Wednesday, September 17, 2008

An American Book of Golden Deeds(Hero Stories) By James Baldwin/Google Books


An American Book of Golden Deeds
By James Baldwin
Published by Dodo Press, 1907
Original from Harvard University
200 pages

Probably geared toward fourth or fifth grade readers.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The Book of Battles; or, Daring Deeds by Land and Sea/ Google Books


This is not an academic book, but interesting for older teens and adults.

The book of battles; or, Daring deeds by land and sea [ed. by E. Shelton and C. Jones], By Book, Edward Shelton
Published by , 1867
Original from Oxford University

From the Prospectus:

"The Editor, however, will exercise great caution to avoid errors into
which he might easily fall. First, the Narratives will be strictly true,
so that the reader may have before him the actions of men like himself —
not creations of an author's brain. Then, the details of most Exciting
Adventures will not be overcharged for the mere purpose of producing
a morbid sensation. Over sufferings incidental to War the veil will be
gently drawn, and at heroic deeds involving often the rise of One Man
upon the sacrifice of Thousands there will only be expressed the admiration
of a rational observer in a Christian country."

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Fifty Famous Rides and Riders By James Baldwin/Google Books

Click here. Appears appropriate for fourth to fifth grade students.

Published by American Book Company, 1916
Original from the New York Public Library
303 pages

Barnes's Elementary History of the United States by James Baldwin/Google Books

Click here. About fourth grade level. Beginner's history in the form of biographies.

Published by American Book Company, 1918
400 pages

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race/Project Gutenburg


Contents:

Introduction xvii
I. Beowulf 1
II. The Dream of Maxen Wledig 42
III. The Story of Constantine and Elene 50
IV. The Compassion of Constantine 63
V. Havelok the Dane 73
VI. Howard the Halt 95
VII. Roland, the Hero of Early France 119
VIII. The Countess Cathleen 156
IX. Cuchulain, the Champion of Ireland 184
X. The Tale of Gamelyn 204
XI. William of Cloudeslee 225
XII. Black Colin of Loch Awe 248
XIII. The Marriage of Sir Gawayne 265
XIV. King Horn 286
XV. Robin Hood 314
XVI. Hereward the Wake


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Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light/Project Gutenburg

Click on title.

King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls/Project Gutenburg


Then a cry came from among the common people, and so strong was it that the nobles looked as if they hated to hear it.

'Let Arthur draw the sword!' was the call from a thousand throats.

The venerable archbishop came and took Arthur by the hand, and led him towards the sword. Again the young man held the rich pommel with his single hand, and that which none of the forty-nine great men could do, he did as easily as if he but plucked a flower.

A fierce cry leaped from among the thousands of the common people.

'Arthur shall be our King!' they cried. 'Arthur is our King! We will no longer deny him!'

A wonderful read-aloud or story for older children to read. It is a bit difficult with the old English, so I'm guessing age 12 and up for readability. Click here.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

In God's Garden by Amy Steedman/Librivox

Audio book here, and readable online text here.

Stories for children of Saints Ursula, Benedict, Christopher, Catherine of Siena, Augustine of Hippo, Augustine of Canterbury, Cecilia, Giles, Nicholas, Faith, Cosmo and Damian, Martin, George, and Francis of Assisi. Ages 6-10

Friday, August 29, 2008

The American Normal Readers Fifth Grade/Google Books


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Excerpt from Introduction:
Thou hast made us for Thyself, and we cannot find rest until we find it in Thee. — ST. AUGUSTINE. These familiar words, which show the purpose of our creation and the true goal of life, also point to the end and aim of all sound education. Education is complete and ideal only as it trains and develops the whole being in the manner intended by the Creator. True education will embrace instruction and guidance in Religion, Science, History, Literature and Art, for these represent the child's entire nature and so cover the full range of his possibilities.
The American Normal Readers: Fifth Book
By May Louise Harvey
Published by Silver, Burdett and Co., 1912
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Mar 30, 2007

The American Normal Readers Third Grade/Google Books


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The American Normal Readers: Third Book
By May Louise Harvey
Published by Silver, Burdett and Co., 1908
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Mar 28, 2007
352 pages

Primary Method in the Church School(Lessons Plans)/Google Books

Lesson plans and teacher's instructional for primary grade, ages six though eight, although some skills covered look appropriate for younger ages. Click here.

