The Norton Anthology or Children's Literature
THE TRADITIONS IN ENGLISH
SUB Gottingen 217 865 054
2005 A 11472
Jack Zipes, General Editor UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Lissa Paul, Associate General Editor UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK
Lynne Vallone, Associate General Editor TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Peter Hunt CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Gillian Avery
W • W • NORTON & COMPANY • New York • London* Contents
PREFACE XXV ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXXV
ALPHABETS
Introduction 1 JOHANN AMOS COMENIUS (1592-1670) 7 From Orbis Pictus 8 The Childes Guide (1667) 9 In Adams Fall 9 A Little Book for Children (ca. 1705) 10 A Was an Archer 11 The Picture Alphabet (ca. 1830) 11 A Was an Archer 12 The Instructive Alphabet (1814) 19 At Early Dawn 19 The Child's New Play-Thing (1742) 20 A Was an Apple-Pie 20 KATE GREENAWAY (1846-1901) 21 From A Apple Pie 22 EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) 24 The Absolutely Abstemious Ass 24 DR. SEUSS [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (1904-1991) 27 From Dr. Seuss's ABC 28 ALICE PROVENSEN (b. 1918) and MARTIN PROVENSEN (1916-1987) 30 A 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) 134 From Lessons for Children 136
New Canadian Readers (1881-1901) 139 A First Reader 140 Preface 140 Chicken Little 140 Fun with Dick and Jane (1940) 142 Jane Helps 143
ARNOLD LOBEL (1933-1987) 144 Frog and Toad Are Friends 145 The Letter 145 Frog and Toad Together 148 A List 148
Texts and Contexts: WRITING 151 Writing sheet (1809) 153 The Copybook (nineteenth century) 155 Happy Hippos (twenty-first century) 158
JOHN NEWBERY (1713-1767) 159 Letters on the Most Common, as Well as Most Important, Occasions in Life 159 The Preface 159 v" Instruction for Epistolary Writing 160 Queen Ann Boleyn's Last Letter to King Henry VIII 169 CONTENTS
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898) 170 From Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing 171
FAIRY TALES
Introduction 175
CHARLES PERRAULT (1628-1703) 185 The Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots 186
SARAH FIELDING (1710-1768) 189 The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy 190 The Story of the Cruel Giant Barbarico, the Good Giant Benefico, and the Little Pretty Dwarf Mignon 190
JEANNE-MARIE LEPRINCE DE BEAUMONT (1711-1780) 199 Beauty and the Beast 200
JACOB GRIMM (1785-1863) and WILHELM GRIMM (1786-1859) 208 Hansel and Gretel 210
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1805-1875) 214 The Nightingale 215
GEORGE MACDONALD (1824-1905) 221 The Light Princess 222
FRANK STOCKTON (1834-1902) 248 The Griffin and the Minor Canon 248
OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900) 257 The Happy Prince 258
KENNETH GRAHAME (1859-1932) 263 The Reluctant Dragon 264
JOHN B. GRUELLE (1880-1938) 280 The Discontented King 281
WANDA GAG (1893-1946) 284 The Sorcerer's Apprentice 285
LLOYD ALEXANDER (b. 1924) 287 The Truthful Harp 288 ™ JOAN AIKEN (1924-2004) 291 CONTENTS The Faithless Lollybird 292
TED HUGHES (1930-1998) 301 The Iron Giant: A Story in Five Nights 302
JULIUS LESTER (b. 1939) 317 Jack and the Devil's Daughter 318
JANE YOLEN (b. 1939) 324 The Lady and the Merman 325
ROBERT MUNSCH (b. 1945) 327 The Paper Bag Princess 328
LAURENCE YEP (b. 1948) 329 The Phantom Heart 330
MICHAEL LACAPA (b. 1955) 336 Antelope Woman: An Apache Folktale 336
Texts and Contexts: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 338
CHARLES PERRAULT (1628-1703) 342 Little Red Riding Hood 343
JACOB GRIMM (1785-1863) and WILHELM GRIMM (1786-1859) 345 Little Red Cap 345
