Chapter XVI: Story-Telling and Stories

1. On Story-telling.

I. Bryant, Sara Cone. How to Tell Stories to Children. Houghton.
1905. 260 p. Bibl. $1.00. Simple directions for the mother and
teacher; some stories.

†St. John, Edw. P. Stories and Story-Telling. Pilgrim. 1910. 99
p. Bibl. $.60. With special reference to story-telling in moral
and religious education. How to tell, how to use, where to find
stories.

Wyche, Richard T. Some Great Stories and How to Tell Them.
Newson. 1910. 181 p. Bibl. $1.00. How to tell stories
effectively; with special reference to the classic Greek and
Norse myths.

Excellent books also by Julia D. Cowles, Louise S. Houghton,
Angela M. Keyes, Edna Lyman, Mrs. E. N. Partridge.

2. Collections. The following collections are carefully selected
for the educational values; there is necessarily some duplication
in the stories in these collections.

Bailey, Caroline S. and Lewis, Clara M. For the Children’s
Hour. Bradley. 1906. 333 p. $1.50. More than a hundred fairy
tales, fables, myths, stories of home life, nature, industries,
festivals, as told to kindergarten children.

°Scudder, Horace E. The Children’s Book. Houghton. 1909. 300 p.
$2.50. A large volume with nearly two hundred fables, fairy tales
from Abbott, Anderson, Grimm, Perrault; stories from Arabian
Nights, Munchausen, Lilliput, and from Greek Myths. Illustrations
from Doré, Cruickshank and others.

Cabot, Ella L. Ethics for Children. (Chapter X. 4.)

Wiggin, Kate D. and Smith, Nora A. The Fairy Ring. Doubleday.
1906. 445 p. Illus. $1.50. An excellent collection from many
sources, by a kindergartner. Three other volumes in same series.

3. Myths, Legends, Classic Stories.

Bulfinch, Thomas. Age of Fable and Chivalry. Various editions.
Age of Fable includes Greek myths, Odyssey, Iliad, Norse myths;
Age of Chivalry, stories of Boewulf, Arthur, Roland. Some
editions bound in one volume. Source book.

Clarke, Helen A. Child’s Guide to Mythology. Baker. 1908. 399 p.
Illus. $1.25. An unusual arrangement, grouping together myths
relating to animals; plants and trees; sun, moon and stars; sky
and air; mother and child. From Greek, Norse, Indian and Hindu.
Illustrations from famous art.

°Holbrook, Florence. Round the Year in Myth and Song. A. B. Co.
200 p. Illus. $.60. A few myths simply told as to young children,
apropos to each season.

Judd, Mary C. Classic Myths. Rand. 1901. 195 p. Illus. Bibl.
$.35. About forty myths from Greek, Roman, Norse, German,
Russian, as told to young children.

Jordan, David Starr. The Book of Knight and Barbara. Appleton.
1904. Illus. $1.50. Myths and nature stories told to children by
the great scientist, illustrated by children.

Marvin, F. S., Mayor, R. J. C., Starwell, F. M. Adventures of
Odysseus. Dutton. 1900. 227 p. Illus. $1.50. A translation from
the Greek that preserves remarkably the spirit and atmosphere of
the original. A source book for stories.

†Kupfer, Grace H. Stories of Long Ago. Heath. 1909. 177 p. Illus.
$.75. Thirty Greek myths, as told to little children; with
nineteen illustrations from famous statuary and paintings.

Brown, Abbie Farwell. Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts.
Houghton. 1900. Illus. 225 p. $1.25. About twenty legends of
mediæval saints and friendly beasts.

°Clay, Beatrice. Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table.
Dutton. 1905. 322 p. Illus. $2.50. As told to young children;
preserves the quaint atmosphere.

°Kelman, Janet H. Stories from Chaucer. Dutton. 1905. 114 p.
Illus. $.50. Four tales simply told for young children in a
little book.

°Lang, Jean. Stories from Shakespeare. Dutton. 1909. 114 p.
Illus. $.50. Seven stories briefly told in a little book for
children.

°Pilgrim’s Progress. An abridged edition for children, with large
illustrations in black and white by Rhead. 1898. Century. $1.50.

°Housman, Laurence, compiler. Stories from Arabian Nights.
Dutton. 1911. $1.50. Six stories with 25 illustrations in color
by Edmund Dulac, that express the spirit of wonder and mystery.

4. Humor.

°Burgess, G. Goops, and How to be Them. (Chap. X. 4 B.)

°Lear, Edward. Nonsense Book. Little. 250 p. Illus. $1.60.
Complete edition of this classic humor in picture and verse.

Olcott, Frances J. and Pendleton, A. The Jolly Book for Boys
and Girls. Houghton. 1915. 409 p. Illus. $2.00. Humorous tales
from folklore, Arabian Nights, Thackeray, Dickens, Shakespeare,
Aldrich, Lamb and other standard writers.

Wiggin, Kate D. Tales of Laughter. Doubleday. 1908. $1.50.

5. Heroic.

Coe, Fanny E. Heroes of Everyday Life. Ginn. 169 p. Illus. $.40.
Firemen, engineers, divers, miners, laborers.

Moffett, Cleveland. Careers of Danger and Daring. Century. 1901.
419 p. Illus. $1.50. Stories of the pilot, diver, life-saver,
firemen, engineer, and other modern workers.

Towle, George M. Heroes and Martyrs of Invention. (Chap. XVII.)

(See also stories of Odysseus, Thor, Arthur, Beowulf, Siegfried.)

(For stories of animals and nature, history and travel, see Chap.
XVII.)

6. Poetry.

°Mother Goose. Dodd. 1914. 173 p. Illus. $2.50. Illustrated by
Jessie Willcox Smith with sixteen full-page colored pictures, and
many in black and White.

°Mother Goose. Volland & Co., New York. 1915. 119 p. $2.00. Large
illustrations, by Frederick Richardson, in colors.

Shute, Katherine H. The Land of Song. Book I. Silver. 1912. 190
p. $.36. Contains many of the poems suggested in the Manual, and
others, for little children. No music.

°Stevenson, Burton, E. Home Book of Verse for Young Folks. Holt.
1915. 538 p. $2.00. A very comprehensive collection for children,
from Mother Goose and many English and American poets. Charming
decorations by Pogany.

Wiggin, Kate Douglas and Smith, Nora A. Pinafore Palace.
Doubleday. 1910. 248 p. $1.50. Mother Goose and other rhymes for
the nursery, selected by kindergartners.

7. Reading Lists.

Jordan, Alice M. 1000 good Books for Children. U. S. Bureau Ed.
1914. 40 p. $.05. Annotated list, chiefly story books, some
science and history.

II. The Story-teller’s Magazine. Newson & Co., New York. $1.00
Articles on story-telling; stories for children; book reviews.

John Martin’s Magazine. John Martin’s House. Garden City, Long
Island, N. Y. $3.00. A quaint and jolly magazine for children 3
to 12 years.