The Norton Anthologyor Children's Literature
THE TRADITIONS IN ENGLISHSUB Gottingen217 865 054
2005 A 11472
Jack Zipes, General EditorUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Lissa Paul, Associate General EditorUNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK
Lynne Vallone, Associate General EditorTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Peter HuntCARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Gillian Avery
W • W • NORTON & COMPANY • New York • London*
Contents
PREFACE XXV
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXXV
ALPHABETS
Introduction 1
JOHANN AMOS COMENIUS (1592-1670) 7From Orbis Pictus 8
The Childes Guide (1667) 9In Adams Fall 9
A Little Book for Children (ca. 1705) 10A Was an Archer 11
The Picture Alphabet (ca. 1830) 11A Was an Archer 12
The Instructive Alphabet (1814) 19At Early Dawn 19
The Child's New Play-Thing (1742) 20A Was an Apple-Pie 20
KATE GREENAWAY (1846-1901) 21From A Apple Pie 22
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) 24The Absolutely Abstemious Ass 24
DR. SEUSS [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (1904-1991) 27From Dr. Seuss's ABC 28
ALICE PROVENSEN (b. 1918) and MARTIN PROVENSEN (1916-1987) 30A Peaceable Kingdom 30
The Shaker Abecedarius 30
CHAPBOOKS
Introduction 33
Tom Thumb (ca. 1790-1810) 37
Jack the Giant Killer (ca. 1845-50) 47
The History of Goody Two-Shoes (ca. 1800) 50
Children in the Wood (ca. 1800) 57
The History of Sir Richard Whittington and His Cat (ca. 1840) 61
The Art of Making Money Plenty (1817) 70
The New-York Cries (1826) 73
PRIMERS AND READERS
Introduction 75
The New-England Primer (ca. 1690) 87
From A Little Pretty Pocket-Book (1744) 129
ANNA LAETITIA BARBAULD (1743-1825) 134From Lessons for Children 136
New Canadian Readers (1881-1901) 139A First Reader 140
Preface 140Chicken Little 140
Fun with Dick and Jane (1940) 142Jane Helps 143
ARNOLD LOBEL (1933-1987) 144Frog and Toad Are Friends 145
The Letter 145Frog and Toad Together 148
A List 148
Texts and Contexts: WRITING 151
Writing sheet (1809) 153The Copybook (nineteenth century) 155Happy Hippos (twenty-first century) 158
JOHN NEWBERY (1713-1767) 159Letters on the Most Common, as Well as Most Important,
Occasions in Life 159
The Preface 159 v"Instruction for Epistolary Writing 160Queen Ann Boleyn's Last Letter to King Henry VIII 169 CONTENTS
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898) 170From Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing 171
FAIRY TALES
Introduction 175
CHARLES PERRAULT (1628-1703) 185The Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots 186
SARAH FIELDING (1710-1768) 189The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy 190
The Story of the Cruel Giant Barbarico, the Good Giant Benefico, andthe Little Pretty Dwarf Mignon 190
JEANNE-MARIE LEPRINCE DE BEAUMONT (1711-1780) 199Beauty and the Beast 200
JACOB GRIMM (1785-1863) and WILHELM GRIMM (1786-1859) 208Hansel and Gretel 210
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1805-1875) 214The Nightingale 215
GEORGE MACDONALD (1824-1905) 221The Light Princess 222
FRANK STOCKTON (1834-1902) 248The Griffin and the Minor Canon 248
OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900) 257The Happy Prince 258
KENNETH GRAHAME (1859-1932) 263The Reluctant Dragon 264
JOHN B. GRUELLE (1880-1938) 280The Discontented King 281
WANDA GAG (1893-1946) 284The Sorcerer's Apprentice 285
LLOYD ALEXANDER (b. 1924) 287The Truthful Harp 288
™ JOAN AIKEN (1924-2004) 291
