LIST OF STORIES BY MONTHS FOR EACH GRADE
First Grade
September
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Gingerbread Man, The Whale and the Elephant (Stories to Tell to Children).
Coe, Fanny E.: Three Billy Goats Gruff (First Book of Stories for the Story-Teller).
Heber, Elizabeth: Coming and Going (A Child’s Story Garden).
Holbrook, Florence: How Flax Was Given to Men (Book of Nature Myths).
Lindsay, Maud: Dust under the Rug, Giant Energy and Fairy Skill (Mother Stories).
Perrault, Charles: Red Riding Hood (Fairy Tales from Perrault).
Sly, W. R.: Boots and His Brothers (World Stories Retold).
October
Arnold, Sarah L.: Columbus, the Boy of Genoa (Stepping Stones to Literature—Book 3).
Bailey, C. S.: Bobby Squirrel’s Busy Day (Story-Telling Time).
Bryant, Sara Cone: Little Jackal and the Camel (Stories to Tell to Children).
Coe, Fanny E.: The Boy and the Wolf, The Sun and the Wind (First Book of Stories for the Story-Teller).
Dillingham, E. T.: A Hallowe’en Story (“Tell It Again” Stories).
Grierson, E. W.: The Smith and the Fairies (Book of Celtic Stories).
Lang, Andrew: The Witch (Yellow Fairy Book).
Potter, Beatrix: Squirrel Nutkin, Bunny Cottontail (Squirrel Nutkin).
Poulsson, Emilie: The Thrifty Squirrels (In the Child’s World).
Rhys, Ernest: The Witch That Was a Hare (English Fairy Book).
November
Bailey, C. S.: The Kid Who Would Not Go (Firelight Stories).
Chadwick, Mara L. Pratt-: Stones of the Pilgrim Babies (Stories of Colonial Children).
Coe, Fanny E.: Jack the Giant Killer, Tom Thumb (First Book of Stories for the Story-Teller).
Dillingham, E. T., and Emerson, A. P.: Gretchen and the Magic Fiddle (“Tell It Again” Stories).
Keyes, Angela M.: Lazy Jack (Stories and Story-Telling).
Olcott, F. J.: The Ears of Wheat (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Poulsson, Emilie: The Chestnut Boys, The Crane Express (In the Child World).
White, Eliza O.: A Thanksgiving Dinner (When Molly Was Six).
A Thanksgiving at Hollywood, Grandmother’s Thanksgiving Story (Half a Hundred Stories).
December
Bailey, C. S., and Lewis, C. M.: The Legend of the Christmas Tree (For the Children’s Hour).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Golden Cobwebs (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Coe, Fanny E.: St. Christopher (First Book of Stories for the Story-Teller).
Dillingham, E. T., and Emerson, A. P.: Santa Claus’ Helpers, The Story of the Man in the Moon, The Kitten That Wanted to Be a Christmas Present, A Christmas Legend (“Tell It Again” Stories).
Lindsay, Maud: The Christmas Cake (More Mother Stories).
Olcott, F. J.: The Stranger Child (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Sly, W. R.: The Christmas Gift, The Wise Men and the Star, The Shepherds and the Angels (World Stories Retold).
January
Æsop: The Bear and the Fowls (Adams: Fables and Rhymes).
Alden, R. M.: The Forest Full of Friends (Why the Chimes Rang).
Bailey, C. S.: The Travels of a Fox (For the Story-Teller).
Lindsay, Maud: Mrs. Tabby Gray (Mother Stories).
Macdonnell, Anne: Peter, the Stone Cutter (Italian Fairy Book).
Poulsson, Emilie: An All the Year Round Story, The Fairies’ New Year’s Gift (In the Child World).
Richards, L. E.: The Pig Brother (The Pig Brother).
Sly, W. R.: The Golden Goose, The Baby Brother in the Basket Boat, The Flood and the Rainbow (World Stories Retold).
Slosson, Mrs. A. T.: The Horse That Believed He’d Get There (Story-Telling Library).
Southey, Robert: The Three Bears.
February
Dillingham, E. T., and Emerson, A. P.: Elaine’s Valentine (“Tell It Again” Stories).
Gross, H.: Lincoln and the Pig (Lincoln’s Own Stories).
Lang, Andrew: East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon (Blue Story Book).
Lindsay, Maud: Story of Gretchen.
Nixon-Roulet, Mary F.: The Sake Waterfall (Japanese Folk Stories).
Sly, W. R.: The Children’s Friend, The Boy Who Lived in Church (World Stories Retold).
White, Eliza O.: A Sunday Valentine (When Molly Was Six).
Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, N. A.: Little George Washington (The Story Hour); Three Little Pigs (Tales of Laughter).
Williston, Teresa P.: The Stolen Charm (Japanese Fairy Tales).
Wiltse, Sara: Jack and the Beanstalk (Hero Folk of Ancient Britain).
March
Alden, R. M.: The Boy Who Discovered Spring (Why the Chimes Rang).
Asbjørnsen, P. C.: Little Fred and His Fiddle (Fairy Tales from the Far North).
Bailey, C. S.: Why the Bear Sleeps All Winter (Firelight Stories).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Jackal and the Alligator, Little Jack Roll-a-Round (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Grimm, Jacob: The Queen Bee, The Elves and the Shoemaker (German Household Tales).
Hall, I. F., and Lennox, E. D.: Easter Lily (Red Letter Days).
Holbrook, Florence: Why the Sea Is Salt (Book of Nature Myths).
Jacobs, Joseph: The Cat and the Mouse (English Fairy Tales).
Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant’s Child, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin (Just So Stories).
Poulsson, Emilie: A Wise Old Horse (In the Child World).
The Pink Knight (Dumpy Books for Children).
April
Andersen, Hans Christian: The Wild Swans (Wonder Stories).
Bailey, C. S.: The Little Old Woman Who Went to the North Wind (Firelight Stories).
Bryant, Sara Cone: Why the Morning Glory Climbs, Why the Evergreen Trees Keep Their Leaves (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Bryce, C. T.: The Little Slipper Orchid (That’s Why Stories).
Holbrook, Florence: The First Humming Bird (Book of Nature Myths).
Jacobs, Joseph: Mr. Vinegar (English Fairy Tales).
Johnson, Clifton: The Travels of a Fox (Oak Tree Stories).
Lindsay, Maud: The Little Gray Pony (Mother Stories).
Olcott, F. J.: The Loveliest Rose in the World (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Seton, Ernest Thompson: Raggylug (Bryant: How to Tell Stories to Children).
May
Alden, R. M.: King’s Garden (Why the Chimes Rang).
Asbjørnsen, P. C.: Paper Tom (The Fairy World).
Bailey, C. S., and Lewis, C. M.: Hans and the Wonderful Flower, The Legend of the Dandelion (For the Children’s Hour).
Blakewell, E. S.: The Elder Tree Mother (True Fairy Stories).
Bryce, C. T.: The Mountain Ash (That’s Why Stories).
Judd, M. C.: How the Water Lily Came (Wigwam Stories).
Keyes, Angela M.: The Two Brothers (Stories and Story-Telling).
Lindsay, Maud: The Closing Door (Mother Stories).
Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, N. A.: Pancake (Tales of Laughter).
A Story of the Flag (Our Holidays Retold from St. Nicholas).
