For Boys and Girls Six to Ten
Reading edition
Admiral’s Caravan, The. By Charles E. Carryl.
A wonderland of Noah’s Ark animals and wooden images come to life. 8 to 10.
Adventures of a Brownie, The. By Mrs. Craik (Miss Mulock). 8 to 10.
Tells about children who have a brownie for a playmate.
Adventures of a Doll, The. By Nora Archibald Smith.
The story of a little Scotch girl, her doll, and her small dog. 6 to 8.
Æsop, Fables of, The. Editions edited by Joseph Jacobs, and illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst. 6 to 12.
Beautiful Joe. By Marshall Saunders.
A fine dog story for children. 8 to 10.
“Bed-Time Stories” Series. By Louise Chandler Moulton.
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More Bed-Time Stories.
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New Bed-Time Stories.
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Firelight Stories.
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Stories Told at Twilight.
An excellent set of stories to read to children. 6 to 8.
Black Beauty. By Anna Sewell.
The most popular horse story in print. 8 to 10.
Caldwell’s Boys and Girls at Home.
An illustrated annual, the contributors to which are well-known authors and artists. 7 to 10.
Cat Stories. By Helen Hunt Jackson.
Contains “Letters from a Cat”; “Mammy Tickleback”; and “Hunter Cats of Connorloa.” 6 to 8.
Children’s Book, The. Edited by Horace E. Scudder.
One of the most comprehensive collections of stories, verses, and fables for children published. 6 to 10.
Child’s Christmas, The. By Evelyn Sharp.
A good collection of short Christmas stories. 6 to 8.
100Chinese Boy and Girl, The. Translated by Isaac T. Headland.
Nursery rhymes, finger plays, games, and folk tales of Chinese children. 8 to 10.
Christmas Every Day. By William Dean Howells.
Tells what happens to a little child whose wish to have Christmas every day is fulfilled. 8 to 10.
Conduct Stories. By F. J. Gould.
Moral tales that may be read by and to children with pleasure and profit. 8 to 12.
Davy and the Goblin. By Charles E. Carryl.
The fantastic adventures of a little boy who didn’t believe in fairies and goblins. 8 to 10.
Flipwing the Spy. By Lily F. Wesselhoeft.
A bird story for children. 7 to 9.
Glue Series, The. By George A. and Clara A. Williams.
Games that Glue Played, The.
Farm that Glue Made, The.
Railway that Glue Built, The.
101Fun that Glue Made, The.
Stories that Glue Told, The.
House that Glue Built, The.
Ships that Glue Built, The.
Children’s Store, The.
The Glue books, which contain various things to be cut out and pasted on appropriate backgrounds, are popular with children. They give them something pleasant to do, and at the same time, unconsciously educate their fingers and eyes. 6 to 10.
Golden Windows. By Laura E. Richards.
A fine collection of fables which will appeal to grown-ups as well as to the young. 6 to 10.
Hollow Tree Deep Woods Book, The. By Albert Bigelow Paine.
The adventures of the Hollow Tree folk, Mr. Coon, Mr. Possum, Mr. Crow, Mr. Rabbit, and their friends in the deep woods. Amusingly told; not in dialect. 6 to 10.
Hollow Tree and Snowed-In Book, The. By Albert Bigelow Paine.
Follows “The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book.” There is a new “Little Lady” and a new “Mr. Dog,” but otherwise 102it has the same characters and the same place. 6 to 10.
Just So Stories. By Rudyard Kipling.
Tells how the camel got its hump and how the elephant got its trunk, etc. 7 to 10.
Listen to Me Stories. By Alicia Aspinwall.
These are not strictly fairy stories, but possess many of the attributes of that class, the imagined and the actual being closely woven together. 8 to 10.
Little Mr. Thimblefinger. By Joel Chandler Harris.
Fantastic negro and animal stories. 8 to 10.
Lulu’s Library. By Louisa M. Alcott.
A mixture of fairy tales and animal stories and adventures of various children. 8 to 10.
Mr. Rabbit at Home. By Joel Chandler Harris.
Stories about animals. A companion book to “Little Mr. Thimblefinger.” 8 to 10.
Mountain-Land. By Robert W. Chambers.
Adventures in the wild woods with animal friends. 6 to 8.
103Old Rough the Miser. By Lily F. Wesselhoeft.
The lively story of an old water rat. 7 to 9.
“Oz” Books, The. By L. Frank Baum. 7 to 10.
Wizard of Oz, The.
Dorothy, the heroine, lived with her uncle and aunt on a farm in Kansas. One day a cyclone carried the house, with Dorothy and the dog Toto in it, many miles away to the land of Oz. They alight on the wicked witch of the East, killing her. The Munchkins, the Scarecrow, The Great Oz, etc., are introduced, and Dorothy’s adventures are in full swing.
Marvellous Land of Oz, The.
Tells about the adventures of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead, the Animated Saw-Horse, the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, the Gump, etc.
Ozma of Oz.
Tells more about Dorothy, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and introduces Tiktok, The Yellow Hen, The Nome King, and The Hungry Tiger.
104Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.
Dorothy and a little boy companion, Zeb, and Jim, the Cab Horse, are swallowed up in an earthquake, and reach a strange vegetable land, whence, by the aid of the Wizard of Oz, they escape to the Land of Oz. The new characters are Eureka, Dorothy’s pink kitten, and The Nine Tiny Piglets.
Road to Oz, The.
This book tells how to reach the Magic City of Oz over a road leading through lands of many colors, peopled with odd characters.
Emerald City of Oz, The.
The last of the “Oz” books, in which all of the old and some new characters are assembled.
Polly and Dolly. By Mary Frances Blaisdell.
Pleasant short stories for young children. 5 to 7.
Santa Claus on a Lark. By Washington Gladden.
A good collection of Christmas stories. 8 to 10.
105Short Stories for Short People. By Alicia Aspinwall.
A good collection of humorous stories. 6 to 10.
Sparrow the Tramp. By Lily F. Wesselhoeft.
A fable for children. 7 to 9.
Story of Aaron, The. By Joel Chandler Harris.
The story of an Arab slave, in the telling of which animals figure prominently. 8 to 10.
Why the Chimes Rang; and Other Stories. By Raymond Macdonald Alden.
A very successful collection of modern fairy tales. The story “Why the Chimes Rang” is especially good. 6 to 10.
Wilderness Babies. By Julia A. Schwartz.
Contains a careful description of the young of sixteen mammals, ranging from the whale and the buffalo to the squirrel and the bat. 8 to 10.
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