CONTENTS T h e F a i t h l e s s L o l l y b i r d 2 9 2
TED HUGHES (1930-1998) 301The Iron Giant: A Story in Five Nights 302
JULIUS LESTER (b. 1939) 317Jack and the Devil's Daughter 318
JANE YOLEN (b. 1939) 324The Lady and the Merman 325
ROBERT MUNSCH (b. 1945) 327The Paper Bag Princess 328
LAURENCE YEP (b. 1948) 329The Phantom Heart 330
MICHAEL LACAPA (b. 1955) 336Antelope Woman: An Apache Folktale 336
Texts and Contexts: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 338
CHARLES PERRAULT (1628-1703) 342Little Red Riding Hood 343
JACOB GRIMM (1785-1863) and WILHELM GRIMM (1786-1859) 345Little Red Cap 345
CHARLES MARELLE (1827-ca. 1892) 348The True History of Little Golden-hood 348
WALTER DE LA MARE (1873-1956) 351Little Red Riding-Hood 351
CATHERINE STORR (1913-2001) 355Little Polly Riding Hood 356
ROALD DAHL (1916-1990) 359Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf 359
TOMI UNGERER (b. 1931) 361Little Red Riding Hood 361
TONY ROSS (b. 1938) 365Little Red Hood: A Classic Story Bent Out of Shape 366
MICHAEL EMBERLEY (b. 1960) 368Ruby 369
FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK (b. 1962) 381Wolf 381
CONTENTS
ANIMAL FABLES
Introduction 387
SAMUEL CROXALL(d. 1752) 394Fables of Aesop and Others 394
The Fox without a Tail 394The Fox and the Crow 395
WILLIAM GODWIN (1756-1836) 397Fables Ancient and Modern 397
The Dog in the Manger 397The Ass in the Lion's Skin 398
WALTER CRANE (1845-1915) 399The Baby's Own Aesop 400
The Blind Doe 400The Crow and the Pitcher 401The Eagle and the Crow 401
W. H. D. ROUSE (1863-1950) 401"The Giant Crab" and Other Tales from Old India 402
The Crocodile and the Monkey 402The Talkative Tortoise 403
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936) 404Just So Stories for Little Children 405
How the Camel Got His Hump 405
JAMES THURBER (1894-1961) 408Further Fables for Our Time 408
The Fox and the Crow 408Variations on the Theme 409
ASHLEY BRYAN (b. 1923) 410"The Ox of the Wonderful Horns" and Other African Tales 410
Tortoise, Hare, and the Sweet Potatoes 410
RUSSELL HOBAN (b. 1925) 412The Sea-Thing Child 413
CONTENTS C L A S S I C A L M Y T H S
Introduction 419
WILLIAM GODWIN (1756-1836) 423The Pantheon 423
The Minotaur 423
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864) 424Tanglewood Tales 425
From The Minotaur 425
CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819-1875) 433The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children 434
How Theseus Slew the Minotaur 434
LEON GARFIELD (1921-1996) and EDWARD BLISHEN (1920-1996) 436The God beneath the Sea 437
The Seeds of Power 437
PADRAIC COLUM (1881-1972) 439From The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy 440
LEGENDS
Introduction 445
ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889) ' 453
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 454
History of Robin Hood (ca. 1860) 461
HOWARD PYLE (1853-1911) 468The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood 469
Robin Hood and Little John 469ROGER LANCELYN GREEN (1918-1987) 474King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table 474
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 474
JEAN FRITZ (b. 1915) 484From The Double Life of Pocahontas 485
JULIUS LESTER (b. 1939) 491John Henry 492
MARY POPE OSBORNE (b. 1949) 497Davy Crockett 498
RELIGION: JUDEO-CHRISTIAN STORIESCONTENTS
Introduction 503
JAMES JANEWAY (ca. 1636-1674) 511A Token for Children 511
A Preface: Containing Directions to Children 511
JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688) 515The Pilgrim's Progress (chapbook) 516
ISAAC WATTS (1674-1748) 528Divine Songs for Children 529
Against Quarrelling and Fighting 529Against Idleness and Mischief 529An Evening Song 530The Sluggard 530Innocent Play 531A Cradle Hymn 531
HESBA STRETTON (1832-1911) 533Jessica's First Prayer 533
Chapter III. An Old Friend in a New Dress 533Chapter IV. Peeps into Fairy-Land 536Chapter V. A New World Opens 537Chapter VI. The First Prayer 539
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER (1904-1991) 539Hanukkah in the Poorhouse 540
TIM RICE (b. 1944) 545From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat 546
FANTASY
Introduction 551
CATHERINE SINCLAIR (1800-1864) 559Holiday House 560
Chapter IX. Uncle David's Nonsensical Story about Giants and Fairies 560
LUCY LANE CLIFFORD (1846-1929) 567The New Mother 568
L. FRANK BAUM (1856-1919) 582The Capture of Father Time 584
™ E. NESBIT (1858-1924) 590
CONTENTS T h e P n o e n i x a n d t h e Carpet 591
RUTH PARK (b. 1923) 699Playing Beatie Bow 700
LLOYD ALEXANDER (b. 1924) 795The Book of Three 796
JON SCIESZKA (b. 1954) 875Summer Reading Is Killing Me! 876
SCIENCE FICTION
Introduction 897
H. G. WELLS (1886-1946) 905The Stolen Body 906
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (1907-1988) 915Podkayne of Mars: Her Life and Times 917
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN (b. 1948) 1012The Last Super Bowl Game 1013
VONDA N. MCINTYRE (b. 1948) 1025Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand 1025
CRAIG KEE STRETE (b. 1950) 1039The Bleeding Man 1039
PICTURE BOOKS
Introduction 1051
BLACK-AND-WHITE
WANDA GAG (1893-1946)From Millions of Cats 1060
MUNRO LEAF (1905-1976); illustrator ROBERT LAWSON (1892^1957)From The Story of Ferdinand 1060
ROBERT McCLOSKEY (1914-2003)From Make Way for Ducklings 1061
EDWARD ARDIZZONE (1900-1979)From Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain 1062
FLORENCE PARRY HEIDE (b. 1919); illustrator EDWARD GOREY (1925-2000)From The Shrinking of Treehorn 1063
RUSSELL HOBAN (b. 1925); illustrator JAMES MARSHALL (1942-1992)From Dinner at Alberta's 1064
ALFRED NOYES (1880-1958); illustrator CHARLES KEEPING (1924-1988)From The Highwayman 1065
PATRICIA C. McKISSACK (b. 1944); illustrator BRIAN PINKNEY (b. 1961)From The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural 1066
CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG (b. 1949)From The Mysteries of Harris Burdick 1067
DAVID MACAULAY (b. 1946) 1068
BAAA 1069
C O L O R
The Color section of "Picture Books" follows page 1098.
HEINRICH HOFFMANN (1809-1894)From Struwwelpeter Cl
KATE GREENAWAY (1846-1901)From Under the Window C2
RANDOLPH CALDECOTT (1846-1886)From Sing a Song for Sixpence C3
BLANCHE FISHER WRIGHTFrom The Real Mother Goose C3
BERTHA UPTON (1849-1912); illustrator FLORENCE UPTON (1873-1922)From The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg C4
HELEN BANNERMAN (1862-1946)From The Story of Little Black Sambo C5
JULIUS LESTER (b. 1939); illustrator JERRY PINKNEY (b. 1939)From Sam and the Tigers C5
BEATRIX POTTER (1866-1943)From The Tale of Peter Rabbit C6
From a letter to Noel Moore (1893) C6"Now my dears" (Warne, 1902) C6
CONTENTS
™ "Now run along" (U.S., 1982) C7
CONTENTS " O n e da^ theVwere a l l o w e d " (Ladybird, 1987) C7"Book of the film" version (Warne, 1992) C7
SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1872-1949)From Clever Bill C8
JEAN de BRUNHOFF (1899-1937)From The Story of Babar the Little Elephant C9