CHARLES MARELLE (1827-ca. 1892) 348 The True History of Little Golden-hood 348
WALTER DE LA MARE (1873-1956) 351 Little Red Riding-Hood 351
CATHERINE STORR (1913-2001) 355 Little Polly Riding Hood 356
ROALD DAHL (1916-1990) 359 Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf 359
TOMI UNGERER (b. 1931) 361 Little Red Riding Hood 361
TONY ROSS (b. 1938) 365 Little Red Hood: A Classic Story Bent Out of Shape 366 MICHAEL EMBERLEY (b. 1960) 368 Ruby 369 CONTENTS FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK (b. 1962) 381 Wolf 381
ANIMAL FABLES
Introduction 387
SAMUEL CROXALL(d. 1752) 394 Fables of Aesop and Others 394 The Fox without a Tail 394 The Fox and the Crow 395
WILLIAM GODWIN (1756-1836) 397 Fables Ancient and Modern 397 The Dog in the Manger 397 The Ass in the Lion's Skin 398
WALTER CRANE (1845-1915) 399 The Baby's Own Aesop 400 The Blind Doe 400 The Crow and the Pitcher 401 The 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 402 The Talkative Tortoise 403
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936) 404 Just So Stories for Little Children 405 How the Camel Got His Hump 405
JAMES THURBER (1894-1961) 408 Further Fables for Our Time 408 The Fox and the Crow 408 Variations 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) 412 The Sea-Thing Child 413 CONTENTS CLASSICAL MYTHS
Introduction 419
WILLIAM GODWIN (1756-1836) 423 The Pantheon 423 The Minotaur 423
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864) 424 Tanglewood Tales 425 From The Minotaur 425
CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819-1875) 433 The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children 434 How Theseus Slew the Minotaur 434
LEON GARFIELD (1921-1996) and EDWARD BLISHEN (1920-1996) 436 The God beneath the Sea 437 The Seeds of Power 437
PADRAIC COLUM (1881-1972) 439 From 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) 468 The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood 469 Robin Hood and Little John 469 ROGER LANCELYN GREEN (1918-1987) 474 King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table 474 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 474
JEAN FRITZ (b. 1915) 484 From The Double Life of Pocahontas 485
JULIUS LESTER (b. 1939) 491 John Henry 492
MARY POPE OSBORNE (b. 1949) 497 Davy Crockett 498 RELIGION: JUDEO-CHRISTIAN STORIES CONTENTS Introduction 503
JAMES JANEWAY (ca. 1636-1674) 511 A Token for Children 511 A Preface: Containing Directions to Children 511
JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688) 515 The Pilgrim's Progress (chapbook) 516
ISAAC WATTS (1674-1748) 528 Divine Songs for Children 529 Against Quarrelling and Fighting 529 Against Idleness and Mischief 529 An Evening Song 530 The Sluggard 530 Innocent Play 531 A Cradle Hymn 531
HESBA STRETTON (1832-1911) 533 Jessica's First Prayer 533 Chapter III. An Old Friend in a New Dress 533 Chapter IV. Peeps into Fairy-Land 536 Chapter V. A New World Opens 537 Chapter VI. The First Prayer 539
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER (1904-1991) 539 Hanukkah in the Poorhouse 540
TIM RICE (b. 1944) 545 From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat 546
FANTASY
Introduction 551
CATHERINE SINCLAIR (1800-1864) 559 Holiday House 560 Chapter IX. Uncle David's Nonsensical Story about Giants and Fairies 560
LUCY LANE CLIFFORD (1846-1929) 567 The New Mother 568
L. FRANK BAUM (1856-1919) 582 The Capture of Father Time 584 ™ E. NESBIT (1858-1924) 590 CONTENTS The Pnoenix and the Carpet 591
RUTH PARK (b. 1923) 699 Playing Beatie Bow 700
LLOYD ALEXANDER (b. 1924) 795 The Book of Three 796
JON SCIESZKA (b. 1954) 875 Summer Reading Is Killing Me! 876
