The Norton Anthology
or Children's Literature
THE TRADITIONS IN ENGLISH
SUB Gottingen
217 865 054
2005 A 11472
Jack Zipes, General Editor
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Lissa Paul, Associate General Editor
UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK
Lynne Vallone, Associate General Editor
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Peter Hunt
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Gillian Avery
W • W • NORTON & COMPANY • New York • London*
Contents
PREFACE
XXV
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
XXXV
ALPHABETS
Introduction
1
JOHANN AMOS COMENIUS (1592-1670)
From Orbis Pictus
8
7
The Childes Guide (1667)
In Adams Fall
9
A Little Book for Children (ca. 1705)
A Was an Archer
11
The Picture Alphabet (ca. 1830)
A Was an Archer
12
The Instructive Alphabet (1814)
At Early Dawn
19
The Child's New Play-Thing (1742)
A Was an Apple-Pie
20
9
KATE GREENAWAY (1846-1901)
From A Apple Pie
22
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888)
The Absolutely Abstemious Ass
10
11
19
20
21
24
24
DR. SEUSS [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (1904-1991)
From Dr. Seuss's ABC
28
27
ALICE PROVENSEN (b. 1918) and MARTIN PROVENSEN (1916-1987)
A Peaceable Kingdom
30
The Shaker Abecedarius
30
30
CHAPBOOKS
Introduction
33
Tom Thumb (ca. 1790-1810)
Jack the Giant Killer (ca. 1845-50)
37
47
The History of Goody Two-Shoes (ca. 1800)
50
Children in the Wood (ca. 1800)
The History of Sir Richard Whittington and His Cat (ca. 1840)
The Art of Making Money Plenty (1817)
The New-York Cries (1826)
57
61
70
73
PRIMERS AND READERS
Introduction
75
The New-England Primer (ca. 1690)
From A Little Pretty Pocket-Book (1744)
87
129
ANNA LAETITIA BARBAULD (1743-1825)
From Lessons for Children
136
134
New Canadian Readers (1881-1901)
A First Reader
140
Preface
140
Chicken Little
140
139
Fun with Dick and Jane (1940)
Jane Helps
143
142
ARNOLD LOBEL (1933-1987)
Frog and Toad Are Friends
145
The Letter
145
Frog and Toad Together
148
A List
148
144
Texts and Contexts: WRITING
Writing sheet (1809)
153
The Copybook (nineteenth century)
Happy Hippos (twenty-first century)
151
155
158
JOHN NEWBERY (1713-1767)
Letters on the Most Common, as Well as Most Important,
Occasions in Life
159
159
The Preface
159
Instruction for Epistolary Writing
160
Queen Ann Boleyn's Last Letter to King Henry VIII
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898)
From Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
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169
CONTENTS
170
171
FAIRY TALES
Introduction
175
CHARLES PERRAULT (1628-1703)
The Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots
185
186
SARAH FIELDING (1710-1768)
The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy
190
The Story of the Cruel Giant Barbarico, the Good Giant Benefico, and
the Little Pretty Dwarf Mignon
190
189
JEANNE-MARIE LEPRINCE DE BEAUMONT (1711-1780)
Beauty and the Beast
200
199
JACOB GRIMM (1785-1863) and WILHELM GRIMM (1786-1859)
Hansel and Gretel
210
208
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1805-1875)
The Nightingale
215
214
GEORGE MACDONALD (1824-1905)
The Light Princess
222
221
FRANK STOCKTON (1834-1902)
The Griffin and the Minor Canon
248
248
OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900)
The Happy Prince
258
257
KENNETH GRAHAME (1859-1932)
The Reluctant Dragon
264
263
JOHN B. GRUELLE (1880-1938)
The Discontented King
281
280
WANDA GAG (1893-1946)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
284
285
LLOYD ALEXANDER (b. 1924)
The Truthful Harp
288
287
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JOAN AIKEN (1924-2004)
CONTENTS
T h e Faithless Loll
y
bird
291
292
TED HUGHES (1930-1998)
The Iron Giant: A Story in Five Nights
JULIUS LESTER (b. 1939)
Jack and the Devil's Daughter
JANE YOLEN (b. 1939)
The Lady and the Merman
301
302
317
318
324
325
ROBERT MUNSCH (b. 1945)
The Paper Bag Princess
328
327
LAURENCE YEP (b. 1948)
The Phantom Heart
330
329
MICHAEL LACAPA (b. 1955)
Antelope Woman: An Apache Folktale
336
336
Texts and Contexts: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
338