Primary Method in the Church School: By Alberta Munkres
By Alberta Munkres
Published by The Abingdon Press, 1921
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Jan 8, 2008
242 pages

Language Work By Grade(Lesson Plans)/Project Gutenberg


For grades one through eight. Click here.

Language Work in Elementary Schools
By Macon Anderson Leiper
Published by Ginn, 1916
Original from the University of California
Digitized Oct 29, 2007
333 pages

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 & Great Events by Famous Historians, Volumes 1-21./Project Gutenberg

Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942:

Friday, August 22, 2008

A First Manual of Composition/Google Books

A First Manual of Composition: Designed for Use in the Highest Grammar Grade and the Lower High-school Grades
By Edwin Herbert Lewis
Published by Macmillan & co., ltd., 1899
Original from Harvard University

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Junior High School Mathematics/Google Books

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Saturday, August 16, 2008

A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines/Project Gutenberg


Interesting short biographical stories from 500 B.C. through 1920 of famous men and women for elementary school children. Click here. Unusual in that it includes Buddha and Muhammed.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Vintage Catholic Comic Books


"The Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact was a Catholic comic book published by George A. Pflaum of Dayton, Ohio, and provided to Catholic parochial school students between 1946 and 1972. The digital collection is a project that includes the first eighteen volumes running from 1946 to 1963. (Some issues in Volume 4 are missing.)"

Click here.

HT to Soutenus

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Fourth of July Stories, Independence Day (USA)

A few Fourth of July stories from Good Stories for Great Holidays. See Table of Contents here, and then "page forward" at link.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Nature Study in Elementary Schools, Readers/Google Books


First Reader: The title mentions that this is a first reader; however, it looks a bit advanced for a first reader, more like a second grade leveled reader. Take a look to determine for yourself.

Second Reader, Myths, Stories, and Stories: Again, seems advanced for second grade, more like a third grade reader.


Both are very nice month-by-month nature readers.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Lessons in English/Google Books

These books have no grade assigned to them; however, they appear appropriate for third - fifth grade. The lessons emphasis beginning writing skills.

Book One
Book Two

A Fifth Grade Reader/Google Books

Click here.

Poems of American History/Google Books

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U.S. History Primer/Googe Books

There is no grade assigned to this history book although there is some mention that it was prepared by a high school teacher. It looks very general for high school. It is probably better suited for middle school. Click here.

McFadden Language Series/Google Books


There are no grades assigned to these books; however they appear to be appropriate for third and fourth grade. They have some really nice writing lessons, some with illustrated picture prompts for creative writing. I plan to use a few of these pages for writing assignments for by fourth grade student this summer.

Book One
Book Two

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Memorial Day Multi-Grade Readings for Children


Public School Methods, Memorial Day lesson suggestions. Elementary school.

One Year of Sunday School Lessons for Young Children, Gideon's Army.

The Patriotic Reader, for Seventh and Eighth Grades, Memorial Day.

Seat Work and Industrial Occupations: A Practical Course for Primary, pages 88-89, craft.

Fifth Reader, Liberty or Death!

Memorial Day (Decoration Day) Its Celebration, Spirit, and Significance, high school.

History primer, late elementary - middle school.

Stories for Every Holiday
middle elementary school.

Home Occupations for Boys and Girls, elementary school.

Reading suggestions from above: Lincoln's
Gettysburg address should be read. Also Lowell's "
The Present Crisis."(high school) "Bugle Echoes," compiled by
Francis F. Browne, contains 150 poems of the Civil
War, both Northern and Southern(high school).

Story Hour Readings, seventh grade, Woodrow Wilson address.

Printable Memorial Day short stories for elementary school.

Monday, May 19, 2008

The Junior Highway to English: A Textbook for the Seventh and Eighth/Google Books

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Junior High School Speller/Google Books

Click here.

A First and Second Latin Book for Junior High Schools/Google Books

Book One

Book Two

American Community Civics for High Schools and Junior High Schools/Google Books

Click here.

Studies in Science(Plant): For Seventh and Eighth Grades/Google Books

Covers plant science. Click here.

The Patriotic Reader, for Seventh and Eighth Grades/Google Books

Click here.

