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The Norton Anthology Or Children's Literature 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.
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