June
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Little Pink Rose (How to Tell Stories to Children); Another Little Red Hen, The Blackberry Bush, The Whale and the Elephant, The Jackal and the Camel (Stories to Tell to Children).
Cabot, Ella L.: Hans, the Shepherd Boy (Ethics for Children).
Dillingham, E. T., and Emerson, A. P.: The First Flag of the United States (Tell It Again).
Hall, I. F., and Lennox, E. D.: Flag Day (Red Letter Days).
Sly, W. R.: The Boy with His Lunch (World Stories Retold).
Second Grade
September
Æsop: The Ant and the Grasshopper (Adams: Fables and Rhymes).
Andersen, H. C.: The Flax (Wonder Tales).
Björnson, Björnstjerne: Oeyvind and Marit (Keyes: Stories and Story-Telling).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Sailor Man (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Grimm, Jacob: The Town Musicians, The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats (German Household Tales).
Holbrook, F. E.: How Flax Was Given to Man (Book of Nature Myths).
O’Grady, Alice: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle (The Story-Teller’s Book).
Sly, W. R.: How a Happy Home Was Lost, The First Two Brothers (World Stories Retold).
October
Baldwin, James: Wondering Jack (Second Fairy Reader).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Cat and the Parrot (Best Stories to Tell to Children).
Bryce, C. T.: The Raven (That’s Why Stories).
Cabot, Ella L.: The Squirrel’s Devotion (Ethics for Children).
Grimm, Jacob: Brier Rose (German Household Tales).
Jacobs, Joseph: Tom Tit Tot (English Fairy Tales).
Kipling, Rudyard: The Cat That Walked by Himself (Just So Stories).
Sly, W. R.: The Ladder That Reached to Heaven, The Slave Boy Who Became a Prince (World Stories Retold).
November
Bailey, C. S., and Lewis, C. M.: The Mince Pie (For the Children’s Hour).
Baldwin, James: Grumbling Peter (Second Fairy Reader).
Bryce, C. T.: The Travelers and the Bear (Fables from Afar).
Lindsay, Maud: The Visit, The Turkey’s Nest (More Mother Stories).
O’Grady, Alice: A Good Thanksgiving (The Story-Teller’s Book).
Scudder, H. E.: Diamonds and Toads (Fables and Folk Stories).
Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, N. A.: The First Thanksgiving (The Story Hour).
Grandmother’s Thanksgiving, A Thanksgiving at Hollywood (Half a Hundred Stories).
December
Bryant, Sara Cone: Fulfilled, The Story of Jairus’ Daughter (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Bryce, C. T.: The Old Woman and the Crowbar (Fables from Afar).
Cabot, Ella L.: St. Francis of Assisi and the Wolf (Ethics for Children).
Holbrook, Florence: Why the Fox Has a White Tip on His Tail (Book of Nature Myths).
O’Grady, Alice: Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning, The Christmas Story, The Christmas Tree (The Story-Teller’s Book).
Olcott, F. J.: Little Wolf’s Wooden Shoes (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, N. A.: The First Christmas (The Story Hour).
January
Asbjørnsen, P. C.: Little Fred and His Fiddle (Fairy Tales from the Far North).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Little Match Girl (Best Stories to Tell to Children).
Bryce, C. T.: Why the Cat Washes after Eating, Why Turtles Stay near Water (That’s Why Stories).
Cabot, Ella L.: The Magic Mask (Ethics for Children).
Pierson, C. D.: The Lamb with the Longest Tail (Among the Farmyard People).
Scudder, H. E.: One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes (Fables and Folk Stories).
Sly, W. R.: The Elephant and the Tailor, The Story without an End, The Flood and the Rainbow (World Stories Retold).
February
Baldwin, James: Saving the Birds (Lincoln), Going to Sea (Washington) (Fifty Famous People).
Kipling, Rudyard: How the Camel Got His Hump (Just So Stories).
Olcott, F. J.: The Cherry Tree, The Apple Orchard (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Pierson, C. D.: The Story That Swallow Didn’t Tell (Among the Farmyard People).
Stoddard, John L.: The Story of St. Valentine (Lectures—South Tyrol).
Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, N. A.: Little George Washington, Big George Washington (The Story Hour).
March
Bryant, Sara Cone: Little Tavwots (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Cooke, Flora J.: An Indian Story of the Mole (Nature Myths).
Holbrook, Florence: Why the Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their Leaves (A Book of Nature Myths).
O’Grady, Alice: Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse, The Sheep and the Pig That Built a House, The Straw Ox (The Story-Teller’s Book).
Olcott, F. J.: The Little Tree That Longed for Leaves (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Sly, W. R.: Why Boys Take off Their Hats in Church (World Stories Retold).
April
Æsop: The Fox and the Crow, The Jay and the Peacock (Adams: Fables and Rhymes).
Bailey, C. S., and Lewis, C. M.: The Red-Headed Woodpecker (For the Children’s Hour).
Cooke, Flora J.: How the Robin’s Breast Became Red (Nature Myths).
Lindsay, Maud: Out of the Nest (More Mother Stories).
Pierson, C. D.: The Wonderful, Shiny Egg (Among the Farmyard People).
Scudder, Horace E.: The Jackdaw and the Doves (Fables and Folk Stories).
Sly, W. R.: The Woman Who Shared Her Last Loaf (World Stories Retold).
May
Andersen, H. C.: The Snowdrop, The Little Butterfly Brothers, The Water Drop (Olcott: Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Bryant, Sara Cone: How Brother Rabbit Fooled the Whale (Best Stories to Tell to Children).
Coe, Fanny E.: The Story of the Anemone (First Book of Stories for the Story-Teller).
Hart, A. S., and Stevens, E.: A Boy Who Won the Cross (Romance of the Civil War).
Holbrook, Florence: The Story of the First Butterflies (Book of Nature Myths).
Sly, W. R.: The Prince Who Hated Spiders and Flies (World Stories Retold).
June
Baldwin, James: The Boy and the Wolf, Another Bird Story, Speaking a Piece (Fifty Famous People).
Bryant, Sara Cone: Epaminondas and His Auntie (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Bryce, C. T.: The Four-Leaf Clover (That’s Why Stories).
Grimm, Jacob: The Valiant Little Tailor, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (German Household Tales).
O’Grady, Alice: The Hop-About Man (The Story-Teller’s Book).
Partridge, E. N. and G. E.: The Story of Harriet Ann, The Fox and the Crab, The Fairy Bird (Story-Telling in the Home and School).
Third Grade
September
Baldwin, James: Coco (Second Fairy Reader); Writing a Composition (Longfellow), The Whistle (Franklin), the Ettrick Shepherd (James Hogg) (Fifty Famous People).
Cabot, Ella L.: How Little Cedric Became a Knight, The Boy Who Wanted to Learn Climbing Alone, Hans, the Shepherd Boy (Ethics for Children).
Grimm, Jacob: The Little Flower Pot, Snow White and Rose Red (German Household Tales).
Holbrook, Florence: Why the Peacock’s Tail Has a Thousand Eyes (A Book of Nature Myths).
Sly, W. R.: The Flood of Waters (World Stories Retold).
October
Baldwin, James: The Garden of Delight (Old Stories of the East); The Caliph and the Poet, Becos! Becos! Becos! (Fifty Famous People).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Nightingale, The Burning of the Rice Fields (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Harrison, Elizabeth: Christopher Columbus (In Story Land).