MARJORIE FLACK (1897-1958)From Angus and the Ducks C9
ROBERT L. MAY (1905-1976)From Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer CIO
ROGER DUVOISIN (1904-1980)From The Happy Lion C11
MAURICE SENDAK (b. 1928)From Where the Wild Things Are C12
EZRA JACK KEATS (1916-1983)From The Snowy Day C14
DR. SEUSS [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (1904-1991)From Green Eggs and Ham C15
ARNOLD LOBEL (1933-1987)From Frog and Toad Are Friends C16
RAYMOND BRIGGS (b. 1934)From Fungus the Bogeyman C17
ERIC CARLE (b. 1929)From The Very Hungry Caterpillar C18
PAT HUTCHINS (b. 1942)From Rosie's Walk C19
RUSSELL HOBAN (b. 1925); illustrator QUENTIN BLAKE (b. 1932)From How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen C20
RAYMOND BRIGGS (b. 1934)From The Snowman C21
JENNY WAGNER (b. 1939); illustrator RON BROOKS (b. 1948)From John Brown, Rose, and the Midnight Cat C23
ALLAN AHLBERG (b. 1938); illustrator JANET AHLBERG (1944-1994)From Each Peach Pear Plum C23
JOHN BURNINGHAM (b. 1936)From Come Away from the Water, Shirley C25
DONALD HALL (b. 1928); illustrator BARBARA COONEY (1917-2000)From The Ox-Cart Man C25
MEM FOX (b. 1946); illustrator JULIE VIVAS (b. 1947)From Possum Magic C26
GABRIELLE VINCENT [Monique Martin] (1928-2000)From Merry Christmas, Ernest and Celestine C26
DAVID McKEE (b. 1935)From I Hate My Teddy Bear C28
DENNIS LEE (b. 1938); illustrator MARY-LOUISE GAY (b. 1952)From Lizzy's Lion C29
LYNLEYDODD (b. 1941)From Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper C30
DAVID MACAULAY (b. 1946)From Black and White C31
JON SCIESZKA (b. 1954); illustrator LANE SMITH (b. 1959)From The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales C32
COMICS
Introduction 1099
From Funny Folks (1887) 1104
From Impossible Adventures (ca. 1888) 1105
RICHARD F. OUTCAULT (1863-1928)From The Yellow Kid, No. 1 (1897) 1106
WINSOR McCAY (1869-1934)From Little Nemo in Slumberland (1908) 1107
From The Funnies, No. 1 (1929) 1108
HERGE [GEORGES REMI] (1907-1993)From Tintin in the Land of the Soviets 1109From Tintin in America 1110
WALT DISNEY (1901-1966) and FLOYD GOTTFREDSON (1905-1986)From Mickey Mouse and the Pirate Submarine (1935) 1111
CONTENTS
JOE SHUSTER (1914-1992); text by JERRY SIEGEL (1914-1996)From Action Comics, No. 1 (1938) 1111
FRANK HAMPSON (1918-1985)From Eagle, No. 1 (1950) 1112
ALBERT UDERZO (b. 1927); text by RENE GOSCINNY (1926-1977)From Asterix in Britain (1966) 1113
MARVEL COMICS
From The Hulk (1982) 1114From The Life of Pope John Paul II (1982) 1115
VERSE
Introduction 1117
LULLABIES AND BABY SONGS 1132
All the Pretty Little Horses 1133Go to Sleepy, Little Baby 1133[A Baby Song] 1133Rocky Bye Baby 1133[Bye, O my baby] 1133[Baby, baby, naughty baby] 1134[Baby and I] 1134[Bye, baby bunting] 1134[Hush-a-bye, baby] 1134[Hush-a-ba, babie, lie still] 1134[Hush-a-bye, lie still and sleep] 1134
Cradle Song 1135[Hush-a-bye a baa-lamb] 1135[Norwegian Lullaby] 1135Raisins and Almonds 1135All Through the Night 1135[He'll toil for thee] 1135The Little Orphan (Robert Elice) 1136Lullaby of a Female Convict to Her Child
(Henry Kirke White) 1136[Sleep, baby, sleep] (Robert Ellice) 1137Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (Eugene
Field) 1137
NURSERY VERSE 1138
[How many days has my baby toplay?] 1139
[Jeremiah, blow the fire] 1139[Daffy-Down-Dilly] 1139[Lavender's blue] 1139[Ride a cock-horse] 1139[Baa, baa, black sheep] 1140[Little Bo-peep] 1140[Little boy blue] 1141[Three blind mice] 1141[Four and twenty tailors] 1141[There was an owl] 1142[Dickery, dickery, dare] 1142
