Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, Josephine

Paolucci, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

CHICO

THE STORY OF A HOMING PIGEON

By LUCY M. BLANCHARD

The Riverside Literature Series

1922

DEDICATED TO ALL WHO LOVE VENICE

FOREWORD

As is well known, the time for haphazard reading in the schools has passed. The carefully selected lists compiled by those who make the education of children their life work are adapted to the needs of every grade.