Children's Books

The Starlight Wonder Book

Henry Beston

The Starlight Wonder Book is a collection of short stories for children written by Henry Beston. THE BRAVE GRENADIERTHE PALACE OF THE NIGHTTHE ENCHANTED BABYTHE TWO MILLERSTHE ADAMANT DOORTH..

The Art of Story-Telling

Julia Darrow Cowles

Grateful acknowledgment is made to Miss Mabel Bartleson, children’s librarian, and to Miss Ida May Ferguson, of the children’s department of the Minneapolis Public Library, for their thoughtful assist..

Daffydowndilly and the Golden Touch

Alpha Banta Benson

There was once a little boy whose name was Daffydowndilly. Isn’t that a pretty name? Well, Daffydowndilly was a very pretty little boy. He had bright blue eyes and his cheeks were like roses, while hi..

Wonder Tales from Tibet

Eleanore Myers Jewett

The Siddhi-kur is a strange and mysterious creature! He is so old that we cannot even guess at his age, and he has traveled so many leagues from the land that originally produced him. Some Europe..

Corporal Jacques of the Foreign Legion

H. De Vere Stacpoole

Choc was dust-coloured, his hair stood in permanent bristle upon his shoulders, and he was terrific in battle; he had fought everything in Sidi-bel-Abbès and in the negro village that lies by the para..

A New Story Book for Children

Fanny Fern

My mother was eminently social, and particularly fond of the society of young people; so much so, indeed, that my young companions were always disappointed when she was absent from our little gatherin..

A Merry Scout

Edna Payson Brett

Lakeside Park was fairly a-blossom with children that bright summer morning, babies and babies—chubby little boys in clean jaunty blouses, dainty little girls, fresher than the posies as they skipped ..

Hoppy Toad Tales

William A. Hennessey

The big boy was in the act of reaching for Hoppy Toad, when a bumblebee stung him on the arm, causing him to let out a wild scream that startled the smaller boy. As a result Hoppy Toad hopped off to s..