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Books for Second Grade

Fables

Author Title Comment
Joseph Jacobs Aesop 1889
Ellen C. Babbitt Jataka Tales 1912
Ellen C. Babbitt More Jataka Tales 1922
Catherine T. Bryce Fables from Afar 1910
J. Harvey Darton A Wonder Book of Beasts 1919
Maude Barrows Dutton The Tortoise and the Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai 1908
Marie L. Shedlock Eastern Stories and Legends 1920
Anne A. Stanley Animal Folk Tales 1916


Saints and Legends

Author Title Comment
Abbie Farwell Brown Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts 1900
Padraic Colum The King of Ireland's Son 1916, in print
Sophie Jewett God's Troubadour, The Story of Saint Francis of Assisi 1910
Selma Lagerlöf Christ Legends 1908, in print
Amy Steedman In God's Garden, Stories of the Saints for Little Children no date
Amy Steedman Our Island Saints no date


Celtic Fairy Tales

Author Title Comment
Padraic Colum The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said 1918
Padraic Colum The Girl Who Sat By the Ashes 1919
Joseph Jacobs Celtic Fairy Tales 1892, in print
Joseph Jacobs More Celtic Fairy Tales 1894, in print
Seumas Macmanus Donegal Fairy Stories 1900, in print
Seumas MacManus In Chimney Corners 1899


Indian Fairy Tales

Author Title Comment
Joseph Jacobs Indian Fairy Tales 1892, in print


Stories

Author Title Comment
Raymond Macdonald Alden Why the Chimes Rang 1906, 1908
Fanny Coe The Second Book of Stories for the Story-Teller 1913
Laura E. Richards The Golden Windows 1905
John Ruskin The King of the Golden River and Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats 1921
James Baldwin Fairy Stories and Fables 1895
Florence Holbrook The Book of Nature Myths 1902, in print
Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book 1884-1885, Gutenberg version available, in print
Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories 1902, in print


Readers

Author Title Comment
Harriette Taylor Treadwell and Margaret Free READING-LITERATURE THE PRIMER 1910
Harriette Taylor Treadwell and Margaret Free READING-LITERATURE FIRST READER 1911
Harriette Taylor Treadwell and Margaret Free READING-LITERATURE SECOND READER 1912
Baker and Thorndike Everyday Classics Primer 1922
Baker and Thorndike Everyday Classics First Reader 1922
Baker and Thorndike Everyday Classics Second Reader 1922
James Baldwin The Fairy Reader 1905
James Baldwin The Second Fairy Reader 1907
James Baldwin Another Fairy Reader 1907


Novels

Author Title Comment
L. Frank Baum The Wizard of Oz 1900, Gutenberg version available
Carlo Collodi The Adventures of Pinocchio 1891
George MacDonald The Princess and Curdie 1883, Gutenberg version available, in print
George MacDonald The Princess and the Goblin 1872, Gutenberg version available, in print
Dinah Maria Mulock [Craik] The Little Lame Prince 1893
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