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by Charles Madison Curry

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Author
Clippinger, Erle Elsworth, 1875-1939
Title
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Children's literature -- Study and teaching
Category
Text
eBook-No.
25545
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25545
Release Date
May 20, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CHILDREN'S LITERATURE — A TEXTBOOK OF SOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND TEACHER-TRAINING CLASSES EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTIONS, NOTES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES by
  2. 2.CHARLES MADISON CURRY — and — ERLE ELSWORTH CLIPPINGER
  3. 3.THE CONTENTS
  4. 4.SECTION I — PREFACE AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION
  5. 5.SELECTED GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY — I. GENERAL COLLECTIONS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE — II. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT — III. GUIDES IN TEACHING — 1. SPECIFIC PEDAGOGY — 2. MORE GENERAL AND INSPIRATIONAL — 3. GUIDES TO BOOKS FOR CHILDREN — IV. BOOKS ON STORY-TELLING — V. ON DRAMATIZATION — VI. THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN — VII. SOME INTERPRETATIONS OF CHILDHOOD — VIII. SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
  6. 6.CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
  7. 7.SECTION I. PREFACE AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION — THE PREFACE
  8. 8.GENERAL INTRODUCTION — 1. LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN — 2. LITERATURE IN THE GRADES — 3. STORY-TELLING AND DRAMATIZATION — 4. COURSES OF STUDY
  9. 9.SECTION II — MOTHER GOOSE JINGLES AND NURSERY RHYMES
  10. 10.BIBLIOGRAPHY — I. IMPORTANT IN TRACING THE MOTHER GOOSE CANON — II. IMPORTANT MODERN COLLECTIONS — III. NURSERY RHYMES WITH MUSIC — IV. STUDIES
  11. 11.SECTION II. MOTHER GOOSE JINGLES AND NURSERY RHYMES — INTRODUCTORY — SUGGESTIONS FOR READING — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10 — 11 — 12 — 13 — 14 — 15 — 16 — 17 — 18 — 19 — 20 — 21 — 22 — 23 — 24 — 25 — 26 — 27 — 28 — 29 — 30 — 31 — 32 — 33 — 34 — 35 — 36 — 37 — 38 — 39 — 40 — 41 — 42 — 43 — 44 — 45 — 46 — 47 — 48 — 49 — 50 — 51 — 52 — 53 — 54 — 55 — 56 — 57 — 58 — 59 — 60 — 61 — 62 — 63 — 64 — 65 — 66 — 67 — 68 — 69 — 70 — 71 — 72 — 73 — 74 — 75 — 76 — 77 — 78 — 79 — 80 — 81 — 82 — 83 — 84 — 85 — 86 — 87 — 88 — 89 — 90 — 91 — 92 — 93 — 94 — 95 — 96 — 97 — 98 — 99 — 100 — 101 — 102 — 103 — 104 — 105 — 106 — 107 — 108 — 109 — 110 — 111 — 112 — 113 — 114 — 115 — 116 — MILKWEED SEEDS — 117 — AN ANNIVERSARY — 118 — TWINK! TWINK! — 119 — A WAS AN APPLE-PIE — 120 — TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET — 121 — WHERE ARE YOU GOING — 122 — MOLLY AND I — 123 — LONDON BRIDGE — 124 — I SAW A SHIP — 125 — THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN — 126 — LITTLE BO-PEEP — 127 — COCK A DOODLE DOO — 128 — THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN — 129 — THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN — 130 — TAFFY — 131 — SIMPLE SIMON — 132 — A FARMER WENT TROTTING — 133 — TOM THE PIPER'S SON — 134 — WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY — 135 — THE BABES IN THE WOOD — 136 — THE FOX AND HIS WIFE — 137 — FOR WANT OF A NAIL — 138 — A MAN OF WORDS — 139 — JEMIMA — 140 — MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG — 141 — THE COURTSHIP, MERRY MARRIAGE, AND PICNIC DINNER OF COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN; — THE DOLEFUL DEATH OF COCK ROBIN — 142 — THE BURIAL OF POOR COCK ROBIN — 143 — DAME WIGGINS OF LEE, AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS — 144 — THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT — 145 — THE EGG IN THE NEST — 146 — CHANGE ABOUT
  12. 12.SECTION III — FAIRY STORIES—TRADITIONAL TALES
