Saturday, April 25, 2009

English Fairy Tales Retold/Google Books


English Fairy Tales: Retold
By Flora Annie Webster Steel, Arthur Rackham
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Contributor Arthur Rackham
Edition: large print
Published by Macmillan, 1918
363 pages

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The Discovery of the Old Northwest/Google Books

The discovery of the old Northwest: and its settlement by the French
By James Baldwin
Published by American Book Company, 1901
272 pages

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Late elementary, early middle school.

Rollo at School/Google books

The Rollo Series: Rollo at school
By Jacob Abbott
Published by Sheldon & company, 1868
Item notes: v. 5
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Appears to be a fourth grade reader.

Hannibal/Google Books

Hannibal
By Jacob Abbott
Published by Harper, 1901
295 pages

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The Alhambra /Google Books

The Alhambra
By Washington Irving, Edward Kilburn Robinson, Norman Irving Black
Published by Ginn and company, 1915
370 pages

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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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