Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookOpen Original Text E TURTLE, AND THE OWL 200
HOMES 201
By Annie W. McCullough
MEAL-TIME IN THE BEAR-PITS AT THE ZOO 202
By I. W. Taben
THE FINE GOOD SHOW 204
By Jessie Wright Whitcomb
GAY AND SPY 208
THE BALLAD OF A RUNAWAY DONKEY 212
By Emilie Poulsson
THE THREE BEARS 220
THE LITTLE BEAR'S STORY 221
By C. F. Holder
THE HARE AND THE HEDGEHOG 224
By The Brothers Grimm
THE WEE ROBIN'S CHRISTMAS SONG 226
A Scotch Story, attributed to Robert Burns
Adapted by Jennie Ellis Burdick
THE FOX 228
THREE COMPANIONS 229
By Dinah Maria Mulock-Craik
"'FRAID CAT!" 230
By Frank Munro
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY 231
By Mary Howitt
#EVERY-DAY VERSES#
A LITTLE GENTLEMAN 233
By Alden Arthur Knipe
TIME FOR EVERYTHING 233
By Alden Arthur Knipe
UMBRELLAS AND RUBBERS 234
By Alden Arthur Knipe
WHISPERING IN SCHOOL 234
By Alden Arthur Knipe
RECESS 235
By Alden Arthur Knipe
AFTER SCHOOL 235
By Alden Arthur Knipe
MONDAY'S LESSONS 235
By Alden Arthur Knipe
AT DINNER 236
By Alden Arthur Knipe
VALOR 237
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY 238
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
THE CAPITALIST 239
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
IN MERRY ENGLAND 240
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
THE GOOSE GIRL 241
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
THE PHILOSOPHER 242
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
THIRSTY FLOWERS 243
By Alden Arthur Knipe
SHARING WITH OTHERS 243
By Alden Arthur Knipe
POCKETS 244
By Alden Arthur Knipe
WAITING FOR DINNER 244
By Alden Arthur Knipe
THE CRITIC 245
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
DIPLOMACY 246
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
IF I WERE QUEEN 247
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
THOUGHTS IN CHURCH 248
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
#THE DAYS OF THE WEEK#
THIS IS THE WAY 249
DAYS OF BIRTH 250
THE WASHING 250
SOLOMON GRUNDY 250
BABY'S PLAY DAYS 250
WHICH DO YOU CHOOSE? 251
SEVEN LITTLE MICE 251
By Stella George Stern
VISITING 252
LITTLE TOMMY'S MONDAY MORNING 252
By Tudor Jenks
ST. SATURDAY 254
By Henry Johnstone
#NUMBER RHYMES#
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 255
OVER IN THE MEADOW 255
By Olive A. Wadsworth
COUNTING APPLE-SEEDS 256
TWINS 257
By Lucy Fitch Perkins
THE RHYME OF TEN LITTLE RABBITS 258
By Kate N. Mytinger
IN JULY 260
By A. S. Webber
THE WISH OF PRISCILLA PENELOPE POWERS 262
By Mrs. John T. Van Sant
WINKELMAN VON WINKEL 262
By Clara Odell Lyon
TEN LITTLE COOKIES 263
OUR BABY 263
LONG TIME AGO 264
By Elizabeth Prentiss
BUCKLE MY SHOE 264
#STORIES FOR LITTLE GIRLS#
A PAIR OF GLOVES 265
By H. G. Duryée
A VERY LITTLE STORY OF A VERY LITTLE GIRL 268
By Alice E. Allen
EDITH'S TEA PARTY 269
By Lois Walters
REBECCA 271
By Eleanor Piatt
DOROTHEA'S SCHOOL GIFTS 272
By Eunice Ward
THE LOST MONEY 276
By Bolton Hall
A DUTCH TREAT 277
By Amy B. Johnson
THE JINGLE OF THE LITTLE JAP 283
By Isabel Eccleston Mackay
THE SEVENTH BIRTHDAY OF THE LITTLE
COUSIN FROM CONSTANTINOPLE 284
By Emma C. Dowd
LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD 286
Retold from Grimm
DOLLY'S DOCTOR 288
THUMBELINA 288
By Hans Christian Andersen
THE FOX AND THE LITTLE RED HEN 294
THE SHOEMAKER AND THE LITTLE ELVES 294
By The Brothers Grimm
THE GINGERBREAD BOY 296
#STORIES FOR LITTLE BOYS#
MISCHIEF 297
By Rosamond Upham
WILLIE AND HIS DOG DIVER 299
By H. N. Powers
GORDON'S TOY CASTLE ON THE HILL 300
By Everett Wilson
HANS THE INNOCENT 302
Written and Illustrated by M. I. Wood
A REAL LITTLE BOY BLUE 304
By Caroline S. Allen
TRAVELS OF A FOX 306
Adapted by Cecilia Farwell
