Literature for Children

by Orton Lowe

CONTENTS

		PAGE
Preface		[v]
PART I. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER
I.	The Value of Good Books	[3]
II.	Books and Literature in Elementary Schools	[11]
III.	The Learning of Lyric Poetry by Heart	[18]
PART II. SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING
	First Year	[33]
	Second Year	[44]
	Third Year	[56]
	Fourth Year	[67]
	Fifth Year	[81]
	Sixth Year	[96]
	Seventh Year	[115]
	Eighth Year	[134]
PART III. SOURCES OF STANDARD PROSE FOR CHILDREN
I.	Fairy Tales, Household Tales, and Other Fanciful Tales	[159]
II.	Classic Myths in Literature	[176]
III.	Books to be Owned, To Be Read and Reread	[188]
IV.	On the Purchase and Care of Books	[219]
V.	Editions of Standard Books	[232]
BIBLIOGRAPHY		[239]

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