THE
TIDDLY WINKS

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RIGHT BOOKS”

Published by
ALBERT WHITMAN & CO.
Chicago, U. S. A.

They Danced in a Ring at the Picnic

The
TIDDLY WINKS

Text by
LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH

Author ofSix Tiddly Winks
Happy Manikin
Jolly Polly, etc.

Pictures by HAIDEE ZACK WALSH

A JUST RIGHT BOOK
Published by
ALBERT WHITMAN
COMPANY
CHICAGO

THE TIDDLY WINKS
Copyright, 1923, By Albert Whitman & Co.
Chicago, U.S.A.

A JUST RIGHT BOOK
MADE IN THE U.S.A.

©Cl A 752716

INTRODUCTION

Tiddly Winks is a little fairy,

And he sings like a canary.

Another fairy is Tiddly Wee,

He is just as cunning as can be.

Tiddly Thrift is a saving mite,

He wears a jacket snug and bright.

Tiddly Cheer-Up with smiling face,

Is always welcome any place.

Tiddly Scowl looks at you and me,

He is just as cross as he can be.

Tiddly Why will make you sigh,

He asks questions, My! Oh My!

A child can read if he stops and thinks,

So say the little Tiddly Winks;

If you will learn your A, B, C’s,

You soon can read good books like these.

The Tiddly Winks cry, “Ho, ho,”

How many words do you REALLY know?

One hundred or more, can you answer “Yes”?

Or do you read your books BY GUESS?

FOREWORD

The Tiddly Winks are good natured little fairies who teach lessons of thrift and good cheer. Here we meet Tiddly Winks, Tiddly Wee, Tiddly Thrift, Tiddly Cheer-Up, Tiddly Scowl, and Tiddly Why, all having the characteristics of real children.

Who would not take delight in learning their A, B, C’s with the Tiddly Winks?

A story of the Wee People—for Wee People, written in charming and simple style, to be used in school and home as a first reader, carefully graded with repetition of simple words and phrases.

Objects in the school room take a lively interest in the Tiddly Winks, find voices, and even the School Bell outside remarks,

“Hear my song, hear my rhyme,

Hurry children, be on time.”

If you still inquire, “Who are the Tiddly Winks?” we will let them reply in their own fashion,

“Who are we? Who are we?

Tiddly Winks as all can see;

We are a very merry band,

And we come from Fairyland.”

CONTENTS

[Counting] [Good Morning] [The School Bell] [A-B-C’s] [What Day] [Hurry] [Ding-Dong] [Smiling Face] [Fun] [The Books] [The Fairy] [Monday] [The Chimes] [Clothes Line] [Fairy Wind] [The Calendar] [Games] [Hide and Seek] [The Blue Sky] [The Noise] [The Rain] [Little Busy Bee] [Tiddly Wee] [The Helpers] [Count By Two’s] [Little Fairy Men] [On Time] [Late] [Tiddly Thrift] [To Save] [Sweet Cookies] [Jolly Cooks] [The Picnic] [Tiddly Cheer-Up] [Tiddly Scowl] [Laugh and Play] [To Tell Time] [The Hours] [Wake Up] [The Breakfast] [Tiddly Why] [The New Song] [That Way] [Bread and Cheese] [Valentines] [Spring] [A House] [The Seeds] [The Garden] [The Sun] [The Ride] [To Fish] [Catching Fish] [The Maypole] [The Rag Doll] [To Write] [The Letter] [The Visit] [The Top] [The Airship] [Flying Home] [The Owl] [Rest Day] [Merry June] [Peeping] [To Remember] [Good-Bye]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

They Danced in a Ring at the Picnic[Frontispiece]
He Wheeled Him in a WheelbarrowPage[10]
Tiddly Winks Bowed to the Waste Basket”[19]
Tiddly Winks Jumped into the Ink Well”[21]
He Began to Swing on the Pendulum”[25]
Tiddly Winks Made the Clothes Look Funny”[29]
He Went to Sleep in a Clothes Basket”[31]
Tiddly Winks Danced with the Mouse”[33]
He Watched One Little Girl”[39]
Tiddly Winks Laughed Like a Brownie”[41]
Tiddly Winks Ran on One Side”[45]
He Ran a Race Round and Round the Old Clock’s Face”[59]
On His Velocipede”[63]
Sawing Wood”[67]
Skating”[71]
Dancing”[74]
I Live in a Doll House Under the Old Apple Tree”[82]
When I begin I like to Spin”[84]
Playing Leap-Frog”[89]

He Wheeled Him in a Wheelbarrow