[The man in the moon] 1142[Pease porridge hot] 1142[Hey diddle diddle] 1143[Jack and Jill] 1143[Little Jack Homer] 1143[There was an old woman called Nothing-
at-all] 1144[There was an old woman / And nothing
she had] 1144[There was an old woman who lived in a
shoe] 1144[Poor old Robinson Crusoe!] 1145[For want of a nail] 1145
[One fine day in the middle of the [Three Wise Men of Gotham] 1146 xvunight] 1145 [Miss Buss and Miss Beale] 1146
[Doctor Faustus was a good man] 1145 [I'll tell you a story] 1146 CONTENTS[Blessed be the memory] 1145 [Wee Willie Winkie] 1147
RIDDLES AND WORDPLAY 1147
[Riddle me, riddle me ree] 1147[Hyder iddle diddle dell] 1147
JOHN COTTON (1925-2003) 1148Totleigh Riddles 1148
Texts and Contexts: TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR 1149
JANE TAYLOR (1783-1824)The Star 1150
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898)[Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat] 1150
UNK WHITE (1900-1986)Twinkle, Twinkle, Southern Cross (folk version) 1151
Ringo, Ringo, Ringo Starr (American folk version) 1151
JOHN AGARD (b. 1949)Twinkle Twinkle Firefly (Caribbean version) 1151
PLAYGROUND VERSE 1152
[How many miles to Babylon?] 1152[Ear-r-r-r-r-ly in the morning] 1152[Down to the carpet you must go] 1153[Shortenin'bread] 1153[Little Sally Water] 1153[Little Sally Walker] 1153[All hid?] 1154
NONSENSE 1154
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) 1154The Owl and the Pussy-cat 1155Thejumblies 1156
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898) 1157How doth the little crocodile 1158Tis the voice of the Lobster 1158Jabberwocky 1158
NANCY WILLARD (b. 1936)William Blake's Inn for Innocent and Experienced TravelersThe Wise Cow Makes Way, Room, and Believe 1160Blake Leads a Walk on the Milky Way 1160
11591160
MARGARET MAHY (b. 1936)17 Kings and 42 Elephants 1161
1161
POETRY COLLECTIONS 1162
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (1830-1894)Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book 1164
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894)
1163
1180
A Child's Garden of Verses 1181
1181
118211831183
To Alison CunninghamBed in Summer 1182A Thought 1182At the Seaside 1182Young Night ThoughtWhole Duty of ChildrenRain 1182Pirate StoryForeign LandsWindy NightsTravels 1183Singing 1184Looking Forward 1184A Good Play 1184Where Go the Boats? 1184Auntie's Skirts 1184The Land of CounterpaneThe Island of Nod 1185My Shadow 1185System 1186A Good Boy 1186Escape at Bedtime 1186Marching Song 1187The Cow 1187Happy Thought 1187The Wind 1187Keepsake Mill 1187Good and Bad ChildrenForeign Children 1188The Sun's Travels 1188The Lamplight 1189My Bed Is a Boat 1189The Swing 1189The Moon 1189
11821182
1185
1188
Time to Rise 1190Fairy Bread 1190Looking-Glass River 1190From a Railway Carriage 1190Winter-Time 1190The Hayloft 1191Farewell to the Farm 1191North-West Passage 1191
The Child Alone 1192The Unseen Playmate 1192My Ship and I 1192My Kingdom 1192Picture Books in Winter 1193My Treasures 1193Block City 1194The Land of Story-Books 1194Armies in the Fire 1194The Little Land 1195
Garden Days 1195Night and Day 1195Nest Eggs 1196The Flowers 1197Summer Sun 1197The Dumb Soldier 1197Autumn Fires 1198The Gardener 1198Historical Associations 1198
Envoys 1199To Willie and Henrietta 1199To My Mother 1199To Auntie 1199To Minnie 1199To My Name-Child 1200To Any Reader 1200
WALTER DE LA MARE (1873-1956)
Peacock Pie 1202
1201
CONTENTS
