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Children's Literature: A Tradition

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Children's Literature: A Tradition

This is an anthology of children's literature and stories sourced from the public domain up to the early twentieth century with introductions that discuss them as literature.

Literature and LiteracyHumanities
Author
Teresa M. Purvis and Sarah E. Gibbons, Eds.
Publisher
Lansing Community College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 156 sections
  1. 01: Traditional Literature
  2. 1.01: Introduction to Traditional Literature
  3. 1.02: Fables
  4. 1.03: Hero Myths and Trickster Myths
  5. 1.04: Folk Tales- Cumulative Tales Pourquoi Tales Realistic Tales and Noodlehead Tales
  6. 1.05: Legends and Tall Tales
  7. 1.06: Fairy Tales
  8. 1.07: Beast Tales
  9. 02: Early Educational Literacy Tools
  10. 2.01: Introduction to Early Educational Literacy Tools
  11. 2.02: From Comenius' Orbis Pictus (The Visible World)
  12. 2.03: A Battledore from Rushers Banbury Battledore and Reading Made Easy (early 19th c)
  13. 2.04: A Apple Pie (1886)
  14. 2.05: A True Tale of Robin Hood A Chapbook
  15. 03: Poetry
  16. 3.01: Introduction to Poetry
  17. 3.02: Lewis Carroll
  18. 3.03: Frances Watkins Harper
  19. 3.04: From Struwwelpeter- Merry Stories and Funny Pictures by Heinrich Hoffman (1844 translated 1848)
  20. 3.05: The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear (1871)
  21. 3.06: Selections from Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (1877)
  22. 3.07: Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  23. 3.08: Jane and Ann Taylor Selected Poems
  24. 3.09: Isaac Watts Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children
  25. 04: Picture Books
  26. 4.01: Introduction to Picture Books
  27. 4.02: Three Jovial Huntsmen by Randolph Caldecott
  28. 4.03: The Little Red Hen by Florence White Williams
  29. 4.04: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
  30. 4.05: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter
  31. 4.06: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter
  32. 4.07: The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
  33. 4.08: The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams Bianco Illus. by William Nicholson
  34. 05: Classic Novels
  35. 5.01: Introduction to Classic Novels
  36. 5.02: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  37. 5.2.01: Playing Pilgrims
  38. 5.2.02: A Merry Christmas
  39. 5.2.03: The Laurence Boy
  40. 5.2.04: Burdens
  41. 5.2.05: Being Neighborly
  42. 5.2.06: Beth finds the Palace Beautiful
  43. 5.2.07: Amys Valley of Humiliation
  44. 5.2.08: Jo meets Apollyon
  45. 5.2.09: Meg goes to Vanity Fair
  46. 5.2.10: The P. C. and P. O.
  47. 5.2.11: Experiments
  48. 5.2.12: Camp Laurence
  49. 5.2.13: Castles in the Air
  50. 5.2.14: Secrets
  51. 5.2.15: A Telegram
  52. 5.2.16: Letters
  53. 5.2.17: Little Faithful
  54. 5.2.18: Dark Days
  55. 5.2.19: Amys Will
  56. 5.2.20: Confidential
  57. 5.2.21: Laurie makes Mischief and Jo makes Peace
  58. 5.2.22: Pleasant Meadows
  59. 5.2.23: Aunt March settles the Question
  60. 5.2.24: Gossip
  61. 5.2.25: The First Wedding
  62. 5.2.26: Artistic Attempts
  63. 5.2.27: Literary Lessons
  64. 5.2.28: Domestic Experiences
  65. 5.2.29: Calls
  66. 5.2.30: Consequences
  67. 5.2.31: Our Foreign Correspondent
  68. 5.2.32: Tender Troubles
  69. 5.2.33: Jos Journal
  70. 5.2.34: A Friend
  71. 5.2.35: Heartache
  72. 5.2.36: Beths Secret
  73. 5.2.37: New Impressions
  74. 5.2.38: On the Shelf
  75. 5.2.39: Lazy Laurence
  76. 5.2.40: The Valley of the Shadow
  77. 5.2.41: Learning to Forget
  78. 5.2.42: All Alone
  79. 5.2.43: Surprises
  80. 5.2.44: My Lord and Lady
  81. 5.2.45: Daisy and Demi
  82. 5.2.46: Under the Umbrella
  83. 5.2.47: Harvest Time
  84. 5.03: Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie
  85. 5.3.01: Peter Breaks Through
  86. 5.3.02: The Shadow
  87. 5.3.03: Come Away Come Away
  88. 5.3.04: The Flight
  89. 5.3.05: The Island Come True
  90. 5.3.06: The Little House
  91. 5.3.07: The Home Under The Ground
  92. 5.3.08: The Mermaids' Lagoon
  93. 5.3.09: The Never Bird
  94. 5.3.10: The Happy Home
  95. 5.3.11: Wendy's Story
  96. 5.3.12: The Children Are Carried Off