Miller, Mrs. H.: How the Crow Baby Was Punished (True Bird Stories).
Nixon-Roulet, Mary F.: A Painter of Cats (Japanese Folk Stories).
Pumphrey, M. B.: The Jack o’ Lantern (Pilgrim Stories).
Scudder, Horace E.: The Wolves and the Sheep (Fables and Folk Stories).
The Story of Columbus (Stepping Stones to Literature—Book 3).
November
Bailey, C. S., and Lewis, C. M.: The Story of the First Corn, Little Cosette (The Children’s Hour).
Baldwin, James: Sir Walter Raleigh (Fifty Famous Stories Retold); A Lesson in Humility (Haroun-al-Raschid), Another World Story (Israel Putnam), The Horseshoe Nails (Fifty Famous People).
Holbrook, Florence: How Fire Was Brought to the Indians (Book of Nature Myths).
Jordan, David Starr: How the Flounder’s Mouth Got Twisted (The Book of Knight and Barbara).
MacManus, Seumas: The Long Leather Bag (Donegal Fairy Book).
Nixon-Roulet, M. F.: The Goddess of Growing Things (Japanese Folk Stories).
Pumphrey, M. B.: The First Thanksgiving (Pilgrim Stories).
Schauffler, R. H.: Grandma’s Thanksgiving Story (Book of Thanksgiving).
Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, N. A.: The First Thanksgiving Day (The Story Hour).
December
Alden, R. M.: In the Great Walled Country (Why the Chimes Rang).
Baldwin, James: Bruce and the Spider (Fifty Famous Stories Retold); The Landlord’s Mistake (Fifty Famous People).
Dickinson, A. D., and Skinner, A. M.: A Little Girl’s Christmas (Children’s Book of Christmas Stories).
Heber, Elizabeth: A Christmas Story, The First Christmas Tree (A Child’s Story Garden).
Jacobs, Joseph: Cap o’ Rushes (English Fairy Tales).
Jordan, David Starr: The Boy That Whacked the Witched Toad Stools (The Book of Knight and Barbara).
Lindsay, Maud: The Christmas Cake (More Mother Stories).
Partridge, E. N. and G. E.: Little Paulina’s Christmas (Story-Telling in the Home and School).
Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe (Storytellers’ Magazine, December, 1914).
The Christmas Visitor (Storytellers’ Magazine, December, 1913).
January
Baldwin, James: The Shepherd Boy Painter, Two Great Painters, The King and the Bees, Our First Great Painter (Fifty Famous People); Peter Woodland (American Book of Golden Deeds); The Two Brothers (Old Stories of the East).
Cabot, Ella L.: The Quails (Ethics for Children).
Farmer, J. F. V.: How Jean Found the Calf (Boy and Girl Heroes).
Grimm, Jacob: Old Sultan (German Household Tales).
Holbrook, Florence: The Story of the First Moles (A Book of Nature Myths).
Perrault, Charles: Beauty and the Beast (Fairy Tales).
Scudder, H. E.: The Stag at Stake (Fables and Folk Stories).
February
Baldwin, James: The Young Scout, The Lad Who Rode Sidesaddle (Fifty Famous People).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Jackal and the Camel (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Cabot, Ella L.: Lincoln’s Unvarying Kindness (Ethics for Children).
Davis, M. H., and Chow-Leung: The Eagle and the Rice Birds (Chinese Fables and Folk Stories).
Harris, J. C.: How Brer Bear’s Hair was Combed (Little Mr. Thimblefinger).
Holbrook, Florence: The Lantern and the Fan (A Book of Nature Myths).
Jacobs, Joseph: Jack and the Golden Snuff Box (English Fairy Tales).
Olcott, F. J.: George Washington and the Colt (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Scudder, Horace E.: The Fair One with the Golden Locks (The Children’s Book); The Four Bulls and the Lion (Fables and Folk Stories); An Old Man and His Sons (Fables and Folk Stories).
Wilson: The Virginia Boy (Nature Study—Book 2).
March
Andersen, H. C.: The Loveliest Rose in the World (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Baldwin, James: The Whisperers, How a Prince Learned to Read, Read and You Will Know, The Young Cupbearer (Fifty Famous People).
Cabot, Ella L.: The Broken Flower Pot (Ethics for Children).
Harris, J. C.: The Grandmother of the Dolls (Little Mr. Thimblefinger).
Heber, Elizabeth: The Song of the Pine Tree (A Child’s Story Garden).
Jordan, David Starr: Why the Parrot Was so Strong (The Book of Knight and Barbara).
Miller, Mrs. H.: My First Bird (True Bird Stories).
Olcott, F. J.: A Lesson of Faith (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Sly, W. R.: The Generous Uncle and the Selfish Nephew (World Stories Retold).
Stevenson, Mrs. E. S.: The White Hare (Days and Deeds).
Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, N. A.: The Emperor’s Bird’s Nest (The Fairy Ring).
April
Baldwin, James: The Sons of the Caliph, The Boy and the Robbers (Fifty Famous People); The Bell of Atri (Fifty Famous Stories Retold).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Tailor and the Three Beasts (Stories to Tell to Children).
Cowles, J. D.: The Queen’s Necklace (The Art of Story-Telling).
Davis, M. H., and Chow-Leung: The Mule and the Lion, The Fish and the Flowers (Chinese Fables and Folk Stories).
Farmer, J. F. V.: A Brave Russian Girl (Boy and Girl Heroes).
Lyman, Edna: The Princess Moonbeam, The Boastful Bamboo, The Mirror of Matsuyama (Story-Telling: What to Tell and How to Tell It).
Miller, Mrs. H.: Doctor Dot, How the Dog Interfered (True Bird Stories).
May
Baldwin, James: A Clever Slave, The Story of a Great Story, The King and the Page, Why He Carried the Turkey, The Caliph and the Gardener, Saved by a Dolphin, The General and the Fox (Fifty Famous People).
Davis, M. H., and Chow-Leung: The Wind, the Clouds, and the Snow (Chinese Fables and Folk Stories).
Judd, M. C.: The Legend of the Arbutus (Wigwam Stories).
Judson, K. B.: The Miser of Takhoma (Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest).
Lyman, Edna: The White Hare and the Crocodiles, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow (Story-Telling: What to Tell and How to Tell It).
Nixon-Roulet, Mary F.: Princess Moonbeam (Japanese Folk Stories).
Scudder, Horace E.: Clever Alice (Fables and Folk Stories).
Sly, W. R.: The Shepherd Boy Who Slew a Giant (World Stories Retold).
June
Baldwin, James: The Cowherd Who Became a Poet, The Lover of Men, The Charcoal Man and the King (Fifty Famous People).
Blumenthal, Verra X. K. de: The Tsarevna Frog, Seven Simeons, The Language of Birds (Folk Tales from the Russian).
English, Thomas: The Ax of Ranier, The Black Cat (Fairy Stories and Wonder Tales).
Grimm, Jacob: The Three Little Men in the Wood, The Three Languages, The Little Farmer (German Household Tales).
Nixon-Roulet, M. F.: The Boastful Bamboo (Japanese Folk Stories).
Poulsson, Emilie: Knut Spelevink, The Princess Lindagull, Sikku and the Trolls, Sampo Lappelil (Top of the World Series).