  13. 13.BIBLIOGRAPHY — I. STANDARD GENERAL COLLECTIONS — II. NATIONAL COLLECTIONS — III. THE SCIENCE OF FOLKLORE — IV. PEDAGOGY
  14. 14.SECTION III: FAIRY STORIES—TRADITIONAL TALES — INTRODUCTORY — SUGGESTIONS — 147 — THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG — 148 — HENNY-PENNY — 149 — TEENY-TINY — 150 — THE CAT AND THE MOUSE — 151 — THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS — 152 — TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE — 153 — THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS — 154 — THE THREE SILLIES — 155 — LAZY JACK — 156 — THE STORY OF MR. VINEGAR — 157 — JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK — 158 — TOM THUMB — 159 — WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT — 160 — TOM TIT TOT — 161 — LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD — 162 — TRUE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD — 163 — PUSS-IN-BOOTS — 164 — TOADS AND DIAMONDS — 165 — CINDERELLA, OR THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER — 166 — DRAKESTAIL — 167 — BEAUTY AND THE BEAST — 168 — WHY THE BEAR IS STUMPY-TAILED — 169 — THE THREE BILLY-GOATS GRUFF — 170 — THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE — 171 — BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS — 172 — THE QUERN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA — 173 — THE TRAVELING MUSICIANS — 174 — THE BLUE LIGHT — 175 — THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER — 176 — THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE — 177 — ROSE-BUD — 178 — RUMPELSTILTSKIN — 179 — SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED — 180 — THE LAMBIKIN — 181 — TIT FOR TAT — 182 — THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL — 183 — PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL — 184 — THE MIRROR OF MATSUYAMA — 185 — THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW — 186 — THE STRAW OX — 187 — CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN — 188 — THE HORNED WOMEN — 189 — KING O'TOOLE AND HIS GOOSE
  15. 15.SECTION IV — FAIRY STORIES—MODERN FANTASTIC TALES
  16. 16.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  17. 17.SECTION IV: FAIRY STORIES—MODERN FANTASTIC TALES — INTRODUCTORY — SUGGESTIONS FOR READING — 190 — A FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER — 191 — THE LORD HELPETH MAN AND BEAST — 192 — THE REAL PRINCESS — 193 — THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES — 194 — THE NIGHTINGALE — 195 — THE FIR TREE — 196 — THE TINDER-BOX — 197 — THE HARDY TIN SOLDIER — 198 — THE UGLY DUCKLING — 199 — THE STORY OF FAIRYFOOT — 200 — THE HAPPY PRINCE — 201 — THE KNIGHTS OF THE SILVER SHIELD — 202 — THE PRINCE'S DREAM — 203 — OLD PIPES AND THE DRYAD — 204 — THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER OR THE BLACK BROTHERS
  18. 18.SECTION V — FABLES AND SYMBOLIC STORIES
  19. 19.BIBLIOGRAPHY — SUGGESTIONS FOR READING
  20. 20.SECTION V: FABLES AND SYMBOLIC STORIES — INTRODUCTORY — 205 — THE SHEPHERD'S BOY — 206 — THE LION AND THE MOUSE — 207 — THE CROW AND THE PITCHER — 208 — THE FROG AND THE OX — 209 — THE FROGS DESIRING A KING — 210 — THE FIELD MOUSE AND THE TOWN MOUSE — 211 — THE CITY MOUSE AND THE GARDEN MOUSE — 212 — THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE TOWN MOUSE — 213 — ANDROCLES — 214 — ANDROCLES AND THE LION — 215 — THE WIND AND THE SUN — 216 — THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS — 217 — THE HEN WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS — 218 — THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING — 219 — THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE — 220 — THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS — 221 — THE TRAVELERS AND THE BEAR — 222 — THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES — 223 — THE OLD MAN AND HIS SONS — 224 — THE FOX AND THE GRAPES — 225 — THE WIDOW AND THE HEN — 226 — THE KID AND THE WOLF — 227 — THE MAN AND THE SATYR — 228 — THE DOG AND THE SHADOW — 229 — THE SWALLOW