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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City criticized the book for making some factual errors. [7] The book is intended for children ages 10 and up. [8] The book does not shy aware from the struggles that saints have experienced. [9] The publisher of the book is not Catholic. [10] The stories are organized chronologically. [11]
Jakob Streit (1910–2009) – Liputto: Stories of Gnomes and Trolls; Hesba Stretton (1832–1911) – Jessica's First Prayer; Agnes Strickland (1796–1874) – Tales from English History for Children, The Rival Crusoes; Charles S. Strong (1906–1962) – The Hooded Hawk Mystery, The Scarlet Slipper Mystery, Snow King: Herd Dog of Lapland
You know, the stories were stupid, even for a first or second grader. Years later I saw some of the famous McGuffey readers, go back further, things that my mother's generation would read from in the 1930s or 1920s, and those things were filled with real stories from real writers that the kids were learning. But my generation, the baby boomers ...
Harry Sylvester – American journalist, short story writer, and novelist; most famous books were the Catholic novels Dayspring and Moon Gaffney; Ellen Tarry – writer of young-adult literature and The Third Door: The Autobiography of an American Negro Woman; Allen Tate – convert; poet and essayist
Lessons for Children: Anna Laetitia Barbauld: 1778-9: The first series of age-adapted reading primers for children printed with large text and wide margins; in print for over a century. [15] The History of Sandford and Merton: Thomas Day: 1783-9: A bestseller for over a century, it embodied Rousseau's educational ideals. [16]
The book is separated into two volumes and one addendum, containing a total of 20 "examples". The addendum, titled A Token for the Children of New England, contains only examples that specifically involve New England and features an additional 6 scriptural hymns. Each example is a short story involving one child, their worship, and eventual death.
The preface for 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is by children's illustrator and author Quentin Blake and introduction by Julia Eccleshare. [2] There is an index of titles, arranged alphabetically, and an index by author/illustrator, arranged alphabetically too, but by author/illustrator, not by title of book.
The Bible Story is a ten-volume series of hardcover children's story books written by Arthur S. Maxwell [1] based on the King James and Revised Standard versions of the Christian Bible. The books, published from 1953 to 1957, retell most of the narratives of the Bible in 411 stories. [ 2 ]