Chapter XVI. Story-telling and Stories
1. On Story-telling.
I. Bryant, Sara Cone. How to Tell Stories to Children. Houghton. 1905. 260 p. Bibl. $1.00. Simple directions for the mother and teacher; some stories.
†St. John, Edw. P. Stories and Story-Telling. Pilgrim. 1910. 99 p. Bibl. $.60. With special reference to story-telling in moral and religious education. How to tell, how to use, where to find stories.
Wyche, Richard T. Some Great Stories and How to Tell Them. Newson. 1910. 181 p. Bibl. $1.00. How to tell stories effectively; with special reference to the classic Greek and Norse myths.
Excellent books also by Julia D. Cowles, Louise S. Houghton, Angela M. Keyes, Edna Lyman, Mrs. E. N. Partridge.
2. Collections. The following collections are carefully selected for the educational values; there is necessarily some duplication in the stories in these collections.
Bailey, Caroline S. and Lewis, Clara M. For the Children’s Hour. Bradley. 1906. 333 p. $1.50. More than a hundred fairy tales, fables, myths, stories of home life, nature, industries, festivals, as told to kindergarten children.
°Scudder, Horace E. The Children’s Book. Houghton. 1909. 300 p. $2.50. A large volume with nearly two hundred fables, fairy tales from Abbott, Anderson, Grimm, Perrault; stories from Arabian Nights, Munchausen, Lilliput, and from Greek Myths. Illustrations from Doré, Cruickshank and others.
Cabot, Ella L. Ethics for Children. (Chapter X. 4.)