Fourth Grade
September
Baldwin, James: The Great Chief (Old Stories of the East); The Charcoal Man and the King (Fifty Famous People).
Brown, A. L., and Bell, J. M.: Why the White Bear Lives Alone (Tales of the Red Children).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Castle of Fortune (Stories to Tell to Children).
Cabot, Ella L.: The Two Travelers (Ethics for Children).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: Pan and His Pipes (Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories).
Grimm, Jacob: Six Soldiers of Fortune, The Little House in the Wood, The Three Trades (German Household Tales).
Lang, Andrew: The Fisherman and His Wife (Green Fairy Book).
Ramaswami, Raju: The Hammer and the Anvil (Indian Fables).
De la Ramée, L.: The Nürnberg Stove (Wiggin and Smith: The Story Hour).
October
Baldwin, James: The Master of the Nile (Old Stories of the East); Partners (American Book of Golden Deeds); Which Was King? (Fifty Famous People).
Bryant, Sara Cone: Why the Water in Rivers Is Never Still (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Cabot, Ella L.: The Jack o’ Lantern (Ethics for Children).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: The Tortoise That Gave the World Music (Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories).
Harris, J. C.: The Witch of the Well (Little Mr. Thimblefinger).
Jacobs, Joseph: Mr. Fox (English Fairy Tales).
Lang, Andrew: The Story of Caliph Stork (Green Fairy Book).
Mabie, H. W.: The Badger’s Money (Folk Tales Every Child Should Know).
Olcott, F. J.: Shippeitaro, Burg’s Hill’s on Fire, The King of Cats (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
November
Alden, R. M.: The Knights of the Silver Shield (Why the Chimes Rang).
Baldwin, James: The Golden Tripod (Fifty Famous People).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: The Holy Bird (Story of Music in China—Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories).
Daudet, Alphonse: The Last Lesson (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Harris, J. C.: Brer Terrapin’s Fiddle String (Little Mr. Thimblefinger).
Howells, W. D.: Turkeys Turning the Tables (Christmas Every Day).
Judd, M. C.: The Marriage of Mondahmin (Wigwam Stories).
Lang, Andrew: Rosanella (Green Fairy Book).
MacManus, Seumas: Manis, the Miller (Donegal Fairy Tales).
Schauffler, R. H. (Ed.): The First Thanksgiving Day in New England, Jericho Bob, Ann Mary’s Two Thanksgivings, Polly’s Thanksgiving (Thanksgiving).
Sly, W. R.: The Little Lame Prince (World Stories Retold).
Zitkala-sa: The Badger and the Bear (Old Indian Legends).
December
Andersen, H. C.: The Little Match Girl (Fairy Tales).
Bryant, Sara Cone: Fulfilled (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: A Star and a Song, The Harp King Alfred Played (Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories).
Coolidge: Little Roger’s Night in Church (Schauffler: Christmas).
Davis, M. H., and Chow-Leung: The Proud Fox and the Crab, How the Moon Became Beautiful (Chinese Fables and Folk Stories).
Dickens, Charles: The Christmas Goose at the Cratchits’ (Schauffler: Christmas).
Dodge, M. M.: The Festival of St. Nicholas (Schauffler: Christmas).
Miller, Mrs. H.: Christmas in a Baggage Car, Lottie’s Christmas Tree (Kristy’s Rainy Day Picnics).
Olcott, F. J.: The Christmas Cuckoo (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Poulsson, Emilie: A Legend of Mercy (Top of the World Series).
Stein, Evaleen: Felix (Troubadour Tales).
January
Cabot, Ella L., The Good Bishop, The Banyan Deer (Ethics for Children).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: Stephen, the Child Crusader (Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories).
Cowles, J. D.: Robin Hood and Sir Richard at Lee, King Midas’ Ears (The Art of Story-Telling).
Davis, M. H., and Chow-Leung: The Melon and the Professor (Chinese Fables and Folk Stories).
Farmer, J. F. V.: Roland and the Jewel, David, the Brave Shepherd Boy (Boy and Girl Heroes).
Judd, M. C.: The Face of Manitou on the Rock (Wigwam Stories).
MacManus, Seumas: Conal, Donal, and Taig (Donegal Fairy Tales).
Partridge, E. N. and G. E.: The Judgment Seat of Vikramaditya (Story-Telling in the Home and School).
Poulsson, Emilie: The Testing of the Two Knights (Top of the World Stories).
February
Brown, A. L., and Bell, J. M.: The Cleft Mountain (Tales of the Red Children).
Cabot, Ella L.: A Soldier’s Pardon, The Sympathy of Abraham Lincoln (Ethics for Children).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: When Knighthood Was in Flower (Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories).
Davis, M. H., and Chow-Leung: The Children and the Dog (Chinese Fables and Folk Stories).
Farmer, J. F. V.: At the Ford of the Tribute (Boy and Girl Heroes).
Grimm, Jacob: Jorinda and Joringel (German Household Tales).
Lang, Andrew: The War Horse of Alexander (The Animal Story Book).
Moore, Charles W.: A Backwoods Boyhood (Abraham Lincoln).
Poulsson, Emilie: The Forest Witch (Top of the World Stories).
Tappan, Eva M.: Dolly Madison (American Hero Stories); How Cats Came to Purr (Cat Stories Retold from St. Nicholas).
March
Boyesen, H. H.: Thorwald and the Star Children (Modern Vikings).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Dagada’s Harp (Stories to Tell to Children).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: The Violin Makers of Cremona (Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories).
Farmer, J. F. V.: Noel Duval, How a Boy Saved a Queen, The Sword of King Arthur (Boy and Girl Heroes).
Korolenko, Z.: Hot Cross Buns (The Book of Easter).
Partridge, E. N. and G. E.: Glooscap and the Great Wind Bird (Story-Telling in the Home and School).
Ramaswami Raju: The Workman and the Trees (Indian Fables).
Sly, W. R.: Grace Darling, The Slave Girl Who Helped a Great Captain (World Stories Retold).
April
Blumenthal, Verra X. K. de: Ivanoushka the Simpleton, Woe Bogotir, Baba Yaga, Dimian the Peasant, The Golden Mountain (Folk Tales from the Russian).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: The Songs of Hiawatha (Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories).
Farmer, J. F. V.: The Young Hannibal (Boy and Girl Heroes).
Lang, Andrew: Cowper’s Hares (The Animal Story Book).
Olcott, F. J.: The Boy Who Became a Robin, The Quails, The Greedy Geese (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Partridge, E. N. and G. E.: The Ride of Paul Revere (Story-Telling in the Home and School).
May
Baldwin, James: Androclus and the Lion (Fifty Famous Stories Retold).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: The Holy Grail (Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories).
Cowles, J. D.: The Coming of Arthur (The Art of Story-Telling).
Davis, M. H., and Chow-Leung: The Thief and the Elephant, The Hen and the Mountain Turtle (Chinese Fables and Folk Stories).
Harrison, Elizabeth: The Story of Decoration Day (In Story Land).
Holbrook, Florence: The Story of the First Mocking Bird (Book of Nature Myths).
Olcott, F. J.: The Wonder Tree, The Blue Jay (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Stevenson, Mrs. E. S.: The Origin of Memorial Day (Days and Deeds).
