Children's literature : a textbook of sources for teachers and teacher-training classes

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CHILDREN 'S

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SECTION II MOTHER GOOSE JINGLES AND NURSERY RHYMES Mother Goose (Shorter rhymes)

1 . A cat came fiddling out of a barn

2. A diller, a dollar .

3. As I was going to St. Ives .

4. As I was going up Pippen Hill

5. As I went to Bonner

6. As Tommy Snooks and Bessie

7. A swarm of bees in May

8. Baa, baa, black sheep .

9. Barber, barber, shave a pig

10. Birds of a feather flock together

11. Bless you, bless you, burnie bee

12. Bobby Shafto's gone to sea

13. Bow, wow, wow

14. Bye, baby bunting.

15. Come when you 're called

16. Cross patch

17. Curly locks, curly locks

18. Dance, little baby .

19. Diddle, diddle, dumpling

20. Ding, dong, bell

21. Doctor Foster

22. Eggs, butter, cheese, bread

23. For every evil under the sun

24. Four-and-twenty tailors

25. Great A, little a

26. Hark, hark

27. Here sits the Lord Mayor

28. Here we go up, up, up .

29. Hey! diddle, diddle

30. Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7

31. Higgledy, Piggledy

32. Hickory, dickory, dock

33. Hogs in the garden

34. Hot-cross buns

35. Hub a dub dub is

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36. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

37. If all the sea were one sea .

38. If all the world was apple-pie

39. If I 'd as much money as I could

spend ....

If "ifs"and"ands" .

If wishes were horses I had a little pony I had a little hobby horse I have a little sister I '11 tell you a story In marble walls as white as milk I went up one pair of stairs Jack and Jill went up the hill Jack be nimble Jack Sprat could eat no fat . Knock at the door Ladybird, ladybird, fly away

home ....

Little boy blue, come blow your

horn ....

Little girl, little girl, where have

you been ...

55. Little Jack Horner .

56. Little Jack Jingle .

Little Johnny Pringle .

Little Miss Muffet

Little Nancy Etticoat .

Little Robin Redbreast .

Little Tommy Tucker .

62. Long legs, crooked thighs

63. Lucy Locket lost her pocket

64. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and

65. Mistress Mary, quite contrary

66. Multiplication is vexation .

67. Needles and pins .

68. Old King Cole.

69. Once I saw a little bird .

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82. 83.

85. 86. 87.

91. 92.

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102. 103.

One for the money .

One misty, moisty morning .

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 •

One, two

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker

man

Pease-porridge hot Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater . Peter Piper picked a peck . Poor old Robinson Crusoe .

Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have

you been ....

Pussy sits beside the fire Ride a cock-horse to Banbury

cross

Ride, baby, ride

Rocky-a-bye, baby

Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is

green

See a pin and pick it up

See, saw, sacradown

Shoe the little horse

Sing a song of sixpence .

Star light, star bright .

The King of France went up the

hill . . ._ .

The lion and the unicorn The man in the moon .

The north wind doth blow .

The Queen of Hearts she made

some tarts ....

There was a crooked man .

There was a little boy went into

a barn •

There was a man and he had

naught ....

There was a man in our town There was an old man .

There was an old woman, and

what do you think There was an old woman lived

under a hill There was an old woman of Leeds There was an old woman of

Norwich

There was an old woman tossed

up in a basket ....

There was an old woman who

lived in a shoe ....

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106. There was an owl lived in an oak

107. This is the way the ladies ride .

108. This little pig went to market .

109. Three blind mice .... no. Three wise men of Gotham in. To market, to market, to buy a

fat pig

112. Tom, Tom, the piper's son

113. Two-legs sat upon three-legs

114. When a twister a-twisting .

115. "Willy boy, Willy boy, where

are you going?"

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116. Milkweed Seeds ....

117. An Anniversary ....

Mother Goose (Longer rhymes) 119. A Was an Apple-Pie .

Tom Thumb's Alphabet Where Are You Going Molly and I .

London Bridge I Saw a Ship

There Was an Old Woman Little Bo-Peep Cock a Doodle Doo Three Jovial Huntsmen There Was a Little Man Taffy ....

Simple Simon A Farmer Went Trotting Tom the Piper's Son .

When I Was a Little Boy The Babes in the Wood

136. The Fox and His Wife

137. For Want of a Nail A Man of Words .

Jemima ....

Mother Hubbard and Her Dog The Courtship, Merry Marriage,

and Picnic Dinner of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren .

The Burial of Poor Cock Robin Dame Wiggins of Lee, and Her

Seven Wonderful Cats .

This Is the House That Jack Built

145. The Egg in the Nest .

146. Change About ....

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138. 139- 140. 141.