SCIENCE FICTION
Introduction 897
H. G. WELLS (1886-1946) 905 The Stolen Body 906
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (1907-1988) 915 Podkayne of Mars: Her Life and Times 917
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN (b. 1948) 1012 The Last Super Bowl Game 1013
VONDA N. MCINTYRE (b. 1948) 1025 Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand 1025
CRAIG KEE STRETE (b. 1950) 1039 The 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 CONTENTS 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
COLOR
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 WRIGHT From 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 ™ "Now run along" (U.S., 1982) C7 CONTENTS "One da^ theVwere allowed" (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 1109 From Tintin in America 1110
WALT DISNEY (1901-1966) and FLOYD GOTTFREDSON (1905-1986) From Mickey Mouse and the Pirate Submarine (1935) 1111 JOE SHUSTER (1914-1992); text by JERRY SIEGEL (1914-1996)
CONTENTS 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) 1114 From The Life of Pope John Paul II (1982) 1115
VERSE
Introduction 1117
LULLABIES AND BABY SONGS 1132
All the Pretty Little Horses 1133 Cradle Song 1135 Go to Sleepy, Little Baby 1133 [Hush-a-bye a baa-lamb] 1135 [A Baby Song] 1133 [Norwegian Lullaby] 1135 Rocky Bye Baby 1133 Raisins and Almonds 1135 [Bye, O my baby] 1133 All Through the Night 1135 [Baby, baby, naughty baby] 1134 [He'll toil for thee] 1135 [Baby and I] 1134 The Little Orphan (Robert Elice) 1136 [Bye, baby bunting] 1134 Lullaby of a Female Convict to Her Child [Hush-a-bye, baby] 1134 (Henry Kirke White) 1136 [Hush-a-ba, babie, lie still] 1134 [Sleep, baby, sleep] (Robert Ellice) 1137 [Hush-a-bye, lie still and sleep] 1134 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (Eugene Field) 1137
NURSERY VERSE 1138
[How many days has my baby to [The man in the moon] 1142 play?] 1139 [Pease porridge hot] 1142 [Jeremiah, blow the fire] 1139 [Hey diddle diddle] 1143 [Daffy-Down-Dilly] 1139 [Jack and Jill] 1143 [Lavender's blue] 1139 [Little Jack Homer] 1143 [Ride a cock-horse] 1139 [There was an old woman called Nothing- [Baa, baa, black sheep] 1140 at-all] 1144 [Little Bo-peep] 1140 [There was an old woman / And nothing [Little boy blue] 1141 she had] 1144 [Three blind mice] 1141 [There was an old woman who lived in a [Four and twenty tailors] 1141 shoe] 1144 [There was an owl] 1142 [Poor old Robinson Crusoe!] 1145 [Dickery, dickery, dare] 1142 [For want of a nail] 1145 [One fine day in the middle of the [Three Wise Men of Gotham] 1146 xvu night] 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) 1148 Totleigh 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) 1154 The Owl and the Pussy-cat 1155 Thejumblies 1156
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898) 1157 How doth the little crocodile 1158 Tis the voice of the Lobster 1158 Jabberwocky 1158 NANCY WILLARD (b. 1936) 1159 William Blake's Inn for Innocent and Experienced Travelers 1160 The Wise Cow Makes Way, Room, and Believe 1160 Blake Leads a Walk on the Milky Way 1160
MARGARET MAHY (b. 1936) 1161 17 Kings and 42 Elephants 1161
POETRY COLLECTIONS 1162
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (1830-1894) 1163 Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book 1164
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894) 1180
A Child's Garden of Verses 1181
