology.
Click here.
Main page
The Orange Seed
By Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Published by A.D.F. Randolph, 1863
103 pagesThursday, February 5, 2009
Tom, the Boater, A Tale of English Canal Life (Christian)/Google Books
Friday, January 30, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The Chinese Fairy Book/Google Books
Friday, January 23, 2009
The Japanese Fairy Book/Google Books
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
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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