CHARLES PERRAULT (1628-1703)
Little Red Riding Hood
343
342
JACOB GRIMM (1785-1863) and WILHELM GRIMM (1786-1859)
Little Red Cap
345
345
CHARLES MARELLE (1827-ca. 1892)
The True History of Little Golden-hood
348
348
WALTER DE LA MARE (1873-1956)
Little Red Riding-Hood
351
351
CATHERINE STORR (1913-2001)
Little Polly Riding Hood
356
355
ROALD DAHL (1916-1990)
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
359
359
TOMI UNGERER (b. 1931)
Little Red Riding Hood
361
TONY ROSS (b. 1938)
Little Red Hood: A Classic Story Bent Out of Shape
361
365
366
MICHAEL EMBERLEY (b. 1960)
Ruby
369
368
FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK (b. 1962)
Wolf
381
381
CONTENTS
ANIMAL FABLES
Introduction
387
SAMUEL CROXALL(d. 1752)
Fables of Aesop and Others
394
The Fox without a Tail
394
The Fox and the Crow
395
394
WILLIAM GODWIN (1756-1836)
Fables Ancient and Modern
397
The Dog in the Manger
397
The Ass in the Lion's Skin
398
397
WALTER CRANE (1845-1915)
The Baby's Own Aesop
400
The Blind Doe
400
The Crow and the Pitcher
401
The Eagle and the Crow
401
399
W. H. D. ROUSE (1863-1950)
"The Giant Crab" and Other Tales from Old India
The Crocodile and the Monkey
402
The Talkative Tortoise
403
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936)
Just So Stories for Little Children
How the Camel Got His Hump
401
402
404
405
405
JAMES THURBER (1894-1961)
Further Fables for Our Time
408
The Fox and the Crow
408
Variations on the Theme
409
ASHLEY BRYAN (b. 1923)
"The Ox of the Wonderful Horns" and Other African Tales
Tortoise, Hare, and the Sweet Potatoes
410
RUSSELL HOBAN (b. 1925)
The Sea-Thing Child
413
408
410
410
412
CLASSICAL MYTHS
CONTENTS
Introduction
419
WILLIAM GODWIN (1756-1836)
The Pantheon
423
The Minotaur
423
423
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864)
Tanglewood Tales
425
From The Minotaur
425
424
CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819-1875)
The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children
How Theseus Slew the Minotaur
434
433
434
LEON GARFIELD (1921-1996) and EDWARD BLISHEN (1920-1996)
The God beneath the Sea
437
The Seeds of Power
437
436
PADRAIC COLUM (1881-1972)
From The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy
439
440
LEGENDS
Introduction
445
ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
'
453
454
History of Robin Hood (ca. 1860)
461
HOWARD PYLE (1853-1911)
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
469
Robin Hood and Little John
469
ROGER LANCELYN GREEN (1918-1987)
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
474
468
JEAN FRITZ (b. 1915)
From The Double Life of Pocahontas
474
474
484
485
JULIUS LESTER (b. 1939)
John Henry
492
491
MARY POPE OSBORNE (b. 1949)
Davy Crockett
498
497
RELIGION: JUDEO-CHRISTIAN STORIES
CONTENTS
Introduction
503
JAMES JANEWAY (ca. 1636-1674)
A Token for Children
511
A Preface: Containing Directions to Children
511
JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688)
The Pilgrim's Progress (chapbook)
511
515
516
ISAAC WATTS (1674-1748)
Divine Songs for Children
529
Against Quarrelling and Fighting
529
Against Idleness and Mischief
529
An Evening Song
530
The Sluggard
530
Innocent Play
531
A Cradle Hymn
531
528
HESBA STRETTON (1832-1911)
Jessica's First Prayer
533
Chapter III. An Old Friend in a New Dress
Chapter IV. Peeps into Fairy-Land
536
Chapter V. A New World Opens
537
Chapter VI. The First Prayer
539
533
533
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER (1904-1991)
Hanukkah in the Poorhouse
540
TIM RICE (b. 1944)
From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
539
545
546
FANTASY
Introduction
551
CATHERINE SINCLAIR (1800-1864)
Holiday House
560
Chapter IX. Uncle David's Nonsensical Story about Giants and Fairies
559
560
LUCY LANE CLIFFORD (1846-1929)
The New Mother
568
567
L. FRANK BAUM (1856-1919)
The Capture of Father Time
582
584
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CONTENTS
E. NESBIT (1858-1924)
Carpet
590
T h e Pnoenix and the
591
RUTH PARK (b. 1923)
Playing Beatie Bow
700
699
LLOYD ALEXANDER (b. 1924)
The Book of Three
796
795
JON SCIESZKA (b. 1954)
Summer Reading Is Killing Me!