AND THE RAVEN — 230 — MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN — 231 — THE MICE IN COUNCIL — 232 — THE MOUNTEBANK AND THE COUNTRYMAN — 233 — THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL — 234 — THE DAIRYWOMAN AND THE POT OF MILK — 235 — THE STORY OF ALNASCHAR — 236 — THE CAMEL AND THE PIG — 237 — THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN — 238 — THE TALKATIVE TORTOISE — 239 — A LION TRICKED BY A RABBIT — 240 — THE COCK AND THE FOX — 241 — THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT — 242 — THE COCK, THE CAT, AND THE YOUNG MOUSE — 243 — THE HARE WITH MANY FRIENDS — 244 — THE MUSICAL ASS — 245 — THE SWAN, THE PIKE, AND THE CRAB — 246 — THE BRAMBLE IS MADE KING — 247 — THE GOOD SAMARITAN — 248 — THE PRODIGAL SON — 249 — THE ANXIOUS LEAF — 250 — THE WHISTLE — 251 — THE EPHEMERA — 252 — THE VISION OF MIRZAH — 253 — THE DISCONTENTED PENDULUM — 254 — CROESUS AND SOLON
  21. 21.SECTION VI — MYTHS
  22. 22.BIBLIOGRAPHY — I. GENERAL HANDBOOKS — II. GREEK AND ROMAN — III. NORTHERN MYTHS — IV. NATURE MYTHS ("POURQUOI" STORIES) — V. CRITICAL WORKS
  23. 23.SECTION VI. MYTHS — INTRODUCTORY — SUGGESTIONS — 255 — A STORY OF THE SPRINGTIME — 256 — THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN — 257 — THE MIRACULOUS PITCHER — 258 — THE NARCISSUS — 259 — THE APPLE OF DISCORD — 260 — ICARUS AND DAEDALUS — 261 — ADMETUS AND THE SHEPHERD — 262 — MIDAS — 263 — PHAËTHON — 264 — THOR'S VISIT TO JÖTUNHEIM — 265 — ODIN'S SEARCH FOR WISDOM — 266 — HOW THE FENRIS WOLF WAS CHAINED — 267 — FREY — 268 — THE DEATH OF BALDER
  24. 24.SECTION VII — POETRY
  25. 25.BIBLIOGRAPHY — I. SOME IMPORTANT GENERAL COLLECTIONS — II. COLLECTIONS FOR CHILDREN — III. INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS
  26. 26.SECTION VII. POETRY — INTRODUCTORY — SUGGESTIONS FOR READING — 269 — THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS — 270 — THE MOON — 271 — RUNAWAY BROOK — 272 — DING DONG! DING DONG! — 273 — THE LITTLE KITTY — 274 — MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB — 275 — BABY BYE — 276 — THE BROWN THRUSH — 277 — THANKSGIVING DAY — 278 — WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S NEST? — 279 — HOW THE LEAVES CAME DOWN — 280 — THEY DIDN'T THINK — 281 — THE LEAK IN THE DIKE — 282 — WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN — 283 — THE COW — 284 — TIME TO RISE — 285 — RAIN — 286 — A GOOD PLAY — 287 — THE LAMPLIGHTER — 288 — THE LAND OF NOD — 289 — THE LAND OF STORY-BOOKS — 290 — MY BED IS A BOAT — 291 — MY SHADOW — 292 — THE SWING — 293 — WHERE GO THE BOATS? — 294 — THE WIND — 295 — WINDY NIGHTS — 296 — SPINNING TOP — 297 — FLYING KITE — 298 — KING BELL — 299 — DAISIES — 300 — WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD — 301 — THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE — 302 — THE DUEL — 303 — THE TREASURES OF THE WISE MAN[1] — 304 — THE CIRCUS-DAY PARADE [1] — 305 — THE RAGGEDY MAN [2] — 306 — A BOY'S SONG — 307 — THE SPIDER AND THE FLY — 308 — THE WIND IN A FROLIC — 309 — THE COW — 310 — MEDDLESOME MATTY — 311 — "I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY" — 312 — THE STAR — 313 — SELDOM OR NEVER — 314 — AN EMERALD IS AS GREEN AS GRASS — 315 — BOATS SAIL ON THE RIVERS — 316 — A DIAMOND OR A COAL? — 317 — THE SWALLOW — 318 — WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? — 319 — MILKING TIME — 320 — THE PEDDLER'S CARAVAN — 321 — THE WONDERFUL WORLD — 322 — GOOD-NIGHT AND GOOD-MORNING — 323 — THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL — 324 — CAN YOU? — 325 — PIPPA'S SONG — 326 — LITTLE AND GREAT — 327 — CASABIANCA — 328 — THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER — 329 — THE LAMB — 330 — THE SHEPHERD — 331 — THE TIGER — 332 — THE PIPER — 333 — TRY AGAIN — 334 — THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT — 335 — THE TABLE AND THE CHAIR — 336 — THE POBBLE WHO HAS NO TOES — 337 — THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER — 338 — A STRANGE WILD SONG — 339 — AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF — 340 — FAMOUS PASSAGES FROM DOCTOR WATTS — 341 — THE SKELETON IN ARMOR — 342 — THE DAY IS DONE — 343 — A PSALM OF LIFE — 344 — THE THREE FISHERS — 345 — THE SANDS OF DEE — 346 — "WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY?" — 347 — SWEET AND LOW — 348 — THE POET'S SONG — 349 — CROSSING THE BAR — 350 — ABOU BEN ADHEM — 351 — FOR THOSE WHO FAIL — 352 — ELDORADO — 353 — THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB — 354 — TO A WATERFOWL — 355 — THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE — 356 — MY GARDEN — 357 — DAFFODILS — 358 — THE SOLITARY REAPER — 359 — THE ARAB TO HIS FAVORITE STEED — 360 — THE INCHCAPE ROCK — 361 — OVER HILL, OVER DALE — 362 — A FAIRY SCENE IN A WOOD — 363 — FABLE — 364 — CONCORD HYMN — 365 — BREATHES THERE THE MAN — 366 — OLD IRONSIDES — 367 — HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE — 368 — THE BALLAD OF NATHAN HALE — 369 — THE RED THREAD OF HONOR — 370 — RECESSIONAL — 371 — INVICTUS — 372 — THE FALCON — 373 — THE SHEPHERD OF KING ADMETUS — 374 — THE YARN OF THE NANCY BELL — 375 — DARIUS GREEN AND HIS FLYING MACHINE — 376 — BETH GÊLERT — 377 — KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY
  27. 27.SECTION VIII — REALISTIC STORIES
  28. 28.BIBLIOGRAPHY — ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY AS A BASIS FOR TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REALISTIC STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
  29. 29.SECTION VIII. REALISTIC STORIES — INTRODUCTORY — SUGGESTIONS FOR READING — 378 — THE RENOWNED HISTORY OF LITTLE GOODY TWO-SHOES — 379 — EYES, AND NO EYES OR THE ART OF SEEING — 380 — THE GOOD-NATURED LITTLE BOY — 381 — WASTE NOT, WANT NOT OR TWO STRINGS TO YOUR BOW — 382 — JACKANAPES — 383 — BETTY'S RIDE: A TALE OF THE REVOLUTION — 384 — THE BIG BEAR — 385 — THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
  30. 30.SECTION IX — NATURE LITERATURE
  31. 31.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  32. 32.SECTION IX. NATURE LITERATURE — INTRODUCTORY — SUGGESTIONS FOR READING — 386 — THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT — 387 — JOHNNY CHUCK FINDS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD — 388 — MR. 'POSSUM'S SICK SPELL — 389 — WILD LIFE IN THE FARM-YARD — 390 — THE VENDETTA — 391 — PASHA, THE SON OF SELIM — 392 — MOUFFLOU — 393 — BIRD HABITS — 394 — THE POACHER AND THE SILVER FOX — 395 — THE STORY OF A SALMON — 396 — MOTI GUJ—MUTINEER — 397 — LAST BULL
  33. 33.SECTION X — ROMANCE CYCLES AND LEGEND
  34. 34.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  35. 35.SECTION X. ROMANCE CYCLES AND LEGEND — INTRODUCTORY — SUGGESTIONS FOR READING — 398 — ALI BABA, AND THE FORTY THIEVES — 399 — HOW BRUIN THE BEAR SPED WITH REYNARD THE FOX — 400 — THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE FOX AND THE WOLF — 401 — HOW ARTHUR BECAME KING — 402 — A TOURNEY WITH THE FRENCH — 403 — ADVENTURES OF ARTHUR — 404 — ARTHUR AND SIR ACCALON — 405-411 — STORIES FROM DON QUIXOTE — 412 — THE PROUD KING — 413 — ROBIN AND THE MERRY LITTLE OLD WOMAN — 414 — ALLEN-A-DALE
  36. 36.SECTION XI — BIOGRAPHY AND HERO STORIES
  37. 37.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  38. 38.SECTION XI. BIOGRAPHY AND HERO STORIES — INTRODUCTORY — SUGGESTIONS FOR READING — 415 — HOW COLUMBUS GOT HIS SHIPS — 416 — THE BOYHOOD OF WASHINGTON — 417 — THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN — 418 — LINCOLN'S EARLY DAYS — 419 — IN THE WESTERN WILDERNESS — 420 — THE PASS OF THERMOPYLAE
  39. 39.SECTION XII — HOME READING LIST AND GENERAL INDEX
  40. 40.SECTION XII. HOME READING LIST AND GENERAL INDEX — A HOME READING LIST — FIRST GRADE — SECOND GRADE — THIRD GRADE — FOURTH GRADE — FIFTH GRADE — SIXTH GRADE — SEVENTH GRADE — EIGHTH GRADE
  41. 41.INDEX — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes:

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