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How to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to Tell

  
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PREFACE
  
CONTENTS
  
INTRODUCTION

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HOW TO TELL STORIES TO CHILDREN
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CHAPTER I THE PURPOSE OF STORY-TELLING IN SCHOOL
  
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THE FAIRY STORY
  
THE NONSENSE TALE
  
THE NATURE STORY
  
THE HISTORICAL STORY
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CHAPTER II SELECTION OF STORIES TO TELL
  
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THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
  
THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS
  
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG
  
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CERTAIN TYPES OF STORY CLASSIFIED
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CHAPTER III ADAPTATION OF STORIES FOR TELLING
  
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THE GOLDEN RIVER
  
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THE RED THREAD OF COURAGE
  
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THE ELF AND THE DORMOUSE
  
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CHAPTER IV HOW TO TELL THE STORY
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CHAPTER V SOME SPECIFIC SCHOOLROOM USES OF STORY-TELLING
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STORIES SELECTED AND ADAPTED FOR TELLING
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ESPECIALLY FOR KINDERGARTEN AND CLASS I
  
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FIVE LITTLE WHITE HEADS BY WALTER LEARNED
  
BIRD THOUGHTS
  
HOW WE CAME TO HAVE PINK ROSES
  
RAGGYLUG
  
THE GOLDEN COBWEBS A STORY TO TELL BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE
  
WHY THE MORNING-GLORY CLIMBS
  
THE STORY OF LITTLE TAVWOTS
  
THE PIG BROTHER
  
THE CAKE
  
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN TOWN
  
WHY THE EVERGREEN TREES KEEP THEIR LEAVES IN WINTER
  
THE STAR DOLLARS
  
THE LION AND THE GNAT
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ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSES II. AND III.
  
THE CAT AND THE PARROT
  
THE RAT PRINCESS
  
THE FROG AND THE OX
  
THE FIRE-BRINGER
  
THE BURNING OF THE RICEFIELDS
  
THE STORY OF WYLIE
  
LITTLE DAYLIGHT
  
THE SAILOR MAN
  
THE STORY OF JAIRUS'S DAUGHTER
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ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSES IV. AND V.
  
ARTHUR AND THE SWORD
  
TARPEIA
  
THE BUCKWHEAT
  
THE JUDGMENT OF MIDAS
  
WHY THE SEA IS SALT
  
BILLY BEG AND HIS BULL
  
THE LITTLE HERO OF HAARLEM
  
THE LAST LESSON
  
THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS
  
THE CHILD-MIND; AND HOW TO SATISFY IT

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