School Reading by GradesSIXTH YEARReading editionChapter navigation49 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…SIXTH YEARJAMES BALDWINAMERICAN BOOK COMPANYAMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.PREFACE.Introductory materialTWO WAYS OF TELLING A STORY.THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS.THE GREAT VOLCANIC ERUPTION.THE RETURN OF COLUMBUS.WHAT THE SUNBEAMS DO.HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE.HOW SIR FRANCIS DRAKE SAILED ROUND THE WORLD.A BRAVE RESCUE AND A ROUGH RIDE.THE GLORY OF GOD.THE BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN.THE SOLDIER'S DREAM.LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER.BEETHOVEN'S MOONLIGHT SONATA.THE STORY OF TEMPE WICK.LIFE IN NORMAN ENGLAND.THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAN'S NEST.A PATRIARCH OF THE OLDEN TIMEHOW CORTÉS ENTERED THE CITY OF MEXICO.THE SKYLARK.THE MYSTERY OF THE TADPOLE.THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS.TRUE GROWTH.THE SHIPWRECK.THE HAPPY VALLEY.THE PASS OF KILLIECRANKIE.SUMMER RAIN.LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS.HOW THEY BESIEGED THE TOWN.LOCHINVAR.ON A TROPICAL RIVER.THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY.THE HIGH TIDE ON THE COAST OF LINCOLNSHIRE—1571.THE STORY OF THOMAS BECKET.THE PILGRIMS. (1620.)THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.THE ROBIN.THE MOTIONS OF BIRDS.THE ORIGIN OF RIVERS.ADDRESS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNTHE AMERICAN FLAG.THE LAST FIGHT IN THE COLISEUM, A.D. 404.THE PASSING OF ARTHUR.FOR STUDY AND REFERENCE.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →JAMES BALDWINAll chapters and sections (49)Other sectionsSIXTH YEARJAMES BALDWINAMERICAN BOOK COMPANYAMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.PREFACE.Opening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsTWO WAYS OF TELLING A STORY.THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS.THE GREAT VOLCANIC ERUPTION.THE RETURN OF COLUMBUS.WHAT THE SUNBEAMS DO.HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE.HOW SIR FRANCIS DRAKE SAILED ROUND THE WORLD.A BRAVE RESCUE AND A ROUGH RIDE.THE GLORY OF GOD.THE BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN.THE SOLDIER'S DREAM.LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER.BEETHOVEN'S MOONLIGHT SONATA.THE STORY OF TEMPE WICK.LIFE IN NORMAN ENGLAND.THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAN'S NEST.A PATRIARCH OF THE OLDEN TIMEHOW CORTÉS ENTERED THE CITY OF MEXICO.THE SKYLARK.THE MYSTERY OF THE TADPOLE.THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS.TRUE GROWTH.THE SHIPWRECK.THE HAPPY VALLEY.THE PASS OF KILLIECRANKIE.SUMMER RAIN.LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS.HOW THEY BESIEGED THE TOWN.LOCHINVAR.ON A TROPICAL RIVER.THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY.THE HIGH TIDE ON THE COAST OF LINCOLNSHIRE—1571.THE STORY OF THOMAS BECKET.THE PILGRIMS. (1620.)THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.THE ROBIN.THE MOTIONS OF BIRDS.THE ORIGIN OF RIVERS.ADDRESS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNTHE AMERICAN FLAG.THE LAST FIGHT IN THE COLISEUM, A.D. 404.THE PASSING OF ARTHUR.FOR STUDY AND REFERENCE.BYJAMES BALDWIN →