  97. 5.3.13: Do You Believe In Fairies
  98. 5.3.14: The Pirate Ship
  99. 5.3.15: 'Hook Or Me This Time'
  100. 5.3.16: The Return Home
  101. 5.3.17: When Wendy Grew Up
  102. 5.04: Winnie-The-Pooh by A. A. Milne
  103. 5.4.01: In Which We Are Introduced To Winnie-The-Pooh And Some Bees And The Stories Begin
  104. 5.4.02: In Which Pooh Goes Visiting And Gets Into A Tight Place
  105. 5.4.03: In Which Pooh And Piglet Go Hunting And Nearly Catch A Woozle
  106. 5.4.04: In Which Eeyore Loses A Tail And Pooh Finds One
  107. 5.4.05: In Which Piglet Meets A Heffalump
  108. 5.4.06: In Which Eeyore Has A Birthday And Gets Two Presents
  109. 5.4.07: In Which Kanga And Baby Roo Come To The Forest And Piglet Has A Bath
  110. 5.4.08: In Which Christopher Robin Leads An Expotition To The North Pole
  111. 5.4.09: In Which Piglet Is Entirely Surrounded By Water
  112. 5.4.10: In Which Christopher Robin Gives A Pooh Party And We Say Good-Bye
  113. 5.05: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
  114. 5.5.01: Y-o-u-u TomAunt Polly Decides Upon her DutyTom Practices MusicThe ChallengeA Private Entrance
  115. 5.5.02: Strong TemptationsStrategic MovementsThe Innocents Beguiled
  116. 5.5.03: Tom as a GeneralTriumph and RewardDismal FelicityCommission and Omission
  117. 5.5.04: Mental AcrobaticsAttending SundaySchoolThe SuperintendentShowing offTom Lionized
  118. 5.5.05: A Useful MinisterIn ChurchThe Climax
  119. 5.5.06: Self-ExaminationDentistryThe Midnight CharmWitches and DevilsCautious ApproachesHappy Hours
  120. 5.5.07: A Treaty Entered IntoEarly LessonsA Mistake Made
  121. 5.5.08: Tom Decides on his CourseOld Scenes Re-enacted
  122. 5.5.09: A Solemn SituationGrave Subjects IntroducedInjun Joe Explains
  123. 5.5.10: The Solemn OathTerror Brings RepentanceMental Punishment
  124. 5.5.11: Muff Potter Comes HimselfToms Conscience at Work
  125. 5.5.12: Tom Shows his GenerosityAunt Polly Weakens
  126. 5.5.13: The Young PiratesGoing to the RendezvousThe CampFire Talk
  127. 5.5.14: Camp-LifeA SensationTom Steals Away from Camp
  128. 5.5.15: Tom ReconnoitersLearns the SituationReports at Camp
  129. 5.5.16: A Days AmusementsTom Reveals a SecretThe Pirates take a Lesson A Night SurpriseAn Indian War
  130. 5.5.17: Memories of the Lost HeroesThe Point in Toms Secret
  131. 5.5.18: Toms Feelings InvestigatedWonderful DreamBecky Thatcher OvershadowedTom Becomes JealousBlack Revenge
  132. 5.5.19: Tom Tells the Truth
  133. 5.5.20: Becky in a DilemmaToms Nobility Asserts Itself
  134. 5.5.21: Youthful EloquenceCompositions by the Young LadiesA Lengthy VisionThe Boys Vengeance Satisfied
  135. 5.5.22: Toms Confidence BetrayedExpects Signal Punishment
  136. 5.5.23: Old Muffs FriendsMuff Potter in CourtMuff Potter Saved
  137. 5.5.24: Tom as the Village HeroDays of Splendor and Nights of HorrorPursuit of Injun Joe
  138. 5.5.25: About Kings and DiamondsSearch for the TreasureDead People and Ghosts
  139. 5.5.26: The Haunted HouseSleepy GhostsA Box of GoldBitter Luck
  140. 5.5.27: Doubts to be SettledThe Young Detectives
  141. 5.5.28: An Attempt at No. TwoHuck Mounts Guard
  142. 5.5.29: The Pic-nicHuck on Injun Joes TrackThe Revenge JobAid for the Widow
  143. 5.5.30: The Welshman ReportsHuck Under FireThe Story CirculatedA New SensationHope Giving Way to Despair
  144. 5.5.31: An Exploring ExpeditionTrouble CommencesLost in the CaveTotal DarknessFound but not Saved
  145. 5.5.32: Tom tells the Story of their EscapeToms Enemy in Safe Quarters
  146. 5.5.33: The Fate of Injun JoeHuck and Tom Compare NotesAn Expedition to the CaveProtection Against GhostsAn Awful Snug PlaceA Reception at the Widow Douglass
  147. 5.5.34: Springing a SecretMr. Jones Surprise a Failure
  148. 5.5.35: A New Order of ThingsPoor HuckNew Adventures Planned
  149. 06: Problematic Classics
  150. 6.01: Introduction to Problematic Classics
  151. 6.02: Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman Illus. by Florence White Williams
  152. 6.03: Rumpelstiltskin by the Brothers Grimm
  153. 6.04: The Story of the Inky Boys from Hoffman's Struwwelpeter
  154. 6.05: Told by Uncle Remus- New Stories of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris (1903)
  155. 6.06: Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti
  156. 6.07: Foreign Children by Robert Louis Stevenson Illus. by Jessie Wilcox Smith