875
876
SCIENCE FICTION
Introduction
897
H. G. WELLS (1886-1946)
The Stolen Body
906
905
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (1907-1988)
Podkayne of Mars: Her Life and Times
915
917
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN (b. 1948)
The Last Super Bowl Game
1013
1012
VONDA N. MCINTYRE (b. 1948)
Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand
1025
1025
CRAIG KEE STRETE (b. 1950)
The Bleeding Man
1039
1039
PICTURE BOOKS
Introduction
1051
BLACK-AND-WHITE
WANDA GAG (1893-1946)
From Millions of Cats
1060
MUNRO LEAF (1905-1976); illustrator ROBERT LAWSON (1892^1957)
From The Story of Ferdinand
1060
ROBERT McCLOSKEY (1914-2003)
From Make Way for Ducklings
1061
CONTENTS
EDWARD ARDIZZONE (1900-1979)
From Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain
1062
FLORENCE PARRY HEIDE (b. 1919); illustrator EDWARD GOREY (1925-2000)
From The Shrinking of Treehorn
1063
RUSSELL HOBAN (b. 1925); illustrator JAMES MARSHALL (1942-1992)
From Dinner at Alberta's
1064
ALFRED NOYES (1880-1958); illustrator CHARLES KEEPING (1924-1988)
From The Highwayman
1065
PATRICIA C. McKISSACK (b. 1944); illustrator BRIAN PINKNEY (b. 1961)
From The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
1066
CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG (b. 1949)
From The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
1067
DAVID MACAULAY (b. 1946)
BAAA
1068
1069
COLOR
The Color section of "Picture Books" follows page 1098.
HEINRICH HOFFMANN (1809-1894)
From Struwwelpeter
Cl
KATE GREENAWAY (1846-1901)
From Under the Window
C2
RANDOLPH CALDECOTT (1846-1886)
From Sing a Song for Sixpence
C3
BLANCHE FISHER WRIGHT
From The Real Mother Goose
C3
BERTHA UPTON (1849-1912); illustrator FLORENCE UPTON (1873-1922)
From The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg
C4
HELEN BANNERMAN (1862-1946)
From The Story of Little Black Sambo
C5
JULIUS LESTER (b. 1939); illustrator JERRY PINKNEY (b. 1939)
From Sam and the Tigers
C5
BEATRIX POTTER (1866-1943)
From The Tale of Peter Rabbit
C6
From a letter to Noel Moore (1893)
C6
"Now my dears" (Warne, 1902)
C6
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CONTENTS
"Now run along" (U.S., 1982)
C7
allowed
" O n e da^ theVwere
" (Ladybird, 1987)
C7
"Book of the film" version (Warne, 1992)
C7
SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1872-1949)
From Clever Bill
C8
JEAN de BRUNHOFF (1899-1937)
From The Story of Babar the Little Elephant
C9
MARJORIE FLACK (1897-1958)
From Angus and the Ducks
C9
ROBERT L. MAY (1905-1976)
From Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
CIO
ROGER DUVOISIN (1904-1980)
From The Happy Lion
C11
MAURICE SENDAK (b. 1928)
From Where the Wild Things Are
C12
EZRA JACK KEATS (1916-1983)
From The Snowy Day
C14
DR. SEUSS [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (1904-1991)
From Green Eggs and Ham
C15
ARNOLD LOBEL (1933-1987)
From Frog and Toad Are Friends
RAYMOND BRIGGS (b. 1934)
From Fungus the Bogeyman
ERIC CARLE (b. 1929)
From The Very Hungry Caterpillar
C16
C17
C18
PAT HUTCHINS (b. 1942)
From Rosie's Walk
C19
RUSSELL HOBAN (b. 1925); illustrator QUENTIN BLAKE (b. 1932)
From How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen
C20
RAYMOND BRIGGS (b. 1934)
From The Snowman
C21
JENNY WAGNER (b. 1939); illustrator RON BROOKS (b. 1948)
From John Brown, Rose, and the Midnight Cat
C23
ALLAN AHLBERG (b. 1938); illustrator JANET AHLBERG (1944-1994)