142. 143-

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SECTION III FAIRY STORIES— TRADITIONAL TALES Bibliography Introductory

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English:

147. The Old Woman and Her Pig . 56

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148. Henny-Penny . . 58

149. Teeny-Tiny 59

1 50. The Cat and the Mouse . . 60

151. The Story of the Three Little

Pigs 61

152. Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse 63

153. The Story of the Three Bears . 64

154. The Three Sillies . . . . 67

155. Lazy Jack 69.

156. The Story of Mr. Vinegar . . 71

157. Jack and the Beanstalk . . 73

159. Whittington and His Cat . . 84

160. Tom Tit Tot 89

French:

161. Little Red Riding Hood . . 92

162. True History of Little Golden

Hood 94

163. Puss in Boots .... 97

164. Toads and Diamonds . . .100

165. Cinderella, or the Little Glass

Slipper 102

166. Drakestail 106

167. Beauty and the Beast . . .110

Norwegian:

168. Why the Bear Is Stumpy-

Tailed 122

169. The Three Billy-Goats Gruff 123

170. The Husband Who Was to Mind

the House 124

171. Boots and His Brothers . . 125

172. The Quern at the Bottom of the

Sea 128

German:

173. The Traveling Musicians . . 131

174. The Blue Light .... 134

175. The Elves and the Shoemaker . 136

176. The Fisherman and His Wife . 138

178. Rumpelstiltskin .... 144

179. Snow-White and Rose-Red . 146 Indian:

180. The Lambikin . . . .150

181. Tit for Tat 151

182. The Tiger, the Brahman, and the

Jackal 152

183. Pride Goeth before a Fall . -154 Japanese:

184. The Mirror of Matsuyama . . 156

185. The Tongue-Cut Sparrow . . 158 Slavic:

186. The Straw Ox . . .160 Irish:

187. Connla and the Fairy Maiden . 162

188. The Horned Women . . .164

189. King 0 'Toole and His Goose . 165

Section IV Fairy Stories— Modern Fantastic Tales

Abram S. Isaacs

190. A Four-Leaved Clover . 174 I. The Rabbi and the Diadem . 174

II. Friendship 175

III. True Charity . . . .175

IV. An Eastern Garden . . .176 Samuel Taylor Coleridge

191. The Lord Helpeth Man and

Beast 177

192. The Real Princess . . . 179

193. The Emperor's New Clothes . 180

194. The Nightingale . . . .183

195. The Fir Tree 190

196. The Tinder Box .... 195

197. The Hardy Tin Soldier . . 200

198. The Ugly Duckling . . . 203

Frances Browne

199. The Story of Fairyfoot . . 209

Oscar Wilde

200. The Happy Prince . . . 217

Raymond MacDonald Alden

201. The Knights of the Silver Shield 223 Jean Ingelow

202. The Prince's Dream . . . 227 Frank R. Stockton

203. Old Pipes and the Dryad . . 233 John Ruskin

204. The King of the Golden River . 245

SECTION V FABLES AND SYMBOLIC STORIES Bibliography Introductory

262 263

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205. The Shepherd's Boy

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The Lion and the Mouse .

The Crow and the Pitcher .

The Frog and the Ox .

The Frogs Desiring a King The Field Mouse and the Town Mouse

211. The City Mouse and the Garden

Mouse

Horace

212. The Country Mouse and the

Town Mouse .... 268

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213. Androcles 269

Thomas Day

214. Androcles and the Lion . . 270

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215. The Wind and the Sun . . 272

216. The Goose with the Golden

Eggs 272

217. The Hen with the Golden Eggs

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing The Hare and the Tortoise 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

273 273

277 278

234. The Dairywoman and the Pot of

Milk 278

From "The Arabian Nights"

235. The Story of Alnaschar . 279

Bidpai (Indian Fables)

236. The Camel and the Pig .280

237. The Ass in the Lion's Skin. . 281

238. The Talkative Tortoise . . 282

239. A Lion Tricked by a Rabbit . 283

Marie de France

240. The Cock and the Fox . . 284

241. The Grasshopper and the Ant . 284

242. The Cock, the Cat, and the

Young Mouse . . . .285 John Gay

243. The Hare with Many Friends . 286

Tomas Yriarte

244. The Musical Ass .... 287

Ivan Krylov

245. The Swan, the Pike, and the

Crab 287

From the Bible

246. The Bramble Is Made King . 288

247. The Good Samaritan . . .289

248. The Prodigal Son . . .289

Henry Ward Beecher

. 249. The Anxious Leaf . . . 290

Benjamin Franklin

250. The Whistle 291

251. The Ephemera .... 292

Joseph Addison

252. The Vision of Mirzah . . .294

253. The Discontented Pendulum . 297

Leo Tolstoi

254. Croesus and Solon . . .299

SECTION VI MYTHS Bibliography

Introductory ....

Greek and Roman: Grace H. Kupfer

255. A Story of the Springtime

Nathaniel Hawthorne

256. The Paradise of Children

257. The Miraculous Pitcher

302 303

R. E. Francillon

258. The Narcissus .... 330

259. The Apple of Discord . .332

Josephine P. Peabody

260. Icarus and Daedalus . . -335

261. Admetus and the Shepherd . 337

Thomas Bulfinch

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Charles Mills Gayley

263. Phaethon

Norse:

Thomas Bulfinch

264. Thor's Visit to Jotunheim

Hamilton Wright Mabie

265. Odin's Search for Wisdom

Eliza Lee Follen

269. The Three Little Kittens .

271. Runaway Brook .

272. Ding Dong! Ding Dong! .

Elizabeth Prentiss

273. The Little Kitty .

Sara J. Hale

274. Mary Had a Little Lamb .

Theodore Tilton

Lucy Larcom

276. The Brown Thrush

Lydia Maria Child

277. Thanksgiving Day

278. Who Stole the Bird's Nest.

"Susan Coolidge"

279. How the Leaves Came Down

Phoebe Cary

280. They Did n'tf Think .

281. The Leak in the Dike

343 348

Ethel M. Wilmot-Buxton

266. How the Fenris Wolf

Chained

Anna and Eliza Keary

Hamilton Wright Mabie

268. The Death of Balder .

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