STORIES FOR CHILDREN THREE AND FOUR YEARS OLD.
Reading edition
The arrangement is in the order of degree of difficulty. Where the title would naturally appear in the library catalogue, the author's name only is given. Where a title appears in several lists, the source is given only in one, which is indicated by giving the page number in bold face type preceding title in the index at the end of this pamphlet.
Many of the stories listed may be found in simplified form in the primers and readers on the little children's shelves.
Rhymes from Mother Goose.
A was an apple pie. A was an archer who shot at a frog. This is the house that Jack built. Three little kittens lost their mittens. Old Mother Hubbard. Sing a song of sixpence. The Queen of Hearts. I saw a ship a-sailing. Tom he was a piper's son. London Bridge is broken down. Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. Who killed Cock Robin?
Best versions of Mother Goose:
Lang. Nursery rhyme book. Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I. Book of nursery rhymes; Welsh. Mother Goose's melodies. Wheeler. See also the Caldecott picture books.
The old woman and her pig.
Best versions:
Jacobs. English fairy tales. Lang. Nursery rhyme book.
Other versions:
Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour. Bryant. How to tell stories. Lansing. Rhymes and stories. Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I. O'Shea. Six nursery classics. Scudder. Book of folk stories. Wiggin and Smith. Tales of laughter.
Chicken Licken or Henny Penny.
Best versions:
Jacobs. English fairy tales. Scudder. Book of folk stories.
Other versions:
Arnold and Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. 2. (Chicken Little.) Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north. (Hen who went to Dovrefjeld.) Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour. (Chicken Little.) Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Chicken Little.) Darton. Wonder book of beasts. Lansing. Rhymes and stories. Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I. Scudder. Book of folk stories. Scudder. Children's book. Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
Peter Rabbit. Potter.
The gingerbread man.[1]
Three little pigs.[1]
The pancake.[1]
Three goats.
Poulsson. Through the farmyard gate.
Golden cobwebs.
Best versions:
Bryant. Best stories to tell. Bryant. How to tell stories.
Little Black Sambo. Bannerman.
The cock, the mouse and the little red hen.[2] Lefevre.
How Jack went to seek his fortune.
Best version:
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
Three Billy Goats Gruff.[2]
The travels of a fox.[2]
The elves and the shoemaker.
Best versions:
Grimm. Fairy tales; ed. by Lucas. Scudder. Fables and folk stories.
Other versions:
Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour Bryant. Stories to tell. Norton. Heart of oak books, v. I. Scudder. Book of folk stories. Scudder. Children's book.
The cat and the mouse.
Best version:
Jacobs. English fairy tales.
Other versions:
Arnold and Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. i. Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour. Darton. Wonder book of beasts.