To Alison Cunningham 1181 Time to Rise 1190 Bed in Summer 1182 Fairy Bread 1190 A Thought 1182 Looking-Glass River 1190 At the Seaside 1182 From a Railway Carriage 1190 Young Night Thought 1182 Winter-Time 1190 Whole Duty of Children 1182 The Hayloft 1191 Rain 1182 Farewell to the Farm 1191 Pirate Story 1182 North-West Passage 1191 Foreign Lands 1183 The Child Alone 1192 Windy Nights 1183 The Unseen Playmate 1192 Travels 1183 My Ship and I 1192 Singing 1184 My Kingdom 1192 Looking Forward 1184 Picture Books in Winter 1193 A Good Play 1184 My Treasures 1193 Where Go the Boats? 1184 Block City 1194 Auntie's Skirts 1184 The Land of Story-Books 1194 The Land of Counterpane 1185 Armies in the Fire 1194 The Island of Nod 1185 The Little Land 1195 My Shadow 1185 Garden Days 1195 System 1186 Night and Day 1195 A Good Boy 1186 Nest Eggs 1196 Escape at Bedtime 1186 The Flowers 1197 Marching Song 1187 Summer Sun 1197 The Cow 1187 The Dumb Soldier 1197 Happy Thought 1187 Autumn Fires 1198 The Wind 1187 The Gardener 1198 Keepsake Mill 1187 Historical Associations 1198 Good and Bad Children 1188 Envoys 1199 Foreign Children 1188 To Willie and Henrietta 1199 The Sun's Travels 1188 To My Mother 1199 The Lamplight 1189 To Auntie 1199 My Bed Is a Boat 1189 To Minnie 1199 The Swing 1189 To My Name-Child 1200 The Moon 1189 To Any Reader 1200 WALTER DE LA MARE (1873-1956) 1201
Peacock Pie 1202 CONTENTS
The Horseman 1202 Andy Battle's and Nod's Song 1216 Alas, Alack! 1202 Late 1217 Tired Tim 1202 The Old Soldier 1217 Mima 1202 The Picture 1217 The Huntsman 1202 The Little Old Cupid 1218 The Bandog 1202 King David 1218 ICan'tAbear 1203 The Penny Owing 1218 The Dunce 1203 Kings and Queens 1218 Chicken 1203 The Old House 1219 Some One 1203 Unstooping 1219 Bread and Cherries 1203 All But Blind 1219 Old Shellover 1204 Nicholas Nye 1219 Hapless 1204 The Pigs and the Charcoal- The Little Bird 1204 Burner 1220 Mr. Alacadacca 1204 Five Eyes 1220 Not I! 1204 Tit for Tat 1220 Cake and Sack 1205 Earth Folk 1221 Groat nor Tester 1205 Grim 1221 The Ship of Rio 1205 Summer Evening 1221 Tillie 1205 AttheKeyhoId 1221 Jim Jay 1206 The Old Stone House 1221 Up and Down 1206 The Ruin 1221 MissT. 1206 The Ride-by-Nights 1222 The Cupboard 1206 Peak and Puke 1222 The Barber's 1207 The Changeling 1222 Hide and Seek 1207 The Mocking Fairy 1222 Mrs. Earth 1207 The Honey Robbers 1223 Longlegs 1223 Then 1207 Bewitched 1223 The Window 1207 Melmillo 1224 Poor Henry 1208 Trees 1224 Full Moon 1208 Silver 1224 The Bookman 1208 Nobody Knows 1225 The Quartette 1208 Will Ever? 1225 Mistletoe 1208 Wanderers 1225 The Lost Shoe 1209 ManyaMickle 1225 The Truants 1209 Snow 1226 The Sea Boy 1210 The Horseman 1226 Must and May 1210 The Song and the Secret 1226 Berries 1210 The Song of Soldiers 1226 Off the Ground 1211 The Bees' Song 1227 The Thief at Robin's Gate 1212 The Song of Enchantment 1227 A Widow's Weeds 1214 Dream-Song 1227 'Sooeep?' 1214 The Song of Shadows 1228 Mrs. MacQueen 1215 The Song of the Mad Prince 1228 The Little Green Orchard 1215 The Song of 'Finis' 1228 Poor'Miss 7' 1215 Sam 1216 ROBERT GRAVES (1895-1985) 1229 The Penny Fiddle 1230 The Penny Fiddle 1230 In the Wilderness 1233 Allie 1230 'The General Elliott' 1234 Robinson Crusoe 1230 Vain and Careless 1234 The Six Badgers 1231 The Forbidden Play 1234 One Hard Look 1231 The Bedpost 1235 Jock o' Binnorie 1231 The Well-dressed Children 1236 What Did I Dream? 