The Horseman 1202Alas, Alack! 1202Tired Tim 1202Mima 1202The Huntsman 1202The Bandog 1202ICan'tAbear 1203The Dunce 1203Chicken 1203Some One 1203Bread and Cherries 1203Old Shellover 1204Hapless 1204The Little Bird 1204Mr. Alacadacca 1204Not I! 1204Cake and Sack 1205Groat nor Tester 1205The Ship of Rio 1205Tillie 1205Jim Jay 1206Up and Down 1206MissT. 1206The Cupboard 1206The Barber's 1207Hide and Seek 1207Mrs. Earth 1207Then 1207The Window 1207Poor Henry 1208Full Moon 1208The Bookman 1208The Quartette 1208Mistletoe 1208The Lost Shoe 1209The Truants 1209The Sea Boy 1210Must and May 1210Berries 1210Off the Ground 1211The Thief at Robin's Gate 1212A Widow's Weeds 1214'Sooeep?' 1214Mrs. MacQueen 1215The Little Green Orchard 1215Poor'Miss 7' 1215Sam 1216
Andy Battle's and Nod's Song 1216Late 1217The Old Soldier 1217The Picture 1217The Little Old Cupid 1218King David 1218The Penny Owing 1218Kings and Queens 1218The Old House 1219Unstooping 1219All But Blind 1219Nicholas Nye 1219The Pigs and the Charcoal-
Burner 1220Five Eyes 1220Tit for Tat 1220Earth Folk 1221Grim 1221Summer Evening 1221AttheKeyhoId 1221The Old Stone House 1221The Ruin 1221The Ride-by-Nights 1222Peak and Puke 1222The Changeling 1222The Mocking Fairy 1222The Honey Robbers 1223Longlegs 1223Bewitched 1223Melmillo 1224Trees 1224Silver 1224Nobody Knows 1225Will Ever? 1225Wanderers 1225ManyaMickle 1225Snow 1226The Horseman 1226The Song and the Secret 1226The Song of Soldiers 1226The Bees' Song 1227The Song of Enchantment 1227Dream-Song 1227The Song of Shadows 1228The Song of the Mad Prince 1228The Song of 'Finis' 1228
ROBERT GRAVES (1895-1985) 1229
The Penny Fiddle 1230Allie 1230Robinson Crusoe 1230The Six Badgers 1231One Hard Look 1231Jock o' Binnorie 1231What Did I Dream? 1231Lift-Boy 1232Henry and Mary 1232Dicky 1231Love Without Hope 1233The Hills of May 1233
The Penny Fiddle 1230
In the Wilderness 1233'The General Elliott' 1234Vain and Careless 1234The Forbidden Play 1234The Bedpost 1235The Well-dressed Children 1236The Magical Picture 1236The Alice Jean 1237A Boy in Church 1237How and Why 1238Warning to Children 1238
RANDALL JARRELL (1914-1965) 1239
The Bat-Poet 1240
CHARLES CAUSLEY (1917-2003) 1253
Early in the Morning: A Collection of New Poems 1254Early in the Morning 1254I Went to Santa Barbara 1254John Clark 1254Spin Me a Web, Spider 1254Tommy Hyde 1255One for the Man 1255Mrs McPhee 1255There Was an Old Woman 1256Daniel Brent 1256Freddie Phipps 1256Charity Chadder 1257Jeremiah 1257High on the Wall 1257Wilbur 1257My Cat Plumduff 1257The Owl Looked out of the Ivy
Bush 1258Ring Dove 1258Baby, Baby 1258At Linkinhorne 1259In My Garden 1259Foxglove 1260
LUCILLE CLIFTON (b. 1936)
Stone in the Water 1260Round the Corner Comes Jack
Fall 1261Said the Clown 1261Janny Jim Jan 1262Mistletoe 1262Balloono 1262Take Me to the Water Fair 1262Rebekah 1263Nicholas Naylor 1263John, John the Baptist 1263Tell, Tell the Bees 1263Johnny Come over the Water 1264I Love My Darling Tractor 1264Let's God Ride 1264Here's the Reverend Rundle 1265The Money Came in, Came in 1265Good Morning, Mr Croco-doco-
dile 1266When I Was a Boy 1266I Am the Song 1266
1267
1268
Monday Morning GoodMorning 1268
Tuesday All Day Rain 1268Wednesday Noon AdventureThursday Evening 1268
Some of the Days of Everett Anderson
Friday Waiting for Mom 1269Friday Mom Is Home Payday 1269Saturday Night Late 1269Sunday Morning Lonely 1269Sunday Night Good 1270
1268
PAT MORA (b. 1942) 1270
Confetti: Poems for Children 1271 CONTENTS