A Rat Tale (Cat Stories Retold from St. Nicholas).
June
Brown, A. J., and Bell, J. M.: The Story of Ithenhiels (Tales of the Red Children).
Farmer, J. F. V.: Betty Lane (Boy and Girl Heroes).
Price, L. L.: The Legs of Duncan Ketcham (Lads and Lassies of Other Days).
Sly, W. R.: The Emperor and the Goose Boy, Betsy Ross and the Flag, How America was Named, The Fairy Godfather of the Orchards (World Stories Retold).
Tappan, E. M.: The Star-Spangled Banner, A Flag Incident, General Scott and the Stars and Stripes (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Fifth Grade
September
Baldwin, James: Ezekiel and Daniel (American Book of Golden Deeds); The Forging of Balmung (Hero Tales).
Brown, Abbie F.: The Dwarf Giants (In the Days of Giants).
Eastman, C. A. and E.: The Buffalo and the Field Mouse (Smoky Day’s Wigwam Evenings).
Harris, J. C.: Mr. Fox and Miss Goose (Nights with Uncle Remus).
Jacobs, Joseph: Master of All Masters (English Fairy Tales).
Judd, M. C.: Wampum, or Indian Money (Wigwam Stories).
Kingsley, Charles: How They Built the Good Ship Argo in Icolos (Greek Heroes).
Kipling, Rudyard: Mowgli’s Brothers (Jungle Book).
Bessie’s Escape (Panther Stories Retold from St. Nicholas).
October
Baldwin, James: Columbus and the Egg (Thirty More Famous Stories); The Tombs Angel (American Book of Golden Deeds).
Eastman, C. A. and E.: The Frogs and the Crane (Smoky Day’s Wigwam Evenings).
Higginson, T. W.: How Diego Mendez Got Food for Columbus (American Explorers).
Irving, Washington: Columbus at La Rabida (Olcott: Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Jacobs, Joseph: The Field Boliauns (Celtic Fairy Tales).
Kipling, Rudyard: Kaa’s Hunting (Jungle Book).
Lamartine, De: The Mutiny (Olcott: Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Miller, Joaquin: A Bear on Fire (True Bear Stories).
Moore, Charles W.: Guanahani (Christopher Columbus).
Bertholde (Stories of the Middle Ages Retold from St. Nicholas).
November
Baldwin, James: The Red Cross (American Book of Golden Deeds).
Grimm, Jacob: The Robber Bridegroom, The Youth Who Could Not Shiver nor Shake (German Household Tales).
Kipling, Rudyard: How Fear Came (First Jungle Book).
Pumphrey, M. B.: The Indians and the Jack o’ Lantern, The Sword of Miles Standish, The Voyage of the Mayflower, Water Babies (Pilgrim Stories).
Pyle, Howard: How Robin Hood Became an Outlaw (Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood).
Warner, C. D.: The Coming of Thanksgiving (Being a Boy).
An Old-Time Thanksgiving (Indian Stories Retold from St. Nicholas).
The Story of the Sphinx (Stories of the Ancient World Retold from St. Nicholas).
December
Baldwin, James: Damon and Pythias (Fifty Famous Stories Retold).
Kipling, Rudyard: The Red Flower (Jungle Book).
Olcott, F. J.: The Thunder Oak (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Pyle, Howard: Robin Hood’s Adventure with the Tinker, The Sheriff’s Shooting Match (Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood).
Stein, Evaleen: Felix (Troubadour Tales).
Stockton, Frank R.: Christmas before Last (The Bee Man of Orn).
Walsh, K.: St. Nicholas and the Robbers (The Story of Santa Claus).
Wilde, Oscar: The Star-Child (The Happy Prince).
How Uncle Sam Observes Christmas (Our Holidays Retold from St. Nicholas).
The First Christmas Tree in New England (Colonial Stories Retold from St. Nicholas).
January
Baldwin, James: The Bootblack from Ann Street (American Book of Golden Deeds).
Bryant, Sara Cone: The Red Thread of Courage (How to Tell Stories).
Cabot, Ella Lyman: The Persian and His Three Sons (Ethics for Children).
Harris, J. C.: Brer Fox Catches Brer Rabbit (Nights with Uncle Remus).
Holland, R. S.: The Boys of Devon (Historic Boyhoods).
Kipling, Rudyard: Tiger! Tiger! (The Jungle Book).
Miller, Joaquin: Music-Loving Bears (True Bear Stories).
Pyle, Howard: Robin Hood Saves Will Sutley’s Life, The Sheriff’s Visit to Robin Hood (Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood).
The Boyhood of Michelangelo (Stories of the Middle Ages Retold from St. Nicholas).
February
Baldwin, James: Following the Surveyor’s Chain (Fifty Famous People); The Great Law-Giver (Old Stories of the East).
Bryant, Sara Cone: David and Goliath (Stories to Tell to Children).
Kipling, Rudyard: Letting in the Jungle (Second Jungle Book).
Olcott, F. J.: Young George Washington and the Colt (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Schauffler, R. H.: Choosing Abe Lincoln Captain (Lincoln’s Birthday).
Tomlinson, Everett: How George Washington Was Made Commander in Chief (The War for Independence).
A New Leaf from Washington’s Boy Life (Colonial Stories Retold from St. Nicholas).
How Moses Was Emancipated (Civil War Stories Retold from St. Nicholas).
March
Baldwin, James: The Story of Regulus (Fifty Famous Stories Retold).
Bryant, Sara Cone: Tarpeia (How to Tell Stories to Children).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: When Mozart Raced with Marie Antoinette (Boyhood Stories).
Eastman, C. A. and E.: The Falcon and the Duck (Smoky Day’s Wigwam Evenings).
Harris, J. C.: How Brer Fox Was Too Smart (Nights with Uncle Remus).
Kipling, Rudyard: Red Dog (Second Jungle Book).
Pyle, Howard: Robin Hood and His Men before Queen Eleanor (Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood).
Schmidt, Canon: The Easter Eggs.
The Fire Cat (Panther Stories Retold from St. Nicholas).
The General’s Easter Box (Our Holidays Retold from St. Nicholas).
April
Baldwin, James: Ogier the Dane (The Story of Roland); Grace Darling, Alfred the Great (Fifty Famous Stories Retold).
Bolton, S. K.: Garibaldi (Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous).
Harris, J. C.: Brer Rabbit’s Astonishing Prank (Nights with Uncle Remus).
Jacobs, Joseph: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Neary (Celtic Fairy Tales).
Kipling, Rudyard: The Spring Running (Second Jungle Book).
Pyle, Howard: Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne (Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood).
Seton, Ernest Thompson: Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac.
Stockton, Frank R.: Old Pipes and the Dryad (Lyman: Story-Telling, What to Tell and How to Tell It).
May
Baldwin, James: The Man Whose Eye Was Open (Old Stories of the East); La Salle (The Discovery of the Old Northwest); Ogier and Roland Knighted, How Ogier Won Sword and Horse, A Roland for an Oliver (The Story of Roland).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: How a Boy Saved Lucerne, The Duty That Wasn’t Paid.
Olcott, F. J.: The Legend of the Spring Beauty, The Fairy Tulips, Two Hero Stories of the Civil War (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Pyle, Howard: The Death of Robin Hood (Some Merry Adventures of Robin Hood).
