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World Stories Retold for Modern Boys and Girls One Hundred and Eighty-seven Five-minute Classic Stories for Retelling in Home, Sunday School, Children's Services, Public School Grades and "The Story-hour" in Public Libraries
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Table of Contents
- WORLD STORIES RETOLD
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Part I The Art of Story-Telling
- I VALUE OF STORIES
- STORIES IN THE HOME
- THE FATHER AS STORY-TELLER
- STORIES IN THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL
- STORIES IN CHURCH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN[1]
- STORIES IN THE KINDERGARTEN
- STORIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- STORIES AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
- STORIES IN SETTLEMENTS
- STORIES IN BOYS’ CAMPS
- II THE PERIODS OF INTEREST IN STORIES
- 1. THE PERIOD OF BABYHOOD
- 2. THE PERIOD OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
- 3. THE PERIOD OF LATER CHILDHOOD
- 4. THE PERIOD OF BOYHOOD AND GIRLHOOD
- 5. THE PERIOD OF EARLY YOUTH
- 6. THE PERIOD OF LATER YOUTH—YOUNG PEOPLE
- III TYPES OF STORIES TO TELL
- 1. BIBLE STORIES
- 2. MISSIONARY STORIES
- 3. PLAY STORIES
- 4. FAIRY AND FOLK-TALES
- 5. FABLES
- 6. MYTHS
- 7. LEGENDS
- 8. NATURE STORIES
- 9. ALLEGORICAL STORIES
- 10. HISTORICAL STORIES
- 11. BIOGRAPHICAL STORIES
- 12. ALTRUISTIC STORIES
- 13. LOVE STORIES
- 14. VOCATIONAL STORIES
- 15. INSTRUCTIONAL STORIES
- 16. HUMOROUS STORIES
- IV PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR STORY-TELLING
- 1. ENCOURAGEMENT
- 2. TELL THE STORY
- 3. SELECT THE STORY
- 4. MAKE THE STORY YOUR OWN
- 5. MASTER THE FOUR PARTS OF YOUR STORY
- 6. INTRODUCING YOUR STORY
- 7. RETELL YOUR STORIES
- 8. LET CHILDREN REPRODUCE YOUR STORIES
- V GAMES WITH STORIES
- FINGER STORIES
- PLAYING THE STORIES
- DRAMATIZATION OF STORIES
- VI USE OF THE ETHICAL INDEX
- I VALUE OF STORIES
- Part II Stories to Tell
- I FAIRY AND WONDER TALES
- 1. THE RUNAWAY PANCAKE
- 2. THE LITTLE RED HEN
- 3. THE GOLDEN GOOSE
- 4. DIAMONDS AND TOADS
- 5. THE FROG KING
- 6. RED RIDINGHOOD
- 7. GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
- 8. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY[5]
- 9. JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
- 10. JACK, THE GIANT-KILLER
- 11. ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP
- 12. BOOTS AND HIS BROTHERS
- II FABLES
- 1. THE BOY AND THE NUTS
- 2. THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS
- 3. THE DOG IN THE MANGER
- 4. THE TOADSTOOL AND THE ACORN
- 5. THE BOYS AND THE FROGS
- 6. THE DOVE AND THE ANT
- 7. THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
- 8. THE CROW AND THE PITCHER
- 9. THE WIND AND THE SUN
- 10. THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF
- 11. THE LION AND THE FOX
- 12. THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
- 13. ONE GOOD TRICK
- 14. THE CONCEITED GRASSHOPPER
- 15. THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT
- 16. THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
- 17. THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL
- 18. THE BOY AND THE ECHO
- 19. THE CAMEL IN THE TENT
- 20. THE MONKEY AND THE CATS
- 21. THE LION AND THE MOUSE
- 22. THE LARKS IN THE WHEAT-FIELD
- 23. THE MILLER AND HIS DONKEY
- 24. THE PERSIAN AND HIS SONS
- III FOLK-TALES
- 1. WHY THE BEAR HAS A STUMPY TAIL
- 2. WHY THE ROBIN’S BREAST IS RED
- 3. THE MAN IN THE MOON
- 4. PROMETHEUS, THE GREEK FIRE-GIVER[6]
- 5. PHAETHON’S WONDERFUL RIDE
- 6. THE STORY OF THE SUNFLOWER
- 7. THE GOLDEN TOUCH
- 8. SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
- 9. SAINT PATRICK AND THE SNAKES
- 10. THE COYOTE AND THE INDIAN FIRE-BRINGER
- IV FAVORITES
- 1. THE UGLY DUCKLING
- 2. THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER
- 3. THE CLOUD
- 4. THE GREAT STONE FACE
- 5. TOM, THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP
- 6. WHERE LOVE IS, GOD IS
- 7. THE PIED PIPER
- 8. DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
- 9. THE BOY WHO HATED TREES
- 10. THE PRINCE WHO HATED SPIDERS AND FLIES
- 11. TIRED OF BEING A LITTLE GIRL
- 12. THE ELEPHANT AND THE TAILOR
- 13. THE LOST CAMEL
- 14. THE STORY WITHOUT AN END
- V CHRISTMAS STORIES
- 1. SAINT CHRISTOPHER
- 2. THE FIR TREE
- 3. THE CHRISTMAS GIFT
- 4. THE GOLDEN COBWEBS
- 5. THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE
- VI BIBLE STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
- 1. HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE
- 2. HOW A HAPPY HOME WAS LOST
- 3. THE FIRST TWO BROTHERS
- 4. THE FLOOD AND THE RAINBOW
- 5· THE GENEROUS UNCLE AND THE SELFISH NEPHEW
- 6. THE OBLIGING GIRL AT THE WELL
- 7. THE LADDER THAT REACHED TO HEAVEN
- 8. THE SLAVE-BOY WHO BECAME A PRINCE
- 9. THE BABY BROTHER IN A BASKET-BOAT
- 10. WHY BOYS TAKE OFF THEIR HATS IN CHURCH
- II. THE BOY WHO LIVED IN A CHURCH
- 12. THE DAUGHTER WHO HONORED HER MOTHER
- 13. THE SHEPHERD-BOY WHO SLEW A GIANT
- 14. THE ARROW-BOY AND THE TWO FRIENDS
- 15. THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE
- 16. THE BABIES AND THE WISE JUDGE
- 17. THE LITTLE BOY KING
- 18. THE WOMAN WHO SHARED HER LAST LOAF
- 19. THE SLAVE-GIRL WHO HELPED A GREAT CAPTAIN
- 20. FOUR COLLEGE BOYS WHO KEPT STRONG
- 21. FOUR FRIENDS IN THE FIERY FURNACE
- 22. THE MAN WHO WAS NOT AFRAID TO PRAY
- 23. THE GOLDEN SCEPTER IN THE PALACE OF THE LILY
- VII BIBLE STORIES FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT
- 1. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS DAY
- 2. THE WISE MEN AND THE STAR
- 3. WHEN JESUS WAS A BOY
- 4. WHEN JESUS WAS LOST
- 5. WHEN JESUS LEFT HIS CARPENTER SHOP
- 6. WHEN JESUS WON HIS GREAT VICTORY
- 7. THE CHILDREN’S FRIEND
- 8. THE MAID AWAKENED
- 9. THE BOY WITH HIS LUNCH
- 10. THE DWARF IN THE MULBERRY TREE
- 11. THE GOOD NEIGHBOR
- 12. THE STORM-KING
- 13. THE KING WITH THE BASIN AND THE TOWEL
- 14. WHEN JESUS WAS FORSAKEN
- 15. THE FIRST EASTER DAY
- 16. THE CRIPPLE AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE
- 17. THE GIRL WHO KNEW SHE WAS RIGHT
- 18. THE PRISONER AND THE SHIPWRECK