Sun Song 1271Colors Crackle, Colors RoarPurple Snake 1271Can I, Can I Catch the WindCloud Dragons 1271Castanet Clicks 1272Mexican Magician 1272
MARILYN NELSON (b. 1946)
Leaf Soup 12721271 I Hear, I Hear 1272
Dancing Paper 12731271 Abuelita's Lap 1273
Words Free As Confetti 1273River Voice 1273
1274
Carver: A Life in Poems 1275
Out of "Slave's Ransom" 1275Prayer of the Ivory-Handled
Knife 1276Washboard Wizard 1276A Ship Without a Rudder 1277Curve-Breaker 1277My People 1277From an Alabama Farmer 1278The Sweet-Hearts 1278
GRACE NICHOLS (b. 1950)
1279The Joy of SewingVeil-Raisers 1279How a Dream Dies 1280The Wild Garden 1280Professor Carver's Bible ClassFriends in the Klan 1281Driving Dr. Carver 1281Baby Carver 1282Last Talk with Jim Hardwick
1281
1282
1283
Come on into my Tropical Garden 1284
Come on into My TropicalGarden 1284
Alligator 1284I Like to Stay Up 1284They Were My People 1285Poor Grandma 1285Riddle 1285Granny Granny Please Comb My
Hair 1285My Cousin Melda 1286Wha Me Mudder Do 1286The Fastest Belt in Town 1286Moody Mister Sometimish 1287Mango 1287Banana Man 1287
Drinking Water-coconut 1288Early Country Village Morning 1288The Sun 1288Sky 1288I Am the Rain 1288Lizard 1289Dinosaurs 1289Cow's Complaint 1289Old Man's Weary thoughts 1289I'm a Parrot 1290Parakeets 1290Doctor Blair 1290For Forest 1290Sea Timeless Song 1291Crab Dance 1291
PLAYS
Introduction
J. M. BARRIE (1860-1937)Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
1293
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CONTENTS
BARBARA FIELD (b. 1933) 1356A Christmas Carol 1357
LAURENCE YEP (b. 1948) 1389Dragonwings 1390
BOOKS OF INSTRUCTION
Introduction 1415
CONDUCT BOOKS FOR BOYS 1425
From The Father's Legacy; or, Faithful Counsels of a Good Fatherto His Children and Friends (1678) 1427
JOHN BARNARD (1685-1764) 1428From A Present for an Apprentice; or, A Sure Guide to Gain Both Esteem
and an Estate 1428
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD (1694-1773) 1430Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son 1430
Awkwardness of Different Kinds 1430Bashfulness 1431Matrimony 1432
CONDUCT BOOKS FOR GIRLS 1432
Duties of a Lady's Maid (1825) 1433Familiarity with Superiors 1433Stays and Corsets 1435Padding, Bandaging, &c. to Improve the Figure 1438
MINNA THOMAS ANTRIM (b. 1861) 1441Don't's for Girls: A Manual of Mistakes 1441
DORA LANGLOIS ' 1442The Child: A Mother's Advice to Her Daughters 1443
ROBERT BADEN-POWELL (1857-1941) 1460From Rovering to Success: A Book of Life-Sport for Young Men 1461
ROBIE H. HARRIS (b. 1940); illustrator MICHAEL EMBERLEY (b. 1960) 1480From It's Perfectly Normal 1482
The Bird and the Bee 1482Lots of Questions: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health 1483
LIFE WRITINGCONTENTS
Introduction 1485
From Facts to Correct Fancies; or, Short Narratives compiled fromthe Biography of Remarkable Women, written for children,by a Mother (1840) 1491
CLARA L. BALFOUR (1808-1878) 1496Women Worth Emulating 1496
Chapter III. Miss Caroline Herschel 1496
CHARLOTTE MARYYONGE (1823-1901) 1505A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands 1506
What Is a Golden Deed? 1506Fathers and Sons (1642-1798) 1510
THE BROWNIES'BOOK (1920-1921) 1516Benjamin Banneker 1518America's First Martyr-Patriot (Crispus Attucks) 1521The Story of Phillis Wheatley 1524"The Bravest of the Brave" (Elizabeth Blakesley) 1527The Story of Harriet Tubman 1529
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ANNE FRANK (1929-1945)The Diary
JulyJulyJan.Feb.Feb.Aug.
