Books from Yesterdays Classics
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Florence Nightingale
By Laura RichardsInspiring story of Florence Nightingale from her earliest days as privileged daughter of an English squire to her role as Angel of the Crimea.
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Tanglewood Tales
By Nathaniel HawthorneSequel to A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by master storyteller Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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The Fairy Ring
By Kate Douglas Wiggin, Nora Archibald SmithThe authors read thousands of fairy tales to locate the best of the less familiar tales to include in this volume. Numerous black and white illustrations accompany the text. Suitable for ages 6 and up.
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The Christmas Porringer
By Evaleen SteinRelates how an earthenware porringer, bought by Karen, a little Flemish girl of Bruges, as a gift for the Christ-child and stolen by Robber Hans, becomes the instrument of his transformation, and finally brings much happiness to Karen and ...
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Gabriel and the Hour Book
By Evaleen SteinA century ago when this book was first published, a reviewer in the Louisville Daily Courier wrote, "No works in juvenile fiction contain so many of the elements that stir the hearts of children and grown-ups as well as do the stories so ...
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Our Little Frankish Cousin of Long Ago
By Evaleen SteinThrough the eyes of Rainolf, a boy at the court of Charlemagne, we catch a glimpse of life in the Frankish kingdom, including dress, occupations, and amusements.
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Our Little Crusader Cousin of Long Ago
By Evaleen SteinThe story of Hugh, page to King Richard the Lion-Hearted of England, and Raymond, page to Count William of France, and their adventures in Palestine during the third crusade.
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In Story-land
By Elizabeth HarrisonA collection of fifteen original stories ideally suited for young children. Each of the stories features a light-filled being whose radiance illumines the path for those who follow.
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Secrets of the Woods
By William J. LongThrough his anecdotes the author shares with the reader what can be learned of the habits of animals through keen observation over a long period of time-details that elude the casual visitor to the woods.
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The Sandman: More Farm Stories (Yesterday's Classics)
By William J. Hopkins, Ada Clendenin WilliamsonAs the farm stories slowly grew in number, eventually to fill two volumes, they entirely displaced the other stories, and that farm became as real in the mind of his listener as it was in fact when little John was driving the cows or ...
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School of the Woods
By William J. LongThe deer and her fawns, the black bear and her cubs, the fishhawk and her nestlings, the keen-eyed heron, the stupid porcupine, and the mighty moose are some of the animals whose teachings are described in this book.
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Hannibal
By Jacob AbbottAn account of the life of the famous Carthaginian general who acquired distinction as a warrior by his desperate contests with the Romans.
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A Little Brother to the Bear
By William J. LongTwo chapters remarkable for their keen insight into the hidden life of animals close this volume,─one on Animal Surgery, describing some of the ways in which wild animals treat their wounds; the other on Hunting without a Gun, showing the ...
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King Arthur and His Knights
By Maude Radford WarrenThe stirring tales of these chivalrous knights awaken the reader's admiration for courage and gentleness and high sense of honor essential in all ages. Suitable for ages 9 and up.
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Parables from Nature
By Alfred GattyTwenty-nine Victorian moral fables.
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West African Folk-Tales (Yesterday's Classics)
By W. Barker, Cecilia SinclairIncludes the story of how the tales came to be called Anansi tales. In the olden days all the stories which men told were stories of Nyankupon, the chief of the gods. Spider wanted the stories to be about him.
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Just So Stories
By Rudyard Kipling, J. M. Gleeson, Paul BransomFanciful explanations, that delight both young and old, of how some curious things came to be, including stories of how the elephant got his trunk, how the camel got his hump, and how the alphabet was invented. Suitable for ages 6 and up.
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A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
By Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walter CraneHawthorne adapts classical myths for children.
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Stories of Robin Hood Told to the Children
By H. E. MarshallSelections from the original ballads are woven into the story. A delightful introduction to these stories for children ages 8 and up.
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For the Children's Hour
By Clara M. Lewis, Carolyn S. BaileyA choice collection of stories for the preschool child, carefully selected, adapted, and arranged by two veteran kindergarten teachers.