Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours | Page 3

versions:_ Lovejoy. Nature in verse. Waterman. Graded
memory selections.

[Footnote 6: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]
Why the evergreens never lose their leaves.
_Best version:_ Holbrook. Book of nature myths.
The wise men of Gotham.
_Best version:_ Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
The wolf and the seven little goats.
_Best version:_ Grimm. Household stories tr. by Crane.
_Other versions:_ Blaisdell. Child life in tale and fable. (Adapted.)
(Wolf and seven little goslings.) Grimm. Fairy tales. (Wolf and the
seven young kids.) Mulock. Fairy book. (Wolf and the seven young
goslings.)

SUGGESTIONS FOR STORY HOURS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
The following programs for story hours for the little children are
suggestive only. It is desirable that the best folk tales be repeated as
often as the children desire, and that poems should be read 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.