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

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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

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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

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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