an.
Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 22.
Karl and the Dryad.
Brown. Star jewels, p. 67.
Legend of the cowslip.
Wiltse. Stories for the kindergarten, p. 163.
Little brown seed.
Howliston. Cat-tails and other tales, p. 40.
Maple leaf and the violet.
Wiggin _and_ Smith. Story hour, p. 133.
Mary's Meadow. Ewing. (To be adapted.)
Old Pipes and the dryad.[A]
Story of the morning glory seed.
Poulsson. In the child's world, p. 399.
Talk of the trees.
Andrews. Stories Mother Nature told, p. 25.
Three little birds.
Richards. Five minute stories, p. 142.
Tree in the city.
Richards. Golden windows, p. 18.
Twig that became a tree.
Schauffler. Arbor Day, p. 160.
Walnut tree that wanted to bear tulips.
Howliston. Cat-tales and other tales, p. 74.
Wiltse. Stories for the kindergarten, p. 35.
Why the evergreen never lose their leaves.[9]
[Footnote 9: For source, see page number preceding title in index.]
HALLOWE'EN STORIES.
Buried moon.
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
Chace of the Gilla Dacar.
Curtin. Hero tales of Ireland.
Rolleston. High deeds of Finn.
Murdoch's rath.
Ewing. Old fashioned fairy tales.
Tamlane.
Jacobs. More English fairy tales.
Tappan. Old ballads in prose.
STORIES FOR OLDER CHILDREN.
The cycle story hours in the St. Louis Public Library
are planned to interest older boys and girls in
great works of literature and to inspire them to read
along one line for several weeks or months. Stories
in a series are told at a definite hour each week to
encourage regular attendance. However, each story
is complete in itself and any boys and girls of nine
years and more are invited to attend whether or not
they are registered borrowers of books.
GREEK CYCLE STORIES.
Greek Myths.
1. The gorgon's head.
2. Three golden apples.
3. The miraculous pitcher.
4. The Chimaera.
5. The Minotaur.
6. The Pygmies.
7. The golden fleece.
_Sources for the story teller:_
Hawthorne. Wonder book.
Hawthorne. Tanglewood tales.
Kingsley. Heroes, or, Greek fairy tales for my children.
The Hawthorne books are Greek myths interpreted into
moral stories written in the author's inimitable style. The
characters are more human and real to the child than those
in the Kingsley version. Kingsley retains the Greek spirit
and tells the stories in bold, strong, heroic outlines. They
are probab
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