June
Baldwin, James: How Ogier Refused a Kingdom (The Story of Roland); William Tell (Fifty Famous Stories Retold); The Heroine of Fort Henry (American Book of Golden Deeds).
Brooks, E. S.: William the Conqueror (Historic Boys).
Cabot, Ella Lyman: Margaret of New Orleans (Ethics for Children).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: The Luck Boat of Lake Geneva.
Olcott, F. J.: General Scott and the Stars and Stripes (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Sly, W. J.: Betsy Ross and the Flag (World Stories Retold).
Sixth Grade
September
Brown, Abbie F.: The Giant Builder (In the Days of Giants).
Cabot, Ella Lyman: David and Jonathan (Ethics for Children).
Judd, M. C.: The Legend of Niagara Falls (Wigwam Stories).
Kipling, Rudyard: Weland’s Sword (Puck of Pook’s Hill).
Lang, Jeanie: The Story of General Gordon.
Olcott, F. J.: Bill Brown’s Test, The Speaking Statue, The Champion Stone Cutter (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Ragozin, Z. A.: Beowulf Comes to Daneland (Siegfried and Beowulf).
Rhead, J. S.: The Story of the Fisherman (Arabian Nights).
Tolstoï, Leo: Truth is Mighty and Will Prevail (Cabot: Ethics for Children).
October
Grimm, Jacob: The Godfather (German Household Tales).
Harris, J. C.: Brer Rabbit Takes Exercise (Nights with Uncle Remus).
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: Pandora (Wonder-Book).
Irving, Washington: The Discovery of Land (Life of Christopher Columbus).
Perry, E. L., and Beebe, Katherine: George Rogers Clark (Four American Pioneers).
Ragozin, Z. A.: The Combat with Grendel (Siegfried and Beowulf).
Rhead, J. S.: Abou Mohammed the Lazy (Arabian Nights).
Tolstoï, Leo: Where Love Is, There God Is Also (Cabot: Ethics for Children).
All Hallow Eve Myths (Our Holidays Retold from St. Nicholas).
For additional Columbus Day material see “The Son of Columbus” by Mollie Elliot Seawell.
November
Bradley, Will: Hans the Wise, Nip and Tuck (The Wonder Box).
Brown, Abbie F.: The Magic Apples (In the Days of Giants).
Harris, J. C.: Brer Wolf Says Grace (Nights with Uncle Remus).
Olcott, F. J.: The Ears of Wheat, How Indian Corn Came into the World (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Pumphrey, M. B.: Samoset, The Treaty of Peace, The Little Captives (Pilgrim Stories).
Ragozin, Z. A.: Grendel Avenged, Beowulf Returns to His Own Land (Siegfried and Beowulf).
Rhead, J. S.: Abou Hassan the Wag (Arabian Nights).
December
Dickens, Charles: Christmas at Fezziwig’s Warehouse (Schauffler: Christmas).
Dyer, Walter: The Baby Camel That Walked to Jesus.
Lagerlöf, Selma: The Holy Night (Christ Legends).
Pumphrey, M. B.: The Christmas Candle (Pilgrim Stories).
Ragozin, Z. A.: Beowulf’s Victory and Death (Siegfried and Beowulf).
Rice, Alice Hegan: Betty’s Best Christmas (St. Nicholas, December, 1916).
Skinner, Charles M.: The Legend of the Mountain Ash (Myths of Plants, Trees, and Flowers).
Tolstoï, Leo: Evil Allures but Good Endures (Cabot: Ethics for Children).
Walsh, K.: St. Nicholas and the Slave Boy (The Story of Santa Claus).
January
Bradley, Will: Snip and Stitch (The Wonder Box).
Cabot, Ella Lyman: A Lesson for Kings (Ethics for Children).
Eggleston, Edward: The Troublesome Burglars (Strange Stories from History).
Judd, M. C.: How Indians Came to Know Medicine Plants (Wigwam Stories).
MacLeod, R.: A Great Feast and a Great Battle, The Marriage of Guinevere and Arthur and the Founding of the Round Table (King Arthur and His Noble Knights).
Sly, W. R.: The Golden Scepter in the Palace of the Lily (World Stories Retold).
Stevenson, Mrs. E. S.: A New Year’s Talk (Days and Deeds).
Stone, G. L.: The Legend of the Oak (Trees in Prose and Poetry).
A Chinese New Year in California (Our Holidays Retold from St. Nicholas).
A Spanish Tale (Fairy Stories Retold from St. Nicholas).
February
Brooks, E. S.: The Clary Grove Boys (Abraham Lincoln).
Eggleston, Edward: Young Washington in the Woods, How a Scullion Became a Sculptor (Strange Stories from History).
Gallagher, J. E.: Lincoln’s Good Memory of Names (Best Lincoln Stories).
MacLeod, R.: King Arthur and Sir Accalon, How King Arthur Fought with a Giant (King Arthur and His Noble Knights).
Moore, Charles W.: Lincoln and the Unjust Client (Abraham Lincoln).
Olcott, F. J.: Washington at Yorktown (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
March
Baldwin, James: King Richard and Blondel (Thirty More Famous Stories).
Bradley, Will: The Master Makes a Bargain (The Wonder Box).
Eggleston, Edward: The Prince Who Could Not Stay Dead (Strange Stories from History).
Hauff, Wilhelm: The Peddler and the Powder (Caravan Tales).
Holland, R. S.: Daniel Boone (Historic Boyhoods).
MacLeod, R.: Sir Brune, Sir Ivaine (King Arthur and His Noble Knights).
Marden, O. S.: How the Children Saved Hamburg (Winning Out).
Price, L. L.: Abraham and Isaac (Wandering Heroes).
April
Baldwin, James: As Rich as Crœsus (Thirty More Famous Stories).
Brown, Abbie F.: Saint Kentigern and the Robin (Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts).
Dickens, Charles: A Child’s Dream of a Star (Olcott: Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Eggleston, Edward: The Story of Catherine (Strange Stories from History).
Hauff, Wilhelm: The Mystic Word (Caravan Tales).
Holland, R. S.: Lafayette, the Boy of Versailles (Historic Boyhoods).
MacLeod, R.: Sir Balin, Sir Gareth the Kitchen Boy (King Arthur and His Noble Knights).
Price, L. L.: Joseph (Wandering Heroes).
May
Andersen, H. C.: The Daisy (Wonder Stories Told to Children).
Eggleston, Edward: The Sad Story of a Boy King (Strange Stories from History).
Gilbert, Ariadne: Beloved of Men and Dogs (More than Conquerors).
Hauff, Wilhelm: The Captive Owl (Caravan Tales).
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Pomegranate Seeds (Tanglewood Tales).
MacLeod, R.: Sir Launcelot and His Friends, Sir Tristram, How Sir Tristram Came to Camelot (King Arthur and His Noble Knights).
Stevenson, Mrs. E. S.: The Origin of Memorial Day (Days and Deeds).
June
Baldwin, James: Webster and the Woodchuck (Thirty More Famous Stories); Cornelia’s Jewels (Fifty Famous Stories).
Hauff, Wilhelm: The Hall of Sorcerers (Caravan Tales).
Jordan, David Starr: The Story of a Salmon.
Judson, Katharine B.: Why the Sierra Nevada is Higher than the Coast Range (Myths of California and the Old Southwest).