OEYVIND AND MARIT 308
#HAPPY DAYS#
WHAT THE CAT AND HEN DID 313
By Alice Ralston
DOT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE 316
NED AND ROVER AND JACK 317
I HAD A LITTLE KITTEN 318
HOW POLLY HAD HER PICTURE TAKEN 319
By Everett Wilson
IDLE BEN 321
THE HOLE IN THE CANNA-BED 321
By Isabel Gordon Curtis
THE CONCEITED MOUSE 323
By Ella Foster Case
#RHYMES CONCERNING MOTHER#
A BOY'S MOTHER 325
By James Whitcomb Riley
MOTHER 325
By Rose Fyleman
THE GOODEST MOTHER 325
MOTHER'S WAY 326
By Carrie Williams
WHO IS IT? 326
By Ethel M. Kelley
MY DEAREST IS A LADY 327
By Miriam S. Clark
HOW MANY LUMPS? 327
WHEN MOTHER GOES AWAY 328
By Clara Odell Lyon
AN OLD SONG--"THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!" 328
By Blanche Elizabeth Wade
#UNCLES AND AUNTS AND OTHER RELATIVES#
GRANDMOTHER'S MEMORIES 329
By Helen A. Byrom
GREAT-AUNT LUCY LEE 330
By Cora Walker Hayes
OUR VISITORS 334
By Isabel Lyndall
BEAUTIFUL GRANDMAMMA 338
THANKSGIVING DAY 340
By Lydia Maria Child
GRANDMA'S MINUET 340
AUNT JAN 341
By Norman Gale
AFTER TEA 342
#AMUSING ALPHABETS#
TINGLE, TANGLE TITMOUSE 343
AN ENGLISH ALPHABET 344
NONSENSE ALPHABET 346
PAST HISTORY 348
By Edward Lear
THE APPLE PIE 351
WHO'S WHO IN THE ZOO 352
By Carolyn Wells
A WAS AN ARCHER 357
A LITTLE FOLKS' ALPHABET 358
By Carolyn Wells
CHILD HEALTH ALPHABET 360
By Mrs. Frederick Peterson
HERE'S A, B, C, D 363
OUR STORIES 364
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#FATHER PLAYS AND MOTHER PLAYS#
[Illustration: Figs. 1 though 5 and So big!]
BABY'S TEN LITTLE LIVE PLAYTHINGS BY J. K. BARRY
These ten little live playthings can be held in every baby's hand, five
in one and five in the other and be the baby ever so poor yet he always
has these ten playthings because, you know, he brings them with him.
But all babies do not know how to play with them. They find out for
themselves a good many ways of playing with them but here are some of
the ways that a baby I used to know got amusement out of his.
The very first was the play called "Ta-ra-chese" (Ta-rar-cheese). It is
a Dutch word and there was a little song about it all in Dutch. This is
the way the baby I knew would play it when he was a tiny little fellow.
His Mamma would hold her hand up and move it gently around this way
(Fig. 1) singing "Ta-ra-chese, ta-ra-chese!" Baby would look and watch
awhile, and presently his little hand would begin to move and five
little playthings would begin the play--dear, sweet little chubby pink
fingers--for I think you have guessed these are every baby's playthings.
How glad Mamma is to find that her baby has learned his first lesson!
Then he must learn, "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake Baker's man," (Fig. 2) and
"How big is baby?" "_So Big!_"
And here are some other ways by which a little sister's fingers may
amuse the baby.
"This the church and this is the steeple, Open the gates--there are all
the good people." (Fig. 3)
"Chimney sweep--Oho! oho! Chimney sweep!" (Fig. 4)
"Put your finger in the bird's nest. The bird isn't home." (Fig. 5)
And then when the little finger is poked in, a sly pinch is given by a
hidden thumb and baby is told, "The birdie has just come home!" But you
mustn't pinch hard, of course, just enough to make baby laugh at being
caught.
[Illustration: Figs. 6 though 11.]
And then there is the play of "Two men sawing wood--one little boy
picking up chips." (Fig. 6) The two finger men are moved up and down and
the little boy finger works busily.
Everybody knows the rhyming finger-play:
"Here's my Father's knives and forks, (Fig. 7)
"Here's my Mother's table, (Fig. 8)
"Here's my Sister's looking-glass, (Fig. 9)
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