From Each Peach Pear Plum
C23
JOHN BURNINGHAM (b. 1936)
From Come Away from the Water, Shirley
C25
DONALD HALL (b. 1928); illustrator BARBARA COONEY (1917-2000)
From The Ox-Cart Man
C25
MEM FOX (b. 1946); illustrator JULIE VIVAS (b. 1947)
From Possum Magic
C26
GABRIELLE VINCENT [Monique Martin] (1928-2000)
From Merry Christmas, Ernest and Celestine
C26
DAVID McKEE (b. 1935)
From I Hate My Teddy Bear
C28
DENNIS LEE (b. 1938); illustrator MARY-LOUISE GAY (b. 1952)
From Lizzy's Lion
C29
LYNLEYDODD (b. 1941)
From Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper
C30
DAVID MACAULAY (b. 1946)
From Black and White
C31
JON SCIESZKA (b. 1954); illustrator LANE SMITH (b. 1959)
From The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
C32
COMICS
Introduction
1099
From Funny Folks (1887)
From Impossible Adventures (ca. 1888)
1104
1105
RICHARD F. OUTCAULT (1863-1928)
From The Yellow Kid, No. 1 (1897)
1106
WINSOR McCAY (1869-1934)
From Little Nemo in Slumberland (1908)
1107
From The Funnies, No. 1 (1929)
1108
HERGE [GEORGES REMI] (1907-1993)
From Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
From Tintin in America
1109
1110
WALT DISNEY (1901-1966) and FLOYD GOTTFREDSON (1905-1986)
From Mickey Mouse and the Pirate Submarine (1935)
1111
CONTENTS
JOE SHUSTER (1914-1992); text by JERRY SIEGEL (1914-1996)
From Action Comics, No. 1 (1938)
1111
FRANK HAMPSON (1918-1985)
From Eagle, No. 1 (1950)
1112
ALBERT UDERZO (b. 1927); text by RENE GOSCINNY (1926-1977)
From Asterix in Britain (1966)
1113
MARVEL COMICS
From The Hulk (1982)
From The Life of Pope John Paul II (1982)
1114
1115
VERSE
Introduction
1117
LULLABIES AND BABY SONGS
All the Pretty Little Horses 1133
Go to Sleepy, Little Baby 1133
[A Baby Song] 1133
Rocky Bye Baby 1133
[Bye, O my baby] 1133
[Baby, baby, naughty baby] 1134
[Baby and I] 1134
[Bye, baby bunting] 1134
[Hush-a-bye, baby] 1134
[Hush-a-ba, babie, lie still] 1134
[Hush-a-bye, lie still and sleep] 1134
Cradle Song 1135
[Hush-a-bye a baa-lamb] 1135
[Norwegian Lullaby] 1135
Raisins and Almonds 1135
All Through the Night 1135
[He'll toil for thee] 1135
The Little Orphan (Robert Elice) 1136
Lullaby of a Female Convict to Her Child
(Henry Kirke White) 1136
[Sleep, baby, sleep] (Robert Ellice) 1137
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (Eugene
Field) 1137
NURSERY VERSE
[How many days has my baby to
play?] 1139
[Jeremiah, blow the fire] 1139
[Daffy-Down-Dilly]
1139
[Lavender's blue] 1139
[Ride a cock-horse] 1139
[Baa, baa, black sheep] 1140
[Little Bo-peep] 1140
[Little boy blue] 1141
[Three blind mice] 1141
[Four and twenty tailors] 1141
[There was an owl] 1142
[Dickery, dickery, dare] 1142
1132
1138
[The man in the moon] 1142
[Pease porridge hot] 1142
[Hey diddle diddle] 1143
[Jack and Jill] 1143
[Little Jack Homer] 1143
[There was an old woman called Nothingat-all] 1144
[There was an old woman / And nothing
she had] 1144
[There was an old woman who lived in a
shoe] 1144
[Poor old Robinson Crusoe!] 1145
[For want of a nail] 1145
[One fine day in the middle of the
night] 1145
[Doctor Faustus was a good man]
[Blessed be the memory] 1145
1145
[Three Wise Men of Gotham] 1146
[Miss Buss and Miss Beale] 1146
[I'll tell you a story] 1146
[Wee Willie Winkie] 1147
RIDDLES AND WORDPLAY
[Riddle me, riddle me ree]
[Hyder iddle diddle dell]
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CONTENTS
1147
1147
1147
JOHN COTTON (1925-2003)
Totleigh Riddles
1148
1148
