Story Hour Readers — Book Three

								


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STORY HOUR READERS
THIRD YEAR
BOOK THREE
BY
IDA COE, Pd.M.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CITY OF NEW YORK
AND
ALICE J. CHRISTIE
PRIMARY TEACHER. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CITY OF NEW YORK
CONTENTS


THE LAND OF STORY BOOKS Robert Louis Stevenson
HANSEL AND GRETEL Fairy Tale
THE EAGLE AND THE FOX Fable
HIAWATHA'S BROTHERS Henry W. Longfellow
THE BEAVERS' LODGE Indian Folklore
MANITOU AND THE SQUIRRELS Indian Folklore
THE SWIFT RUNNER Indian Folklore
BROTHER RABBIT Indian Folklore
QUEEN MAB Thomas Hood
CINDERELLA Fairy Tale
THE WIND Robert Louis Stevenson
THE BAG OF WINDS Greek Mythology
DIANA AND APOLLO Greek Mythology
THE TREE Adapted from Bjornson
THE FAIRY TREE Fairy Tale
HIAWATHA'S SAILING Henry W. Longfellow
GRAY MOLE AND THE INDIAN Indian Folklore
THE WATER LILIES Indian Folklore
WHERE GO THE BOATS? Robert Louis Stevenson
WHY THE SEA IS SALT Northern Folklore
SENNIN THE HERMIT From the Japanese
GREAT AND LITTLE BEAR Greek Mythology
THE BOY AND THE SHEEP Ann Taylor
THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF Aesop
THE LION'S SHARE Aesop
ROBIN REDBREAST William Allingham
THORN ROSE Fairy Tale
THE WOLVES AND THE DEER Fable
THE CORNFIELDS Henry W. Longfellow
THE GIFT OF CORN Indian Folklore
A BOY'S SONG James Hogg
THE FROGS' TRAVELS From the Japanese
THE MERCHANT'S CARAVAN East Indian Tale
QUEEN HULDA AND THE FLAX European Folklore
ALADDIN'S LAMP Ida Coe
ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP Arabian Nights
THE WHITING AND THE SNAIL Lewis Carroll
THE BONFIRE IN THE SEA Australian Folklore
ROBINSON CRUSOE Daniel Defoe
THE WONDERFUL WORLD
THE MAGIC GIRDLE The Brothers Grimm

THE LAND OF STORY BOOKS

At evening when the lamp is lit,
Around the fire my parents sit;
They sit at home and talk and sing,
And do not play at anything.
Now with my little gun I crawl,
All in the dark, along the wall.
And follow round the forest track
Away behind the sofa back.
There in the night, where none can spy,
All in my hunter's camp I lie,
And play at books that I have read,
Till it is time to go to bed.



       *       *       *       *       *
So, when my nurse comes in for me,
Home I return across the sea,
And go to bed with backward looks
At my dear Land of Story Books.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

HANSEL AND GRETEL

In a little cottage at the edge of a forest in Germany, lived Peter, a
poor broom maker, and his wife Gertrude. They had two children, Hansel
and Gretel.
One day Hansel and Gretel were left alone at home. Their father had gone
to the village to sell brooms. Their mother was away, too.
The children were left busily at work. The boy was mending brooms, the
girl knitting stockings.
After a time they became tired of their hard work.
"Come, Gretel, let us have some fun!" cried Hansel.