Junior High School English/Google Books

Book One Seventh Grade

Book Two Eighth Grade

Junior High School Mathematics/Google Books

Book One

Book Two

Book Three

Saturday, May 17, 2008

The Twins Series/Project Gutenberg

Perkins, Lucy Fitch, 1865-1937
Wikipedia
The Belgian Twins
The Dutch Twins
The Eskimo Twins
The French Twins
The Japanese Twins
The Puritan Twins
The Scotch Twins
The Spartan Twins
The Swiss Twins

Children's Myths and Fairy Tales from Around the World/Project Gutenberg

A long list of books at Project Gutenberg's Children's Book Shelf. Click here.

Our Little Korean Cousin/Project Gutenberg

Click here.

Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin/Project Gutenberg

Plain text only. Click here.

Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium/Project Gutenberg

Click here.

Peeps at Many Lands: Japan/Project Gutenberg

Click here.

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt/Project Gutenberg

Click here.

Peeps at Many Lands: Norway/Project Gutenberg


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Legends That Every Child Should Know/Project Gutenberg

Plain text only. Click here.

Contents:
I. HIAWATHA From "Indian Myths." By Ellen Emerson.
II. BEOWULF From "A Book of Famous Myths and Legends."
III. CHILDE HORN From "A Book of Famous Myths and Legends."
IV. SIR GALAHAD Alfred Tennyson.
V. RUSTEM AND SOHRAB From "The Epic of Kings. Stories Retold from Firdusi." By Helen Zimmern.
VI. THE SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS From "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages." By Sabine Baring-Gould.
VII. GUY OF WARWICK From "Popular Romances of the Middle Ages." By George W. Cox, M. A. and Eustace Hinten Jones.
VIII. CHEVY CHASE From "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads." Edited by Francis James Child.
IX. THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR From "Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland." Arranged and put into English by Lady Gregory.
X. THE BELEAGUERED CITY From "Voices of the Night." By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
XI. PRESTER JOHN From "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages." By Sabine Baring-Gould.
XII. THE WANDERING JEW From "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages." By Sabine Baring-Gould.
XIII. KING ROBERT OF SICILY From "The Wayside Inn." By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
XIV. THE LIFE OF THE BEATO TORELLO DA POPPI From "Il Libro d'Oro of Those Whose Names are Written in the Lamb's Book of Life." Translated from the Italian by Mrs. Francis Alexander. Originally written in Latin by Messer Torrelo of Casentino, Canonico of Fiesole, and put into Italian by Don Silvano.
XV. THE LORELEI From the German of Heinrich Heine.
XVI. THE PASSING OF ARTHUR From "Idylls of the King." By Alfred Tennyson.
XVII. RIP VAN WINKLE Washington Irving.
XVIII. THE GRAY CHAMPION From "Twice Told Tales." By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
XIX. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW Washington Irving.

The Junior Classics-Volume 1/Project Gutenberg

Plain text only. Tales from other lands and classic fairy tales. Click here.

Contents:

