A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Rinehart, 1950 - 697 pages |
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Page 232
... ANIMALS SECURED FIRE3 A LONG , long time ago all the fire on the earth was owned by two old women . They kept it in a little mat house and would not let a spark escape . The animal people were shivering with cold and were sick from ...
... ANIMALS SECURED FIRE3 A LONG , long time ago all the fire on the earth was owned by two old women . They kept it in a little mat house and would not let a spark escape . The animal people were shivering with cold and were sick from ...
Page 358
... animals became stereotyped ; they were represented as symbols of hu- man vices and virtues - hence the fable and the beast epic , in which the animals talked and reasoned like human beings . They were given man's common sense , courage ...
... animals became stereotyped ; they were represented as symbols of hu- man vices and virtues - hence the fable and the beast epic , in which the animals talked and reasoned like human beings . They were given man's common sense , courage ...
Page 361
... animals are Frank Buck , whose explora- tions in capturing live animals for zoos have made him famous ; Walter J. Wilwerding , who describes , through pictures supplementing the story , a lion in Jangwa , the Story of a Jungle Prince ...
... animals are Frank Buck , whose explora- tions in capturing live animals for zoos have made him famous ; Walter J. Wilwerding , who describes , through pictures supplementing the story , a lion in Jangwa , the Story of a Jungle Prince ...
Contents
HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF CHILDRENS | 96 |
Iktomi and the Ducks | 108 |
The Traveling Musicians | 119 |
Copyright | |
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