STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Reading edition
TWO LITTLE RUNAWAYS (Just Published) Adapted and revised by Melvin Hix and Walter L. Hervey. Illustrated. 95 pp. 30 cents.
Snappy and Spitfire are a dog and a cat who become dissatisfied with their surroundings and decide to run away. Their various adventures make an amusing and interesting book for children. It was designed particularly to be used at that important stage when children are ready to begin the independent practice of the most delightful of all arts, the art of finding stories in books. The simplicity of plot and general content are admirably suited to the needs and abilities of six-year-old readers.
INDIAN SKETCHES By Cornelia Steketee Hulst. Illustrated. 120 pages. 60 cents.
New material, drawn from the beautiful and heroic stories of the Northwest Territory, has been worked up with the aim of presenting the Indian in a much pleasanter and fairer light than is usual in literature. Social and racial customs, the dances of the various seasons, etc., are described. Parents and teachers of younger children will find these “Sketches” interesting and historically accurate.
IN OLDEST ENGLAND By George Philip Krapp. Illustrated. 173 pp. 60 cents.
A collection of well-chosen stories which represent old English life. Tales of adventure, accounts of battles, vivid descriptions of their homes and dress, all serve to make real this distant period. The story of the beginnings of the English people up to the Norman Conquest is given, and the heroic characters of those times are brought to view in a setting altogether new.
THE MAGIC SPEECH FLOWER By Melvin Hix. Illustrated. 179 pp. 35 cents.
This is the story of a little boy who was kind to animals, and, because of his goodness to them, gained the power to understand and to speak the speech of the animal folk. Thus he hears from them all about their habits and they tell him many interesting legends of the woods. Most of the stories are new and they are told in simple language which can be read by children of eight or nine years of age.
HISTORICAL PLAYS OF COLONIAL DAYS By Louise E. Tucker and Estelle L. Ryan. Twenty-six plays. With full-page Frontispiece. 163 pp. 65 cents.
This book makes history real by lifting it into a dramatic presentation faithfully reproducing people and events in colonial times in America. It teaches history in its pleasantest form. All of the plays have been acted over and over again by children nine or ten years old. They also immensely enjoy reading the plays without acting. The average time required to give each of the plays is about fifteen minutes.
Fairy and Other Story Books by Andrew Lang.
All Sorts of Stories Book By Mail, $1.75; Net $1.60
Animal Story Book 2.00
Animal Story Book Reader .50
Arabian Nights 2.00
Blue Fairy Book 2.00
Book of Princes and Princesses By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
Book of Romance By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
Book of Saints and Heroes By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
Brown Fairy Book By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
Crimson Fairy Book By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
Green Fairy Book 2.00
Grey Fairy Book 2.00
Lilac Fairy Book By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
My Own Fairy Book 2.00
Olive Fairy Book By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
Orange Fairy Book By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
Pink Fairy Book 2.00
Red Book of Animal Stories 2.00
Red Book of Heroes By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
Red Book of Romance By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
Red Fairy Book 2.00
Red True Story Book 2.00
True Story Book 2.00
Violet Fairy Book By Mail, $1.75; Net 1.60
Yellow Fairy Book 2.00
LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., Publishers Fourth Avenue and 30th Street, New York
LEARNING TO READ BY THE Story Telling System
“Every primary teacher should be able to tell a story to children effectively; this is an accomplishment almost indispensable in her art. If you, as a teacher, have never told a story, begin at once.” Thus write the authors of
The Aldine Readers in “LEARNING TO READ” A Manual for Teachers
Rhymes, introduced by appropriate stories, furnish the most effective means of acquiring an initial stock of “sight words.”
The story with which the teacher introduces each rhyme is not a mere device for making a hard task easy for the child.
The story does serve this purpose, but it does much more than that.
It arouses the child’s interest; it attracts and hold the child’s attention; it stimulates and directs the child’s thought; in short, the told story does for the child what the printed story must do later. By teaching the child to listen well, the teacher is preparing him to read well.
Story tellers use the Aldine Method, because learning to read in this way appeals to the child as a real pleasure; he enters upon the undertaking with the enthusiasm of his play and recreation.
Do YOU use the ALDINE METHOD OF READING?
If not the publishers will welcome an opportunity to tell you all about it.
NEWSON & COMPANY, Publishers Boston NEW YORK Chicago