Texts and Contexts: TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR
1149
JANE TAYLOR (1783-1824)
The Star
1150
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898)
[Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat]
1150
UNK WHITE (1900-1986)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Southern Cross (folk version)
1151
Ringo, Ringo, Ringo Starr (American folk version)
JOHN AGARD (b. 1949)
Twinkle Twinkle Firefly (Caribbean version)
1151
1151
PLAYGROUND VERSE
1152
[How many miles to Babylon?]
1152
[Ear-r-r-r-r-ly in the morning]
1152
[Down to the carpet you must go]
1153
[Shortenin'bread]
1153
[Little Sally Water]
1153
[Little Sally Walker]
1153
[All hid?]
1154
NONSENSE
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888)
The Owl and the Pussy-cat
Thejumblies
1156
1154
1154
1155
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898)
How doth the little crocodile
1158
Tis the voice of the Lobster
1158
Jabberwocky
1158
1157
NANCY WILLARD (b. 1936)
William Blake's Inn for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
The Wise Cow Makes Way, Room, and Believe
1160
Blake Leads a Walk on the Milky Way
1160
MARGARET MAHY (b. 1936)
17 Kings and 42 Elephants
1159
1160
1161
1161
POETRY COLLECTIONS
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (1830-1894)
Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book
1162
1163
1164
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894)
A Child's Garden of Verses
To Alison Cunningham 1181
Bed in Summer 1182
A Thought 1182
At the Seaside 1182
Young Night Thought
1182
Whole Duty of Children 1182
Rain 1182
Pirate Story
1182
Foreign Lands 1183
Windy Nights 1183
Travels 1183
Singing 1184
Looking Forward 1184
A Good Play 1184
Where Go the Boats? 1184
Auntie's Skirts 1184
The Land of Counterpane 1185
The Island of Nod 1185
My Shadow 1185
System 1186
A Good Boy 1186
Escape at Bedtime 1186
Marching Song 1187
The Cow 1187
Happy Thought 1187
The Wind 1187
Keepsake Mill 1187
Good and Bad Children 1188
Foreign Children 1188
The Sun's Travels 1188
The Lamplight 1189
My Bed Is a Boat 1189
The Swing 1189
The Moon 1189
1180
1181
Time to Rise 1190
Fairy Bread 1190
Looking-Glass River 1190
From a Railway Carriage 1190
Winter-Time 1190
The Hayloft 1191
Farewell to the Farm 1191
North-West Passage 1191
The Child Alone 1192
The Unseen Playmate 1192
My Ship and I 1192
My Kingdom 1192
Picture Books in Winter 1193
My Treasures 1193
Block City 1194
The Land of Story-Books 1194
Armies in the Fire 1194
The Little Land 1195
Garden Days 1195
Night and Day 1195
Nest Eggs 1196
The Flowers 1197
Summer Sun 1197
The Dumb Soldier 1197
Autumn Fires 1198
The Gardener 1198
Historical Associations 1198
Envoys 1199
To Willie and Henrietta 1199
To My Mother 1199
To Auntie 1199
To Minnie 1199
To My Name-Child 1200
To Any Reader 1200
WALTER DE LA MARE (1873-1956)
Peacock Pie
The Horseman 1202
Alas, Alack! 1202
Tired Tim 1202
Mima 1202
The Huntsman 1202
The Bandog 1202
ICan'tAbear 1203
The Dunce 1203
Chicken 1203
Some One 1203
Bread and Cherries 1203
Old Shellover 1204
Hapless 1204
The Little Bird 1204
Mr. Alacadacca 1204
Not I! 1204
Cake and Sack 1205
Groat nor Tester 1205
The Ship of Rio 1205
Tillie 1205
Jim Jay 1206
Up and Down 1206
MissT. 1206
The Cupboard 1206
The Barber's 1207
Hide and Seek 1207
Mrs. Earth 1207
Then 1207
The Window 1207
Poor Henry 1208
Full Moon 1208
The Bookman 1208
The Quartette 1208
Mistletoe 1208
The Lost Shoe 1209