TALES OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS

Manabozho H. R. Schoolcraft

The Woodpecker H. R. Schoolcraft

Why the Diver Duck Has So Few Tail Feathers H. R. Schoolcraft

Manabozho Changed to Wolf H. R. Schoolcraft

Manabozho is Robbed H. R. Schoolcraft

Manabozho and the Woodpeckers H. R. Schoolcraft

The Boy and the Wolves Andrew Lang

The Indian Who Lost His Wife Andrew Lang

TALES FROM INDIA

Punchkin E. Frere

The Sun, Moon and Wind E. Frere

Why the Fish Laughed Joseph Jacob

The Farmer and Money Lender Joseph Jacob

Pride Goeth Before a Fall Joseph Jacob

The Wicked Sons Joseph Jacob

Tiger, Brahman, and Jackal Flora Annie Steel

The Lambikin Flora Annie Steel

The Rat's Wedding Flora Annie Steel

The Jackal and the Partridge Flora Annie Steel

The Jackal and the Crocodile Flora Annie Steel

The Jackal and the Iguana Flora Annie Steel

The Bear's Bad Bargain Flora Annie Steel

The Thief and the Fox Ramaswami Raju

The Farmer and the Fox Ramaswami Raju

The Fools and the Drum Ramaswami Raju

The Lion and the Goat Ramaswami Raju

The Glowworm and Jackdaw Ramaswami Raju

The Camel and the Pig Ramaswami Raju

The Dog and the Dog Dealer Ramaswami Raju

The Tiger, Fox, and Hunters Ramaswami Raju

The Sea, the Fox, and the Wolf Ramaswami Raju

The Fox in the Well Ramaswami Raju

TALES FROM THE NORSELAND

Ashiepattle P. C. Asbjörnsen

The Squire's Bride P. C. Asbjörnsen

The Doll in the Grass P. C. Asbjörnsen

The Bear and the Fox P. C. Asbjörnsen

The Lad Who Went to the North Wind Sir George W. Dasent

The Husband Who Was to Mind the House Sir George W. Dasent

How One Went Out to Woo Sir George W. Dasent

Why the Bear is Stumpy-Tailed Sir George W. Dasent

Boots and the Princess Sir George W. Dasent

The Witch in the Stone Boat Andrew Lang

TALES FROM FRANCE, SPAIN, AND POLAND

The Snuffbox Paul Sébillot

The Golden Blackbird Paul Sébillot

The Half-Chick Andrew Lang

The Three Brothers Hermann R. Kletke

The Glass Mountain Hermann R. Kletke

TALES FROM RUSSIA

Huntsman the Unlucky John T. Naaké

Story of Little Simpleton John T. Naaké

The Golden Fish Lillian M. Gask

TALES FROM SERBIA

The Wonderful Hair W.S. Karajich

The Language of Animals W.S. Karajich

The Emperor Trojan's Ears W.S. Karajich

The Maiden Who Was Wiser Than the King W.S. Karajich

AN IRISH TALE

The Three Sons Lady Gregory

TALES FROM CHINA AND JAPAN

Hok Lee and the Dwarfs Andrew Lang

A Dreadful Boar Adele M. Fielde

The Five Queer Brothers Adele M. Fielde

The Accomplished Teakettle A.B. Mitford

Adventures of Little Peachling A.B. Mitford

A TALE FROM NEW GUINEA

The Two Lizards Annie Ker

A TALE FROM JAMAICA

De King and De Peafowl Mary P. Milne-Horne

SOME OLD FAVORITES

Hansel and Grethel W. and J. Grimm

Thumbling W. and J. Grimm

The Six Swans W. and J. Grimm

Snow-White and Rose-Red W. and J. Grimm

The Ugly Duckling Hans C. Andersen

The Tinder-Box Hans C. Andersen

The Constant Tin Soldier Hans C. Andersen

The Fir Tree Hans C. Andersen

The Flying Trunk Hans C. Andersen

The Darning Needle Hans C. Andersen

Pen and Inkstand Hans C. Andersen

Cinderella Miss Mulock

Little Red Riding-Hood Charles Perrault

The Story of the Three Bears Robert Southey

Puss in Boots Charles Perrault

Jack the Giant-Killer Joseph Jacobs

Tom Thumb Joseph Jacobs

Blue Beard Charles Perrault

The Brave Little Tailor Anonymous

The Sleeping Beauty Charles Perrault

The Fair One With Golden Locks Miss Mulock

Beauty and the Beast Mme. d'AuLnoy

Jack and the Beanstalk Anonymous

Hop-o'-My-Thumb Joseph Jacobs

The Goose-Girl Anonymous

He Who Knew Not Fear Anonymous

THE FABLES OF AESOP

The Town Mouse and the

Country Mouse Aesop

The Man, Boy, and Donkey Aesop

The Shepherd's Boy Aesop

Androcles Aesop

The Fox and the Stork Aesop

The Crow and the Pitcher Aesop

The Frogs Desiring a King Aesop

The Frog and the Ox Aesop

The Cock and the Pearl Aesop

The Fox Without a Tail Aesop

The Fox and the Cat Aesop

The Dog in the Manger Aesop

The Fox and the Goat Aesop

Belling the Cat Aesop

The Jay and the Peacock Aesop

The Ass and the Lap-Dog Aesop

The Ant and the Grasshopper Aesop

The Woodman and the Serpent Aesop

The Milkmaid and Her Pail Aesop

The Lion and the Mouse Aesop

Hercules and the Waggoner Aesop

The Lion's Share Aesop

The Fox and the Crow Aesop

The Dog and the Shadow Aesop

The Wolf and the Lamb Aesop

The Bat, Birds, and Beasts Aesop

The Belly and the Members Aesop

The Fox and the Grapes Aesop

The Swallow and the Birds Aesop

Boyhood in Norway/Project Gutenberg

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