11,
11,2, 112,23,1,
of a Young Girl1942 15321943 1533
[944 1534, 1944 1535, 1944 15351944 1536
JEAN FRITZ (b. 1915) 1538Homesick: My Own Story 1539
MILTON MELTZER (b. 1915) 1606Benjamin Franklin: The New American 1607
Chapter 6. Improve Yourself, Improve Your Community 1607Chapter 7. Inventor and Scientist 1612Chapter 8. Disarming the Clouds of Heaven 1618
ADVENTURE STORIES
Introduction 1623
DANIEL DEFOE (ca. 1660-1731) 1633The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (children's version, 1823) 1634
^ ERNEST THOMPSON SETON (1860-1946) 1644CONTENTS Raggylug: The Story of a Cottontail Rabbit 1645
A. A. MILNE (1882-1956) 1658Winnie-the Pooh 1659
Chapter VIII. In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotitionto the North Pole 1659
SHANNON GARST (1894-1981) 1665James Bowie and His Famous Knife 1666
E. L. KONIGSBURG (b. 1930) 1745From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1746
SCHOOL STORIES
Introduction 1805
SARAH FIELDING (1710-1768) 1817From The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy 1818
THOMAS HUGHES (1822-1896) 1833Tom Brown's Schooldays 1835
Chapter V. Rugby and Football 1835Chapter VI. After the Match 1848
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936) 1858Stalky & Co. 1859
An Unsavory Interlude 1859
EVELYN SHARP (1869-1955) 1875In School 1876
ELEANOR ESTES (1906-1988) 1906The Hundred Dresses 1907
AIDAN CHAMBERS (b. 1934) 1919The Present Takers 1920
ALMA FLOR ADA (b. 1938) 1987My Name Is Maria Isabel 1988
TIM WYNNE-JONES (b. 1948) 2002Tweedledum and Tweedledead 2003
NIKKI GRIMES (b. 1950) 2011Bronx Masquerade 2011
DOMESTIC FICTIONCONTENTS
Introduction 2067
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759-1797) 2080From Original Stories from Real Life 2082
MARIA EDGEWORTH (1768-1849) 2095Lazy Lawrence 2097The Birth-day Present 2111
MARY MARTHA SHERWOOD (1775-1851) 2121From The History of the Fairchild Family; or, The Child's Manual 2123
CHARLOTTE MARYYONGE (1823-1901) 2147A Patchwork Fever 2148
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888) 2169Psyche's Art (1868) 2170
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT (1849-1924) 2184Editha's Burglar 2186
L. M. MONTGOMERY (1874-1942) 2196Each in His Own Tongue 2197
BEVERLY CLEARY (b. 1916) 2211Ramona and Her Father 2212
LENSEY NAMIOKA (b. 1929) 2247Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear 2248
ROCH CARRIER (b. 1937) 2287The Hockey Sweater 2287
RED D. TAYLOR (b. 1943) 2289Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 2290
BRUCE BROOKS (b. 1950) 2400Out 2401
TIMELINE 2421
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 2429
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES 2433
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 2451
INDEX OF ILLUSTRATORS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 2459
INDEX 2465