MacLeod, R.: The Quest of the Holy Grail, The Death of King Arthur (King Arthur and His Noble Knights).
Price, L. L.: Moses (Wandering Heroes).
Seventh Grade
September
Austin, Mary: The Basket Woman.
Bradish, Sarah P.: Sigmund Wins the Sword (Old Norse Stories).
Brown, Abbie F.: St. Bridget and the King’s Wolf (Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts).
Cabot, Ella Lyman: The Risks of a Fireman’s Life (Ethics for Children).
Marden, O. S.: The Blacksmith’s Boy (Winning Out).
Price, L. L.: Prince Siddârtha (Wandering Heroes).
Rhead, J. S.: The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor (Arabian Nights).
Stevenson, Mrs. E. S.: History of Labor Day (Days and Deeds).
Warman, Cy: Jack Farley’s Flying Switch (Short Rails).
October
Bradish, Sarah P.: Sigmund and Sinfiotli, The Death of Sigmund (Old Norse Heroes).
Holland, R. S.: Peter the Great, the Boy of the Kremlin (Historic Boyhoods).
Moore, Charles W.: In Search of the Grand Khan, The Garden of Eden (Christopher Columbus).
Price, L. L.: The First Battle of Cyrus the Great (Wandering Heroes).
Rhead, J. S.: Coga Hassan (Arabian Nights).
Stevenson, R. L.: Black Andie’s Tale of Tod Lapraik (David Balfour).
Stevenson, Mrs. E. S.: The History of Hallowe’en.
November
Abbott, J. S. C.: The Humanity and Self-Denial of Miles Standish. The Visit of Samoset (Miles Standish).
Baldwin, James: John Gutenberg and the Voices, The First Printer (Thirty More Famous Stories).
Bradish, Sarah P.: Regin’s Story, Forging the Sword (Old Norse Heroes).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: Jacopo, the Little Dyer (Boyhood Stories of Famous Men).
Holland, R. S.: Frederick the Great, the Boy of Potsdam (Historic Boyhoods).
Price, L. L.: The Khan of the Silver Crown (Wandering Heroes).
December
Austin, Mary: The Christmas Tree (The Basket Woman).
Bradish, Sarah P.: Brynhild (Old Norse Heroes).
Lagerlöf, Selma: The Wise Men’s Well (Christ Legends).
Olcott, F. J.: The Three Kings of Cologne (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Rhead, J. S.: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Arabian Nights).
Richards, Laura E.: Tomorrow (The Golden Windows).
Walsh, K.: St. Nicholas and the Three Purses (The Story of Santa Claus).
Wiggin, K. D.: The Ruggles’ Christmas Dinner (The Birds’ Christmas Carol).
January
Baldwin, James: King John and Prince Arthur (Thirty More Famous Stories).
Boutet de Monvel, L. M.: The Story of Joan of Arc (Joan of Arc).
Bradish, Sarah P.: Sigurd and the Niblungs, The Wooing of Brynhild, The Death of Sigurd (Old Norse Stories).
Holland, R. S.: John Paul Jones, the Boy of the Atlantic (Historic Boyhoods).
Lagerlöf, Selma: The Animals’ New Year’s Eve (The Further Adventures of Nils).
Olcott, F. J.: The Twelve Months (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Price, L. L.: Clovis the Frank (Wandering Heroes).
Rhead, J. S.: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arabian Nights).
February
Baldwin, James: King John and the Magna Charta (Thirty More Famous Stories).
Drake, S. A.: The Washington Elm (New England Legends).
Gilbert, Ariadne: The Matterhorn of Men (More than Conquerors).
Holland, R. S.: Mozart the Boy of Salzburg, George Washington the Boy of the Old Dominion (Historic Boyhoods).
Lodge, Henry Cabot: He Resigns His Commission (George Washington, Vol. I, page 338).
Olcott, F. J.: The Courage of His Convictions (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Price, L. L.: The Dwarf of Attila the Hun (Wandering Heroes).
Schauffler, R. H.: Anecdotes and Stories (Washington’s Birthday).
Tappan, Eva M.: A Winter at Valley Forge (American Hero Stories).
Whipple, Wayne: Lincoln’s First Dollar, A Feat of Mercy and Strength (The Story Life of Lincoln).
March
Baldwin, James: Frederick Barbarossa (Thirty More Famous Stories).
Brown, Abbie F.: Saint Wartburg and Her Goose (Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts).
Gilbert, Ariadne: Beethoven, the Deaf Musician (More than Conquerors).
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Liberty Tree (Grandfather’s Chair).
Jacobs, Joseph: The Dream of Owen Mulready (More Celtic Fairy Tales).
Price, L. L.: The Saga of the Land of Grapes (Wandering Heroes).
Stevenson, Mrs. E. S.: What Easter Is (Days and Deeds).
Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, Nora A.: The Lion, the Fox, and the Story-Teller (Talking Beast Fables from India).
April
Austin, Mary: The Merry-go-Round (The Basket Woman).
Baldwin, James: The Man in the Iron Mask (Thirty More Famous Stories).
Brown, Abbie F.: Gerasimus and the Lion (Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts).
Burroughs, John: The Downy Woodpecker (Bird Stories).
Harris, J. C.: Why the Hawk Catches Chickens (Uncle Remus and His Friends).
Holland, R. S.: Horatio Nelson, the Boy of the Channel Fleet (Historic Boyhoods).
Jacobs, Joseph: Jack, the Cunning Thief (More Celtic Fairy Tales).
Korolenko, Z.: The Procession of Passion Week in Seville (The Book of Easter).
Price, L. L.: Godwin and Knut (Wandering Heroes).
Seton, Ernest Thompson: Arnaux, the Chronicle of a Homing Pigeon (Animal Heroes).
May
Austin, Mary: The Coyote Spirit and the Weaving Woman (The Basket Woman).
Baldwin, James; Hannibal, the Boy of Carthage (Thirty More Famous Stories).
Dyer, Walter A.: The Opening of the Eyes of Jasper (The Richer Life).
Harris, J. C.: Brer Bear and the Honey (Uncle Remus and His Friends).
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The May Pole at Merry Mount (Twice Told Tales).
Holland, R. S.: Robert Fulton, the Boy of Conestoga (Historic Boyhoods).
Lansing, M. F.: Godfrey, a Knight of the Crusades (Page, Esquire, and Knight).
Partridge, E. N. and G. E.: The Boy Abraham (Story-Telling in the Home and School).
Scudder, Horace E.: The Monk and the Bird (Lyman: Story-Telling: What to Tell and How to Tell It).
June
Baldwin, James: Friar Bacon and the Brazen Head (Thirty More Famous Stories).
Gilbert, Ariadne: The Star Showers Baby (More than Conquerors).
Harris, J. C.: Why Brer Bull Growls and Grumbles (Uncle Remus and His Friends).
Holland, R. S.: Andrew Jackson, the Boy of the Carolinas (Historic Boyhoods).
Jordan, David Starr: Agassiz at Penikese, A Cuban Fisherman, How the Trout Came to California, The Story of a Strange Land, The Fate of Icodorum (Science Stories).
Lansing, M. F.: St. George and the Dragon (Page, Esquire, and Knight).
Phelps, E. S.: David and Jonathan (David and Jonathan).
