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In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 33, June 15, 1880
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…
Children's Drama
In The Day Before Yesterday
This is a volume of short stories and essays by Richard Middleton. The British poet and author wrote a large number of short pieces during h…
Introduction
In Folk Tales Every Child Should Know
Folk Tales Every Child Should Know invites listeners into a world where stories are the heartbeat of culture and community. Compiled by Hami…
Champion
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 20, March 16, 1880
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…
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In The Junior Classics Volume 5: Stories That Never Grow Old
Stories That Never Grow Old offers a delightful collection of timeless tales, reimagined for a younger audience. This anthology features bel…
The Tournament
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 03, Nov. 18, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Preface
In Mother Stories
Mother Stories by Maud Lindsay is a collection of enchanting tales crafted for young listeners and their mothers. Drawing inspiration from t…
Ships Past and Present
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 14, Feb. 3, 1880
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfictio…
Introduction
In Story Time Tales
A collection of short stories for children, written by Laura Rountree Smith. - Summary by Anne O'Donoghue
Preface
In The Beacon Second Reader
In the "Beacon Second Reader" the author has chosen for his stories only those of recognized literary merit; and while it has been…
Preface by T. Hood
In A bunch of keys, where they were found and what they might have unlocked - A Christmas book
This is a little collection of short stories, written by different authors and published in 1865. It is a Christmas book, and the stories wi…
Preface
In The Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales
The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, sto…
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In The Children's Shakespeare
This children's book retells twelve of Shakespeare's most popular plays as stories for children. Each of the plays are rewritten as short st…
Preface
In The Animal Story Book
Edited by Andrew Lang, this book is an anthology of interesting stories about a wide variety of diffferent animals collected from numerous s…
A Contribution to Child-Study Literature
In Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 2, September 1899
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…
Margotte's Story
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 05, Dec. 2,1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Preface
In The Fables of La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine's fables were very well-known all over Europe during his life, and are now slowly being rediscovered. This edition conta…
Introduction
In The Irvington Stories
A collection of 8 short stories for children, written by Mary Mapes Dodge, author of "Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates". This wa…
A Hard Swim
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 13, Jan. 27, 1880
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction an…
Pledged
In Bobby's Wolf and Other Stories
A collection of short stories for children, published in 1888. Some are "made up" stories and some are real-life accounts, all wit…