1231 The Magical Picture 1236 Lift-Boy 1232 The Alice Jean 1237 Henry and Mary 1232 A Boy in Church 1237 Dicky 1231 How and Why 1238 Love Without Hope 1233 Warning to Children 1238 The Hills of May 1233 RANDALL JARRELL (1914-1965) 1239 The Bat-Poet 1240 CHARLES CAUSLEY (1917-2003) 1253 Early in the Morning: A Collection of New Poems 1254 Early in the Morning 1254 Stone in the Water 1260 I Went to Santa Barbara 1254 Round the Corner Comes Jack John Clark 1254 Fall 1261 Spin Me a Web, Spider 1254 Said the Clown 1261 Tommy Hyde 1255 Janny Jim Jan 1262 One for the Man 1255 Mistletoe 1262 Mrs McPhee 1255 Balloono 1262 There Was an Old Woman 1256 Take Me to the Water Fair 1262 Daniel Brent 1256 Rebekah 1263 Freddie Phipps 1256 Nicholas Naylor 1263 Charity Chadder 1257 John, John the Baptist 1263 Jeremiah 1257 Tell, Tell the Bees 1263 High on the Wall 1257 Johnny Come over the Water 1264 Wilbur 1257 I Love My Darling Tractor 1264 My Cat Plumduff 1257 Let's God Ride 1264 The Owl Looked out of the Ivy Here's the Reverend Rundle 1265 Bush 1258 The Money Came in, Came in 1265 Ring Dove 1258 Good Morning, Mr Croco-doco- Baby, Baby 1258 dile 1266 At Linkinhorne 1259 When I Was a Boy 1266 In My Garden 1259 I Am the Song 1266 Foxglove 1260
LUCILLE CLIFTON (b. 1936) 1267 Some of the Days of Everett Anderson 1268 Monday Morning Good Friday Waiting for Mom 1269 Morning 1268 Friday Mom Is Home Payday 1269 Tuesday All Day Rain 1268 Saturday Night Late 1269 Wednesday Noon Adventure 1268 Sunday Morning Lonely 1269 Thursday Evening 1268 Sunday Night Good 1270 PAT MORA (b. 1942) 1270
Confetti: Poems for Children 1271 CONTENTS Sun Song 1271 Leaf Soup 1272 Colors Crackle, Colors Roar 1271 I Hear, I Hear 1272 Purple Snake 1271 Dancing Paper 1273 Can I, Can I Catch the Wind 1271 Abuelita's Lap 1273 Cloud Dragons 1271 Words Free As Confetti 1273 Castanet Clicks 1272 River Voice 1273 Mexican Magician 1272
MARILYN NELSON (b. 1946) 1274 Carver: A Life in Poems 1275 Out of "Slave's Ransom" 1275 The Joy of Sewing 1279 Prayer of the Ivory-Handled Veil-Raisers 1279 Knife 1276 How a Dream Dies 1280 Washboard Wizard 1276 The Wild Garden 1280 A Ship Without a Rudder 1277 Professor Carver's Bible Class 1281 Curve-Breaker 1277 Friends in the Klan 1281 My People 1277 Driving Dr. Carver 1281 From an Alabama Farmer 1278 Baby Carver 1282 The Sweet-Hearts 1278 Last Talk with Jim Hardwick 1282
GRACE NICHOLS (b. 1950) 1283 Come on into my Tropical Garden 1284 Come on into My Tropical Drinking Water-coconut 1288 Garden 1284 Early Country Village Morning 1288 Alligator 1284 The Sun 1288 I Like to Stay Up 1284 Sky 1288 They Were My People 1285 I Am the Rain 1288 Poor Grandma 1285 Lizard 1289 Riddle 1285 Dinosaurs 1289 Granny Granny Please Comb My Cow's Complaint 1289 Hair 1285 Old Man's Weary thoughts 1289 My Cousin Melda 1286 I'm a Parrot 1290 Wha Me Mudder Do 1286 Parakeets 1290 The Fastest Belt in Town 1286 Doctor Blair 1290 Moody Mister Sometimish 1287 For Forest 1290 Mango 1287 Sea Timeless Song 1291 Banana Man 1287 Crab Dance 1291
PLAYS
Introduction 1293
J. M. BARRIE (1860-1937) 1300 Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up 1301 BARBARA FIELD (b. 1933) 1356
CONTENTS A Christmas Carol 1357 LAURENCE YEP (b. 1948) 1389 Dragonwings 1390
BOOKS OF INSTRUCTION
Introduction 1415
CONDUCT BOOKS FOR BOYS 1425
From The Father's Legacy; or, Faithful Counsels of a Good Father to His Children and Friends (1678) 1427 JOHN BARNARD (1685-1764) 1428 From 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) 1430 Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son 1430 Awkwardness of Different Kinds 1430 Bashfulness 1431 Matrimony 1432
CONDUCT BOOKS FOR GIRLS 1432
Duties of a Lady's Maid (1825) 1433 Familiarity with Superiors 1433 Stays and Corsets 1435 Padding, Bandaging, &c. to Improve the Figure 1438
MINNA THOMAS ANTRIM (b. 1861) 1441 Don't's for Girls: A Manual of Mistakes 1441
DORA LANGLOIS ' 1442 The Child: A Mother's Advice to Her Daughters 1443
ROBERT BADEN-POWELL (1857-1941) 1460 From Rovering to Success: A Book of Life-Sport for Young Men 1461
ROBIE H. HARRIS (b. 1940); illustrator MICHAEL EMBERLEY (b. 1960) 1480 From It's Perfectly Normal 1482 The Bird and the Bee 1482 Lots of Questions: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health 1483 LIFE WRITING CONTENTS Introduction 1485
