A Book of Children's Literature, Volume 2Lillian Hollowell Rinehart, 1950 - 697 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 85
Page 232
... ANIMALS SECURED FIRE 3 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 FIRE 3 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 397
... animals desire various home com- forts . More about Animals . Illustrated by Helen Torrey . New York : The Macmillan Company , 1936. ( M ) Companion to All about Pets , telling of vari- ous animals which the writer met in her travels ...
... animals desire various home com- forts . More about Animals . Illustrated by Helen Torrey . New York : The Macmillan Company , 1936. ( M ) Companion to All about Pets , telling of vari- ous animals which the writer met in her travels ...
Contents
HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF CHILDRENS | 96 |
TWENTIETH CENTURY | 177 |
The Death of Balder | 271 |
Copyright | |
19 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adventures animals answered apples Asgard asked beautiful began Beowulf birds Brace and Company brother called child cried door dragon eyes fables Fairy Fairy Tales father fell Fionn flew G. P. Putnam's Sons giant girl gold golden grew hand head heard heart Hercules hero horse Iktomi Illus Illustrated Ilmarinen J. B. Lippincott Company King knew laughed lived Loki looked Macmillan Company Madame Suzie maiden Miss Hickory Mole moon morning mother myths never Newbery award night once pany Pecos Bill Perseus Peter Polydectes Prince Princess Rabbit round Rustem Scarface Sigurd Sir Ector sleep soon stood story sword tell thee things Thor thou thought Thrym told took trated tree turned Viking Press voice wind woman wonderful York young