Sly, W. R.: The Heroine of Gettysburg, The Man Who Wrote “America,” Jenny Lind, Singer (World Stories Retold).
The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner (St. Nicholas, June, 1914).
Eighth Grade
September
Brooks, E. S.: Helena of Britain (Historic Girls).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: The Boy of Cadore, The Joyous Vagabond (Boyhood Stories of Famous Men).
Chapin, Anna Alice: Parsifal, a Knight of the Grail (The Story of Parsifal).
Dyer, Walter A.: The Vision of Anton the Clockmaker (The Richer Life).
Holland, R. S.: Napoleon Bonaparte (Historic Boyhoods).
MacManus, Seumas: Billy Beg and His Bull (In Chimney Corners).
Renninger, E. D.: Rustem, the Wonder Child, Rustem, the Young Warrior (The Story of Rustem).
October
Dickens, Charles: The Speaking Rat (The Uncommercial Traveller).
Irving, Washington: The First Landing of Columbus in the New World, The Building of the Fortress La Navidad, Reception of Columbus by the Spanish Court at Barcelona, Columbus and His Brothers Arrested and Sent to Spain, The Death of Columbus (Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus); The Devil and Tom Walker (Tales of a Traveller).
Renninger, E. D.: The Seven Labors of Rustem, Rustem the Pehliva (The Story of Rustem). (Omit the romance in this last tale.)
Stevenson, R. L.: The Bottle Imp (Island Nights’ Entertainments).
November
Abbott, J. S. C.: The Mother of Kidnapped Indians, The Search for Corn, The Shipwrecked Frenchmen (Miles Standish).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: When Mozart Raced with Marie Antoinette (Boyhood Stories of Famous Men).
Renninger, E. D.: Sohrab and the Youth (The Story of Rustem).
Schauffler, R. H.: The Thanksgiving Guest, Two Notable Thanksgivings (Thanksgiving).
Scudder, Horace E.: The Flying Dutchman, King Cophetua and the Beggar, The Image and the Treasure (Book of Legends).
December
Boutet de Monvel, L. M.: The Girlhood of Joan of Arc and the Call of the Voices, Attack and Delivery of Orleans (The Story of Joan of Arc).
Brooks, E. S.: Edith of Scotland (Historic Girls).
Harte, Bret: How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar (The Luck of Roaring Camp).
Hugo, Victor: Cosette (Les Misérables).
MacManus, Seumas: Shan Beth and Ned Flyn (In Chimney Corners).
Olcott, F. J.: The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Renninger, E. D.: The Wrath of Rustem, Combat of Sohrab against Rustem (The Story of Rustem).
Stockton, Frank R.: The Christmas Truants (Fanciful Tales).
Van Dyke, Henry: The Mansion (The Mansion); The First Christmas Tree (The First Christmas Tree); The Other Wise Man (The Other Wise Man).
Wallace, Lew: The Journey of the Magi (Ben Hur).
January
Church, Alfred J.: The Adventure of Ulysses with the Cyclops, The Home of the Winds and the Palace of Circe, The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, What Happened in Ithaca, An Island Prison, A Princess Washing Clothes, Ulysses at Home (Odyssey for Boys and Girls).
Guerber, H. A.: Charlemagne Blessing the Vineyards (Legends of the Rhine. Use also the poem, The Silver Bridge, in the same book).
Sly, W. R.: Horatius at the Bridge (World Stories Retold. Use also Macaulay’s poem).
February
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: A Shepherd Lad of Tuscany, The Light of Guido’s Lamp, A Bit o’ Pink Verbena (Boyhood Stories of Famous Men).
Higginson, T. W.: The Story of Atlantis, Taliessin of the Radiant Bow (Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic).
Holland, R. S.: James Fenimore Cooper (Historic Boyhoods).
Lodge, Henry Cabot: The British at Mount Vernon (George Washington, Vol. I, page 295); Washington Offered the Supreme Power (George Washington, Vol. I, page 328).
Olcott, F. J.: Training for the Presidency, George Picket’s Friend (Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Rhead, J. S.: Adventures of Haroun al Raschid (Arabian Nights).
Stockton, Frank R.: The Clocks of Rondaine (Fanciful Tales).
March
Baldwin, James: Eureka (Thirty More Famous Stories).
Boutet de Monvel, L. M.: Joan’s Trial and Death (Joan of Arc).
Brooks, E. S.: Woo of Hwang Ho (Historic Girls).
Cabot, Ella L.: Florence Nightingale (Ethics for Children).
Holland, R. S.: John Ericsson, the Boy of the Gotha Canal (Historic Boyhoods).
Korolenko, Z.: Easter Eve (The Book of Easter).
Renninger, E. D.: How Rustem Trained Saiwush and Avenged Him, The Later Feats of Rustem (The Story of Rustem).
Stevenson, Mrs. E. S.: What Easter Is (Days and Deeds).
April
Brooks, E. S.: Christina of Sweden (Historic Girls).
Burroughs, John: The House Wren, The Screech Owl, The Song Sparrow (Bird Stories).
Gould, F. J.: Why the Romans Bore Pain, The Second Founder of Rome (The Children’s Plutarch).
Higginson, T. W.: The Swan Children of Lir, Usheen in the Island of Youth, Bran the Blessed (Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic).
Holland, R. S.: Garibaldi, the Boy of the Mediterranean (Historic Boyhoods).
Lansing, M. F.: Chevalier Bayard (Page, Esquire, and Knight).
MacManus, Seumas: Rory the Robber (In Chimney Corners).
Renninger, E. D.: The Story of Isfendiyar, The Death of Rustem (The Story of Rustem).
May
Austin, Mary: The Stream That Ran Away (Olcott: Good Stories for Great Holidays).
Cabot, Ella L.: The Fight against Yellow Fever (Ethics for Children).
Cather, Katherine Dunlap: The Tomboy from Bordeaux (Boyhood Stories of Famous Men).
Gilbert, Ariadne: Through Failure to Success (More than Conquerors).
Gould, F. J.: The Man Who Waited (The Children’s Plutarch).
Higginson, T. W.: The Castle of the Active Door, Maeldun’s Voyage, The Voyage of St. Brandon, Harald the Viking (Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic).
Holland, R. S.: Charles Dickens, the Boy of the London Streets (Historic Boyhoods).
Wilson, C. D.: How Rodrigo Was Knighted and Received the Name of Cid, The Banishment of the Cid (The Story of the Cid).
June
Brown, Abbie F.: Kenneth and the Gulls (Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts).
Cabot, Ella L.: Sister Dora (Ethics for Children).
Daudet, Alphonse: The Last Lesson (Bryant: How to Tell Stories to Children).
Gould, F. J.: How a Woman Saved Rome, A Roman Undismayed (The Children’s Plutarch).
Higginson, T. W.: The Search for Norumbega, Bimini and the Fountain of Youth (Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic).
Judson, K. B.: Why Grizzly Bear Goes on All Fours (Myths of California and the Old Southwest).
Lodge, H. C., and Roosevelt, T.: Remember the Alamo, The Flag Bearer (Frontier Towns).
MacManus, Seumas: Jack and the King Who Was a Gentleman (In Chimney Corners).
Tappan, Eva M.: Israel Putnam (American Hero Stories).
Wilson, C. D.: The Cid’s Successors in the Land of the Moors, The Cid Returns Aid to the King (The Story of the Cid).