| PAGE | |
| RHYMES FOR MOTHERS | |
| The Robin’s Carol | 113 |
| The Little Baldhead | 114 |
| Japanese Lullaby | 5 |
| Birdie With a Yellow Bill | 6 |
| Pat, Pat | 52 |
| The Fountain (introduction to) | 54 |
| Pussy Willows | 53 |
| Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake | 52 |
| FABLES AND FOLK-LORE | |
| The Fisherman | 55 |
| Legend of the Arbutus | 162 |
| Why the Bear Sleeps All Winter | 115 |
| The Country Cat | 159 |
| The Honest Woodman | 123 |
| The North Star | 152 |
| The Cobbler | 154 |
| Tabby and the Mice | 126 |
| Opechee, the Robin Redbreast | 156 |
| King of the Frogs | 147 |
| The Adder That Did Not Hear | 149 |
| Why the Dog Cannot Endure the Cat | 165 |
| The Miser of Takhoma | 168 |
| The Plowman Who Found Content | 141 |
| FAIRY STORIES | |
| Little Sister Kindness | 174 |
| The Queen’s Necklace | 180 |
| ETHICAL STORIES | |
| The Gold Bugs | 128 |
| The History of Tip-Top | 131 |
| The Little Boy Who Forgot to Wash His Hands | 120 |
| The Country Cat | 159 |
| The Honest Woodman | 123 |
| The Adder That Did Not Hear | 149 |
| The Miser of Takhoma | 168 |
| The Plowman Who Found Content | 141 |
| Little Sister Kindness | 174 |
| The Queen’s Necklace | 180 |
| MYTH AND HERO-TALE | |
| Robin Hood and Sir Richard-at-the-Lee | 191 |
| The Coming of Arthur | 75 |
| Story of Ithenthiela | 60 |
| How the Queen of the Ant Gave Gifts to Men | 200 |
| King Midas’ Ears | 205 |
| Hold-Fast Tom (modern) | 210 |
| Nils and the Bear (modern) | 218 |
| STORIES FOR SPECIAL DAYS | |
| A Lesson of Faith (Easter) | 8 |
| Jericho Bob (Thanksgiving) | 226 |
| Robin’s Christmas | 240 |
| Jerusalem Artie’s Christmas Dinner | 234 |
| A Tale of the Christ Child | 246 |
| BIBLE STORIES | |
| Story of David | 257 |
| Story of the Ark | 251 |
| Story of the Flood | 252 |
| The Olive Leaf | 254 |
| Rainbow of Promise | 256 |
| Twenty-third Psalm | 261 |
The Art of Story-Telling, with nearly half a hundred stories
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About This Book
This practical manual offers guidance for parents, teachers, and librarians on selecting and telling oral stories to children, explaining purposes for home, school, and library settings; criteria for choosing age-appropriate material; techniques of vocal delivery, pacing, and simplification; and thematic approaches including jingles, fables, myths, holiday and Bible tales. It emphasizes ethical and aesthetic aims, suggests sequences for systematic teaching, and encourages cultivating literary taste. The second part supplies nearly fifty ready-to-tell stories and indexes for quick use.