- 19. THE SLAVE WHO RAN AWAY FROM HIS MASTER
- VIII GENERAL HISTORICAL STORIES
- 1. HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE
- 2. DAMON AND PYTHIAS
- 3. ANDROCLES AND THE LION
- 4. CORNELIA AND HER JEWELS
- 5. KING ALFRED AND THE CAKES
- 6. BRUCE AND THE SPIDER
- 7. THE INCHCAPE BELL
- 8. SIR WALTER RALEIGH
- 9. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY
- 10. THE BELL OF JUSTICE
- 11. NAPOLEON AND THE DRUMMER-BOY
- 12. PICCIOLA
- 13. THE EMPEROR AND THE BIRD’S NEST
- 14. THE SWISS PATRIOT AND THE SPEARS
- 15. THE EMPEROR AND THE GOOSE-BOY
- 16. THE EMPEROR AND THE SCHOOL CHILDREN
- 17. TOLSTOY’S DAUGHTER AND THE PEASANT BOY
- 18. THE WRISTS BOUND WITH THE RED THREAD
- 19. “LITTLE TEN MINUTES”
- IX AMERICAN HISTORICAL STORIES
- 1. HOW AMERICA WAS FOUND
- 2. HOW AMERICA WAS NAMED
- 3. THE MAN WHO FIRST SAILED AROUND THE WORLD
- 4. THE LOST COLONY
- 5. POCAHONTAS
- 6. THE INDIANS’ GUNPOWDER HARVEST
- 7. THE MAYFLOWER AND THE PILGRIMS
- 8. THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY
- 9. REBECCA AND THE SNAKE
- 10. THE BRIDE WORTH HER WEIGHT IN SILVER
- 11. EVANGELINE AND THE BURNING OF ACADIA
- 12. THE FIRST COLLEGE IN AMERICA
- 13. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
- 14. PAUL REVERE’S RIDE
- 15. NATHAN HALE
- 16. GENERAL REED AND THE BRIBE
- 17. THE FIRST FOURTH OF JULY
- 18. WASHINGTON’S CHRISTMAS VICTORY
- 19. THE HEROINE OF NORTH CAROLINA
- 20. THE HEROINE OF OHIO
- 21. PUTNAM AND THE WOLF
- 22. BOONE AND HIS SWING
- 23. KIT CARSON AND THE BEARS
- 24. THE HEROINE OF GETTYSBURG
- 25. HOBSON AND THE MERRIMAC
- 26. BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG
- 27. THE MAN WHO WROTE “AMERICA”
- X HEROES OF PEACE
- 1. THE BOY HERO OF HOLLAND
- 2. THE GERMAN PATRIOT AND THE BARLEY-FIELDS
- 3. THE JAPANESE AND THE EARTHQUAKE
- 4. THE RUSSIAN SERVANT
- 5. GRACE DARLING
- 6. THE SURVEYOR AND THE LITTLE BOY
- 7. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE PIG
- 8. GLADSTONE AND THE STREET-SWEEPER
- 9. GARIBALDI AND THE LOST LAMB
- 10. HOVENDEN AND THE LITTLE BOY
- 11. THE BOY AND THE TRAIN
- 12. THE BOY AND THE MAD DOG
- 13. THE GIRL AND HER RED PETTICOAT
- 14. THE NEWSBOY OF GARY
- XI MODERN BOYS AND GIRLS WHO BECAME USEFUL
- 1. LONGFELLOW, POET
- 2. MOZART, MUSICIAN
- 3. OLE BULL, VIOLINIST
- 4. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, AUTHOR
- 5. ROSA BONHEUR, PAINTER
- 6. JENNY LIND, SINGER
- 7. LINCOLN, EMANCIPATION PRESIDENT
- 8. HORACE GREELEY, EDITOR
- 9. AUDUBON, NATURALIST
- 10. EDISON, WIZARD OF ELECTRICITY
- 11. BURBANK, FAIRY GODFATHER OF THE ORCHARDS
- 12. MARY LYON, EDUCATOR
- 13. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, NURSE
- 14. FRANCES E. WILLARD, REFORMER
- 15. LIVINGSTONE, MISSIONARY-EXPLORER
- 16. SPURGEON, PREACHER
- 17. GRENFELL, MEDICAL MISSIONARY
- 18. WRIGHT BROTHERS, AVIATORS
- 19. JANE ADDAMS, SETTLEMENT WORKER
- 20. HELEN KELLER, MARVEL
- ALPHABETICAL LIST OF STORIES
- ETHICAL INDEX OF STORIES
- I FAIRY AND WONDER TALES
- FOOTNOTES:
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