Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Hiawatha Primer and The Book of Nature Myths/Google & Project Gutenburg
The Hiawatha Primer and The Book of Nature Myths are to be read in succession. Both get progressively more difficult, so it is meant to be used across grades. Grade levels are not mentioned, but it appears to cover grade two - grade four. Primers are meant for beginning readers.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Elementary and Middle School Readings for Columbus Day/Google books
The Story of Columbus and Magellan
A First Book in American History: With Special Reference to the Lives
A History of the United States and Its People: For the Use of Schools
The Beginner's American History
Thirty More Famous Stories Retold
Socializing the Child: A Guide to the Teaching of History in the Primary Grades
Stories of Early American History
An Elementary History of Our Country
American Hero Stories
The Patriotic Reader: For Seventh and Eighth Grades and Junior High Schools
The Story of Mankind
Founders of Our Country
History Primer
Barnes's Elementary History of the United States
Type Lessons for Primary Teachers
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them /Google Books
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Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them: How to Play Them
By Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher
Published by Best Books, 1915
284 pages
Well-Known Piano Solos, How to Play Them: How to Play Them
By Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher
Published by Best Books, 1915
284 pages
The New McGuffey Fifth Reader/Google Books
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The New McGuffey Fifth Reader.
By William Holmes McGuffey
Published by American Book Co., 1901
Original from Harvard University
352 pages
Monday, September 29, 2008
The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin/Project Gutenberg
Click here. Easy to download via HTML, just "select all" and "save".
According to Yesterday's Classics which has republished this classic:
"A fairy tale of what happened to two men who tried to get rich in evil ways and of how the fortune they sought came to their younger brother, whose kind and loving heart prompted him to right action. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of 19th century stories for children. Includes four black and white illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. Ages 8-10, 41 pages."
Detailed description of plot, characters, and story analysis at Wikipedia.
According to Yesterday's Classics which has republished this classic:
"A fairy tale of what happened to two men who tried to get rich in evil ways and of how the fortune they sought came to their younger brother, whose kind and loving heart prompted him to right action. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of 19th century stories for children. Includes four black and white illustrations by Maria L. Kirk. Ages 8-10, 41 pages."
Detailed description of plot, characters, and story analysis at Wikipedia.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Teaching Literature in the Grammar Grades and High School /Google Books
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Teaching Literature in the Grammar Grades and High School
By Emma Miller Bolenius
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
Original from the New York Public Library
337 pages
Teaching Literature in the Grammar Grades and High School
By Emma Miller Bolenius
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915
Original from the New York Public Library
337 pages
Saturday, September 27, 2008
In the Nursery of My Book House/Google Books
By Olive Beaupré Miller
Published by Book House for Children, 1920
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Traditional nursery rhymes and stories for older children.
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Traditional nursery rhymes and stories for older children.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Cathcart's Literary Reader (Survey of English Literature) /Google books
Begins with Elizabethan literature. Click here.
Type Lessons for Primary Teachers in the Study of Nature, Literature and Art Grades 1-4/Google Books
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Type Lessons for Primary Teachers in the Study of Nature, Literature and Art, arranged by seasons for the first four grades.
By Anna E. McGovern
Published by A. Flanagan company, 1905
Original from Harvard University
315 pages
Type Lessons for Primary Teachers in the Study of Nature, Literature and Art, arranged by seasons for the first four grades.
By Anna E. McGovern
Published by A. Flanagan company, 1905
Original from Harvard University
315 pages
Shakspere(Shakespeare): A Critical Study of His Mind and Art/Google Books
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Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art
By Edward Dowden, Will David Howe
Published by Harper, 1918
Original from Harvard University
386 pages
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