From Facts to Correct Fancies; or, Short Narratives compiled from the Biography of Remarkable Women, written for children, by a Mother (1840) 1491
CLARA L. BALFOUR (1808-1878) 1496 Women Worth Emulating 1496 Chapter III. Miss Caroline Herschel 1496
CHARLOTTE MARYYONGE (1823-1901) 1505 A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands 1506 What Is a Golden Deed? 1506 Fathers and Sons (1642-1798) 1510
THE BROWNIES'BOOK (1920-1921) 1516 Benjamin Banneker 1518 America's First Martyr-Patriot (Crispus Attucks) 1521 The Story of Phillis Wheatley 1524 "The Bravest of the Brave" (Elizabeth Blakesley) 1527 The Story of Harriet Tubman 1529
ANNE FRANK (1929-1945) 1531 The Diary of a Young Girl 1532 July 11, 1942 1532 July 11, 1943 1533 Jan. 2, 1[944 1534 Feb. 12,, 1944 1535 Feb. 23,, 1944 1535 Aug. 1, 1944 1536 JEAN FRITZ (b. 1915) 1538 Homesick: My Own Story 1539
MILTON MELTZER (b. 1915) 1606 Benjamin Franklin: The New American 1607 Chapter 6. Improve Yourself, Improve Your Community 1607 Chapter 7. Inventor and Scientist 1612 Chapter 8. Disarming the Clouds of Heaven 1618
ADVENTURE STORIES
Introduction 1623
DANIEL DEFOE (ca. 1660-1731) 1633 The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (children's version, 1823) 1634 ^ ERNEST THOMPSON SETON (1860-1946) 1644 CONTENTS Raggylug: The Story of a Cottontail Rabbit 1645
A. A. MILNE (1882-1956) 1658 Winnie-the Pooh 1659 Chapter VIII. In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole 1659
SHANNON GARST (1894-1981) 1665 James Bowie and His Famous Knife 1666
E. L. KONIGSBURG (b. 1930) 1745 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1746
SCHOOL STORIES
Introduction 1805
SARAH FIELDING (1710-1768) 1817 From The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy 1818
THOMAS HUGHES (1822-1896) 1833 Tom Brown's Schooldays 1835 Chapter V. Rugby and Football 1835 Chapter VI. After the Match 1848
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936) 1858 Stalky & Co. 1859 An Unsavory Interlude 1859
EVELYN SHARP (1869-1955) 1875 In School 1876
ELEANOR ESTES (1906-1988) 1906 The Hundred Dresses 1907
AIDAN CHAMBERS (b. 1934) 1919 The Present Takers 1920
ALMA FLOR ADA (b. 1938) 1987 My Name Is Maria Isabel 1988
TIM WYNNE-JONES (b. 1948) 2002 Tweedledum and Tweedledead 2003
NIKKI GRIMES (b. 1950) 2011 Bronx Masquerade 2011 DOMESTIC FICTION CONTENTS
Introduction 2067
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759-1797) 2080 From Original Stories from Real Life 2082
MARIA EDGEWORTH (1768-1849) 2095 Lazy Lawrence 2097 The Birth-day Present 2111
MARY MARTHA SHERWOOD (1775-1851) 2121 From The History of the Fairchild Family; or, The Child's Manual 2123
CHARLOTTE MARYYONGE (1823-1901) 2147 A Patchwork Fever 2148
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888) 2169 Psyche's Art (1868) 2170
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT (1849-1924) 2184 Editha's Burglar 2186
L. M. MONTGOMERY (1874-1942) 2196 Each in His Own Tongue 2197
BEVERLY CLEARY (b. 1916) 2211 Ramona and Her Father 2212
LENSEY NAMIOKA (b. 1929) 2247 Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear 2248
ROCH CARRIER (b. 1937) 2287 The Hockey Sweater 2287
RED D. TAYLOR (b. 1943) 2289 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 2290
BRUCE BROOKS (b. 1950) 2400 Out 2401
TIMELINE 2421 GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 2429 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES 2433
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 2451 INDEX OF ILLUSTRATORS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 2459 INDEX 2465