The Truants 1209
The Sea Boy 1210
Must and May 1210
Berries 1210
Off the Ground 1211
The Thief at Robin's Gate 1212
A Widow's Weeds 1214
'Sooeep?' 1214
Mrs. MacQueen 1215
The Little Green Orchard 1215
Poor'Miss 7' 1215
Sam 1216
1201
1202
Andy Battle's and Nod's Song 1216
Late 1217
The Old Soldier 1217
The Picture 1217
The Little Old Cupid 1218
King David 1218
The Penny Owing 1218
Kings and Queens 1218
The Old House 1219
Unstooping 1219
All But Blind 1219
Nicholas Nye 1219
The Pigs and the CharcoalBurner 1220
Five Eyes 1220
Tit for Tat 1220
Earth Folk 1221
Grim 1221
Summer Evening 1221
AttheKeyhoId 1221
The Old Stone House 1221
The Ruin 1221
The Ride-by-Nights 1222
Peak and Puke 1222
The Changeling 1222
The Mocking Fairy 1222
The Honey Robbers 1223
Longlegs 1223
Bewitched 1223
Melmillo 1224
Trees 1224
Silver 1224
Nobody Knows 1225
Will Ever? 1225
Wanderers 1225
ManyaMickle 1225
Snow 1226
The Horseman 1226
The Song and the Secret 1226
The Song of Soldiers 1226
The Bees' Song 1227
The Song of Enchantment 1227
Dream-Song 1227
The Song of Shadows 1228
The Song of the Mad Prince 1228
The Song of 'Finis' 1228
CONTENTS
ROBERT GRAVES (1895-1985)
1229
The Penny Fiddle
The Penny Fiddle 1230
Allie 1230
Robinson Crusoe 1230
The Six Badgers 1231
One Hard Look 1231
Jock o' Binnorie 1231
What Did I Dream? 1231
Lift-Boy 1232
Henry and Mary 1232
Dicky 1231
Love Without Hope 1233
The Hills of May 1233
1230
In the Wilderness 1233
'The General Elliott' 1234
Vain and Careless 1234
The Forbidden Play 1234
The Bedpost 1235
The Well-dressed Children 1236
The Magical Picture 1236
The Alice Jean 1237
A Boy in Church 1237
How and Why 1238
Warning to Children 1238
RANDALL JARRELL (1914-1965)
The Bat-Poet
1239
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CHARLES CAUSLEY (1917-2003)
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Early in the Morning: A Collection of New Poems
1254
Early in the Morning 1254
Stone in the Water 1260
I Went to Santa Barbara 1254
Round the Corner Comes Jack
John Clark 1254
Fall 1261
Spin Me a Web, Spider 1254
Said the Clown 1261
Janny Jim Jan 1262
Tommy Hyde 1255
Mistletoe 1262
One for the Man 1255
Balloono 1262
Mrs McPhee 1255
There Was an Old Woman 1256
Take Me to the Water Fair 1262
Daniel Brent 1256
Rebekah 1263
Nicholas Naylor 1263
Freddie Phipps 1256
John, John the Baptist 1263
Charity Chadder 1257
Tell, Tell the Bees 1263
Jeremiah 1257
Johnny Come over the Water 1264
High on the Wall 1257
I Love My Darling Tractor 1264
Wilbur 1257
Let's God Ride 1264
My Cat Plumduff 1257
Here's the Reverend Rundle 1265
The Owl Looked out of the Ivy
The Money Came in, Came in 1265
Bush 1258
Good Morning, Mr Croco-docoRing Dove 1258
Baby, Baby 1258
dile 1266
At Linkinhorne 1259
When I Was a Boy 1266
In My Garden 1259
I Am the Song 1266
Foxglove 1260
LUCILLE CLIFTON (b. 1936)
1267
Some of the Days of Everett Anderson
Monday Morning Good
Morning 1268
Tuesday All Day Rain 1268
Wednesday Noon Adventure 1268
Thursday Evening 1268
1268
Friday Waiting for Mom 1269
Friday Mom Is Home Payday 1269
Saturday Night Late 1269
Sunday Morning Lonely 1269
Sunday Night Good 1270
PAT MORA (b. 1942)
1270
Confetti: Poems for Children
Sun Song 1271
Colors Crackle, Colors Roar 1271
Purple Snake 1271
Can I, Can I Catch the Wind 1271
Cloud Dragons 1271
Castanet Clicks 1272
Mexican Magician 1272
CONTENTS
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Leaf Soup 1272
I Hear, I Hear 1272
