The Bird's Christmas Carol
Chapter 1: A Little Snow Bird
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
A new child is born to the Bird family on Christmas Day.
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Lyrics of the Hearthside
The Poet and the Baby
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
How’s a man to write a sonnet, can you tell,—
The Open Boat: A Tale Intended to be After the Fact. Being the Experience of Four Men Sunk from the Steamer Commodore
Chapter 5
by Stephen Crane
While drifting in the ocean, the men are exhausted and there is no light. They have no company other than each other and a shark that continues to circle their small boat. The correspondent, the only one awake, hears nothing but the ocean and the shark’s body hitting the boat and fears for their safety.
The Crimson Fairy Book
“Motiratika”
by Andrew Lang
A woman is sent by her husband to fetch water and runs into an ogre that threatens to eat her. She offers her magical baby in her place, but the baby is able to outsmart the ogre and he eats the husband (his father) instead. Therefore, justice prevails for the husband ordered her to fetch the water.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Mother Nature’s House Cleaning”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about the rain and the first few days of March/Spring.
Just So Stories
"How the First Letter Was Written"
by Rudyard Kipling
A drawing leads to misunderstanding then friendship.
Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys
Chapter 28: “Pinky and the Lemon”
by Howard R. Garis
Mrs. Twistytail goes to a neighbor to borrow a spool of thread leaving baby Pinky alone in the house. While she’s gone, a baboon with a bad case of the mumps tries to eat the pig. She accidentally squeezes a lemon and squirts him in the eye causing him to flee.
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
Bird Thoughts
by Traditional
This poem explores the growth of a baby bird and its discovery of the world it lives in.
Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys
Chapter 12: “Baby Pinky and the Doctor”
by Howard R. Garis
Baby Pinky is sick and wakes up the whole household with his crying. They take her to the hospital to make her well again.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“A Child of Spring”
by Ellen Robena Field
A poem about springtime.
Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys
Chapter 3: “Pinky’s Rubber Ball”
by Howard R. Garis
While Curly and Flop were playing soldier in the forest, baby Pinky played alone. A fox spied her and carried her away to the forest. Pinky squealed for her brothers and tossed them her rubber ball to wet the fox. They filled the ball with water and squirted the fox.
Moby Dick
Chapter 57: Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone
by Herman Melville
A discussion of the assortment of art that has been inspired by the whale.
Little Bear at Work and at Play
“When Little Bear Bragged”
by Frances Margaret Fox
After his mother told him the story about the tortoise and the hare, Little Bear became boastful. His father challenged him to race Grandpa Tortoise and after becoming distracted, Little Bear lost the race.
Symbolic Logic
“Book 1: Chapter 2”
by Lewis Carroll
An explanation of the terms involved in determining classification.
How Sammy Went to Coral-Land
Chapter 2
by Emily Paret Atwater
Sammy begins to notice the different types of aquatic animals around him. Suddenly he is spied by a large shark. He is chased until he is able to hide in a rock formation. There, he meets a hermit crab.
Just So Stories
"How the Alphabet Was Made"
by Rudyard Kipling
Neolithic man Tegumai Bopsulai is out fishing with his daughter Taffy whose attempt to send a message in a drawing leads to complete misunderstanding. Taffy suggests a way of representing the sounds of the Tegumai language in pictograms. Together she and her father evolve a system using familiar objects and facial expressions, which when simplified become letters of the alphabet.
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
Chapter XX: "Lying in Ambush for Big Game"
by Captain Quincy Allen
The group realizes that the temptation of honey will lure others as it has lured them. They decide to stay for the night in hopes of getting a bear.
The Light Princess
Story 2: “Won’t I Just?”
by George MacDonald
The king forgets to invite his sister to the christening of his new child. She becomes very angry and puts a curse on the little princess.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Part 6, Chapter 2: Thoughts of Home
by Hugh Lofting
Doctor Dolittle addresses the subject of returning back to Puddleby.
Moby Dick
Chapter 58: Brit
by Herman Melville
Ishmael ponders the dangers of the sea.
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
Chapter XII: "The Breakdown of the Motor"
by Captain Quincy Allen
The fishing proves to be exciting, and they are happy with their catch. They set out into the gulf, but quickly run into trouble when the motor gives out.
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
Advice
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"W’en you full o’ worry"
Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys
Chapter 31: “The Twistytails’ Christmas”
by Howard R. Garis
The Twistytail family wait for Santa to arrive on Christmas Eve. The next morning the entire family opens their bountiful gifts. The author wishes the readers a merry christmas.
Florida: Essays and Poems
The Florida Pioneers
by Will Wallace Harney
The speaker looks back over family history, while placing their own struggles in the larger context of American progress.
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
The Farm Child's Lullaby
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Oh, the little bird is rocking in the cradle of the wind,"