To secure such results a complete mastery and intelligent observation is necessary of the principles and plans described in the authors’ Manual for Teachers, entitled “Learning to Read.”

The authors gratefully acknowledge their indebtedness to Miss Marie Van Vorst for the use of “Three of us Know” and “The Sandman”; to Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller for “The Bluebird”; to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. for the use of the poem “Discontented,” by Sarah Orne Jewett, and “Calling the Violet,” by Lucy Larcom; to Messrs. Charles Scribner’s Sons for “The Wind,” by Robert Louis Stevenson.

CONTENTS

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Out of Door Neighbors[1]
The Cat and the Birds[3]
Why Ravens Croak[6]
The Proud Crow[8]
The Wolf and the Kid[12]
Queer Chickens[17]
Little DucksRobert Mack[21]
Once Upon a Time[23]
The Caterpillar[25]
Who is Strongest?[27]
Lambikin[37]
The Ant and the Mouse[46]
Songs of Life[51]
The Brook[53]
The Little Brook[55]
Calling the VioletLucy Larcom[59]
The WindMary Lamb[61]
The WindChristina Rossetti[62]
The WindR. L. Stevenson[63]
The Leaf’s Journey[64]
Sweet and LowTennyson[69]
Sleep, Baby, Sleep!From the German[70]
Stars and Daisies[71]
Lady MoonLord Houghton[73]
With Nature’s Children[75]
The Little Shepherdess[77]
DiscontentSarah Orne Jewett[81]
Belling the Cat[84]
Three of us KnowMarie Van Vorst[91]
The Dandelion[93]
The Magpie’s Lesson[95]
The BluebirdMrs. Emily Huntington Miller[100]
The Wolf and the Stork[102]
The Indian Mother’s LullabyCharles Myall[103]
In Story Land[105]
How Mrs. White Hen helped Rose[107]
The SandmanMarie Van Vorst[115]
Billy Binks[117]
Some Things to think About[131]
When the Little Boy ran Away[133]
How the Bean got its Black Seam[138]
FriendsL. G. Warner[145]
Help One Another[147]
With our Feathered Friends[149]
The Drowning of Mr. Leghorn[151]
The Starving of Mrs. Leghorn[160]
Mr. and Mrs. Leghorn to the Rescue[172]
Vocabulary[179]

Out of Door Neighbors