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Merry Tales

Chapter 4: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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About This Book

A curated collection of short, cheerful narratives and poems retells myths, legends, and folk tales from diverse traditions for young readers. Stories emphasize gentle surprises and happy endings while omitting much of the grimmer content common to older folk versions. Language and vocabulary are graded for third and fourth grade reading, and many pieces lend themselves to dramatization in classroom or home. Entries range from animal fables and moral tales to fairy and wonder stories, often adapted to highlight themes of cleverness, generosity, and practical wisdom. A concise preface and acknowledgments guide teachers and parents in selecting items for supplementary reading and shared storytelling.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

For permission to reprint, or to use in adapted form, certain copyrighted and valuable material in this volume, the following acknowledgments are made:

To Sturgis and Walton Company, for “The Stone Lion,” by Captain W. P. O’Connor, from Story Telling in School and Home, copyright, 1912, by Sturgis and Walton Company;

To Carolyn Sherwin Bailey and the publishers of Good Housekeeping, for “The Story of Li’l’ Hannibal,” reprinted by permission of Good Housekeeping;

To the Grolier Society, publishers of The Book of Knowledge, for “How Olaf Brought the Brownie Back”;

To George H. Doran Company, for “The Overturned Cart” from Cap O’Yellow, by Agnes Crozier Herbertson;

To Frances Fox and The Outlook Company, for “Making the Best of It”;

To Elizabeth Grierson and Frederick A. Stokes Company, publishers of Scottish Fairy Tales, for “The Brownie of Blednock”;

To F. Cushing and G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “The Poor Little Turkey Girl” from Zuñi Folk Tales; and

To T. Fisher Unwin for “True Friendship.”