Dancing Paper 1273
Abuelita's Lap 1273
Words Free As Confetti
River Voice 1273
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MARILYN NELSON (b. 1946)
1274
Carver: A Life in Poems
Out of "Slave's Ransom" 1275
Prayer of the Ivory-Handled
Knife 1276
Washboard Wizard 1276
A Ship Without a Rudder 1277
Curve-Breaker 1277
My People 1277
From an Alabama Farmer 1278
The Sweet-Hearts 1278
1275
The Joy of Sewing 1279
Veil-Raisers 1279
How a Dream Dies 1280
The Wild Garden 1280
Professor Carver's Bible Class
Friends in the Klan 1281
Driving Dr. Carver 1281
Baby Carver 1282
Last Talk with Jim Hardwick
GRACE NICHOLS (b. 1950)
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1283
Come on into my Tropical Garden
Come on into My Tropical
Garden 1284
Alligator 1284
I Like to Stay Up 1284
They Were My People 1285
Poor Grandma 1285
Riddle 1285
Granny Granny Please Comb My
Hair 1285
My Cousin Melda 1286
Wha Me Mudder Do 1286
The Fastest Belt in Town 1286
Moody Mister Sometimish 1287
Mango 1287
Banana Man 1287
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Drinking Water-coconut 1288
Early Country Village Morning 1288
The Sun 1288
Sky 1288
I Am the Rain 1288
Lizard 1289
Dinosaurs 1289
Cow's Complaint 1289
Old Man's Weary thoughts 1289
I'm a Parrot 1290
Parakeets 1290
Doctor Blair 1290
For Forest 1290
Sea Timeless Song 1291
Crab Dance 1291
PLAYS
Introduction
J. M. BARRIE (1860-1937)
Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
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1300
1301
CONTENTS
BARBARA FIELD (b. 1933)
A Christmas Carol
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1356
LAURENCE YEP (b. 1948)
Dragonwings
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BOOKS OF INSTRUCTION
Introduction
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CONDUCT BOOKS FOR BOYS
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From The Father's Legacy; or, Faithful Counsels of a Good Father
to His Children and Friends (1678)
1427
JOHN BARNARD (1685-1764)
From A Present for an Apprentice; or, A Sure Guide to Gain Both Esteem
and an Estate
1428
1428
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD (1694-1773)
Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son
1430
Awkwardness of Different Kinds
1430
Bashfulness
1431
Matrimony
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1430
CONDUCT BOOKS FOR GIRLS
Duties of a Lady's Maid (1825)
Familiarity with Superiors
1433
Stays and Corsets
1435
Padding, Bandaging, &c. to Improve the Figure
MINNA THOMAS ANTRIM (b. 1861)
Don't's for Girls: A Manual of Mistakes
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1433
1438
1441
1441
DORA LANGLOIS
The Child: A Mother's Advice to Her Daughters
'
1443
ROBERT BADEN-POWELL (1857-1941)
From Rovering to Success: A Book of Life-Sport for Young Men
1442
1460
1461
ROBIE H. HARRIS (b. 1940); illustrator MICHAEL EMBERLEY (b. 1960)
From It's Perfectly Normal
1482
The Bird and the Bee
1482
Lots of Questions: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
1480
1483
LIFE WRITING
CONTENTS
Introduction
1485
From Facts to Correct Fancies; or, Short Narratives compiled from
the Biography of Remarkable Women, written for children,
by a Mother (1840)
1491
CLARA L. BALFOUR (1808-1878)
Women Worth Emulating
1496
Chapter III. Miss Caroline Herschel
1496
1496
CHARLOTTE MARYYONGE (1823-1901)
A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands
What Is a Golden Deed?
