Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours | Page 3

or recited in connection with the stories where there is a response. The little children should never be held longer than half an hour, and twenty minutes is better. The stories to be told together are numbered 1 and 2. This grouping may be changed and additions may be made from books which have been duplicated freely in the juvenile book collections, but the selection should be kept to the standard of this list. Also, it is not required that the groups of stories should be used in the order listed.
See also lists for special days.

PROGRAMS FOR STORY HOURS.
1. Water of life. (Story of the three sons.)
_Best version:_ Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
_Other versions:_ Grimm. Fairy tales; il. by Folkard. Grimm. German household tales; tr. by Edwardes. Jerrold. Reign of King Oberon. Shaw. Fairy tales for the second school year. Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of fairy tales. Wiggin and Smith. Magic casements.
Alternative Water of life. (Story of the faithful servant.)
_Best version:_ Pyle. Wonder clock.
_Other versions:_ Lang. Golden mermaid. Lang. Pink fairy book.
2. Princess whom nobody could silence.
_Best version:_ Thomsen. East o' the sun. (Princess who could not be silenced.)
_Other versions:_ Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north. Wiggin and Smith. Tales of laughter.
Compare with Peter Fiddle-de-dee in Bay. Danish fairy and folk tales.
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1. Princess and the pea.
_Best versions:_ Andersen. Fairytales; tr. by Lucas. Andersen. Stories and tales; tr. by Dulcken.
2. Lad who went to the north wind.
_Best versions:_ Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent. Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions:_ Asbjoernsen. Fairy world. Bay. Danish fairy and folk tales. Carroll and Brooks. Third reader. (Boy and the north wind.) Treadwell. Reading-literature, first reader.
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1. Tinder box.
_Best versions:_ Andersen. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas. Andersen. Wonder stories; tr. by Dulcken.
_Other versions:_ Lang. Yellow fairy book. Welsh. Fairy tales children love. Winnington. Outlook fairy book.
2. Travels of a fox.
_Best version:_ Winnington. Outlook story book.
_Other versions:_ Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour. Johnson. Oak tree fairy book.
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1. Robin Goodfellow.
_Best version:_ Rhys. English fairy book.
_Other versions:_ Coates. Fireside encyclopaedia of poetry. (Merry pranks of Robin Goodfellow.) Dana. Household book of poetry. (Merry pranks of Robin Goodfellow.)
_Alternative._
1. Presents of the little folk.
_Best version:_ Grimm. Fairy tales. (Little folks' presents.)
_Other versions:_ Grimm. German household tales. Grimm. Household fairy tales; tr. by Boldrey.(The greedy goldsmith's reward.)
2. The fairies. (Poem by Robert Bird.)
Wiggin and Smith. Posy ring.
See other poems about fairies in Wiggin and Smith. Golden numbers and Posy ring.
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1. Snow queen.
_Best versions:_ Andersen. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas. Andersen. Wonder stories; tr. by Dulcken.
_Other versions:_ Lang. Pink fairy book. Welsh. Fairy tales children love.
Do not tell a second story.
1. Golden bird.
_Best version:_ Grimm. Fairy tales; tr. by Lucas.
_Other versions:_ Asbjoernsen. Fairy tales from the far north. Asbjoernsen. Tales from the fjeld. Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables. Grimm. Best stories. Grimm. Household fairy tales; tr. by Boldrey. Lang. Green fairy book. Marshall. Fairy tales of all nations. Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3. Scudder. Children's book. Scudder. Fables and folk stories. Wiggin and Smith. Magic casements.
Compare with Golden mermaid in Lang. Green fairy book.
2. Husband who was to mind the house.
_Best versions:_ Asbjoernsen. Norse fairy tales; tr. by Dasent. Thomsen. East o' the sun.
_Other versions:_ Asbjoernsen. Fairy world. Asbjoernsen. Popular tales from the Norse; tr. by Dasent. Laboulaye. Fairy tales. (Good woman.) Laboulaye. Last fairy tales. (Grizzled Peter.) Tappan. Folk stories and fables.
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1. Billy Beg and the bull.
_Best version:_ MacManus. In chimney corners.
_Other versions:_ Bryant. Best stories to tell. Bryant. How to tell stories. Wiggin. Tales of wonder.
2. Cock, the mouse and the little red hen.
_Best version:_ Lefevre. Cock, the mouse and the little red hen.
_Other versions:_ Van Sickle. Riverside reader, 2nd. (Adapted.) Compare with Little red hen in Blaisdell. Child life, in tale and fable. 2nd reader. Lansing. Rhymes and stories. Treadwell. Reading-literature, primer.
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1. Ugly duckling.
_Best versions:_ Andersen. Fairy tales; ed. by Lucas. Andersen. Wonder stories; tr. by Dulcken.
_Other versions:_ Arnold and Gilbert. Stepping stones to literature, v. 3. Bailey and Lewis. For the children's hour. (Adapted.) Baldwin. Fairy reader. Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Adapted.) Boston collection of kindergarten stories. Carroll and Brooks. Third reader. Coussens. Child's book of stories. Gibbon. Old King Cole. Jerrold. Big book of fairy tales. Lang. Orange fairy book. Mabie. Fairy tales every child should know. McMurry. Classic myths. Norton. Heart of oak books, v. 3. (Adapted.) Perkins. Twenty best fairy tales. Scudder. Children's book. Tappan. Folk stories and fables. Whittier. Child life in prose.
2. Good little mouse.
_Best versions:_ D'Aulnoy. Fairy tales; tr. by Planché. Lang. Red fairy book.
_Other versions:_ Heller. Little golden hood. Lang. Snowdrop and other stories. Valentine. Old, old fairy tales. Wiggin and Smith. Fairy ring.
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