1506
Fathers and Sons (1642-1798)
1510
THE BROWNIES'BOOK (1920-1921)
Benjamin Banneker
1518
America's First Martyr-Patriot (Crispus Attucks)
The Story of Phillis Wheatley
1524
"The Bravest of the Brave" (Elizabeth Blakesley)
The Story of Harriet Tubman
1529
ANNE FRANK (1929-1945)
The Diary of a Young Girl
July 11, 1942
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July 11, 1943
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Jan. 2, 1[944
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Feb. 12,, 1944
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Feb. 23,, 1944
Aug. 1, 1944
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JEAN FRITZ (b. 1915)
Homesick: My Own Story
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1506
1516
1521
1527
1531
1532
1538
1539
MILTON MELTZER (b. 1915)
Benjamin Franklin: The New American
1607
Chapter 6. Improve Yourself, Improve Your Community
Chapter 7. Inventor and Scientist
1612
Chapter 8. Disarming the Clouds of Heaven
1618
1606
1607
ADVENTURE STORIES
Introduction
DANIEL DEFOE (ca. 1660-1731)
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (children's version, 1823)
1623
1633
1634
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CONTENTS
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON (1860-1946)
Raggylug: The Story of a Cottontail Rabbit
1644
1645
A. A. MILNE (1882-1956)
Winnie-the Pooh
1659
Chapter VIII. In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition
to the North Pole
1659
1658
SHANNON GARST (1894-1981)
James Bowie and His Famous Knife
1665
1666
E. L. KONIGSBURG (b. 1930)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1745
1746
SCHOOL STORIES
Introduction
1805
SARAH FIELDING (1710-1768)
From The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy
1817
1818
THOMAS HUGHES (1822-1896)
Tom Brown's Schooldays
1835
Chapter V. Rugby and Football
1835
Chapter VI. After the Match
1848
1833
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936)
Stalky & Co.
1859
An Unsavory Interlude
1859
1858
EVELYN SHARP (1869-1955)
In School
1876
1875
ELEANOR ESTES (1906-1988)
The Hundred Dresses
1907
1906
AIDAN CHAMBERS (b. 1934)
The Present Takers
1920
1919
ALMA FLOR ADA (b. 1938)
My Name Is Maria Isabel
TIM WYNNE-JONES (b. 1948)
Tweedledum and Tweedledead
NIKKI GRIMES (b. 1950)
Bronx Masquerade
2011
1987
1988
2002
2003
2011
DOMESTIC FICTION
CONTENTS
Introduction
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MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759-1797)
From Original Stories from Real Life
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MARIA EDGEWORTH (1768-1849)
Lazy Lawrence
2097
The Birth-day Present
2111
2095
MARY MARTHA SHERWOOD (1775-1851)
From The History of the Fairchild Family; or, The Child's Manual
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2123
CHARLOTTE MARYYONGE (1823-1901)
A Patchwork Fever
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2147
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888)
Psyche's Art (1868)
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FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT (1849-1924)
Editha's Burglar
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L. M. MONTGOMERY (1874-1942)
Each in His Own Tongue
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2196
BEVERLY CLEARY (b. 1916)
Ramona and Her Father
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2211
LENSEY NAMIOKA (b. 1929)
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear
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2248
ROCH CARRIER (b. 1937)
The Hockey Sweater
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RED D. TAYLOR (b. 1943)
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 2290
BRUCE BROOKS (b. 1950)
Out
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TIMELINE
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GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES
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PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INDEX OF ILLUSTRATORS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
INDEX
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