Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
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Project Gutenberg
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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THE tools which one will need for whittling—the kind of whittling that makes something besides splinters—are very simple and few in number. Any boy’s pocket will furnish a jack-knife, and it is pretty sure to be a sharp one.
With a knife, a pencil, and some pieces of wood, all the other tools may be made. Basswood is the easiest wood to handle because it is soft, and very close grained. If basswood can not be had, pine is the next best wood,...
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English
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This is a book of Greek myths told with Roman names. Among the tales are: How the Myths Began, What Prometheus Did with a Bit of Clay, The Paradise of Children, What Became of the Giants, How Vulcan Made the Best of Things, How Orion Found His Sight, The Wonders Venus Wrought, Where the Labyrinth Led, How Perseus Conquered the Sea, Pegasus, the Horse Who Could Fly and many many more.
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English
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Excerpt: "Since the childhood of the races, certain old-world stories have appeared in different form in the folklore of different nations, all bearing the stamp of the same source; the interest of primitive people in attributing human impulses and human lines of conduct to the animal world. Perhaps the earliest of all is The Kid Who Would Not Go, which corresponds to the old New England nursery tale of the Old Woman and Her Pig, and which, in its...
4) Miss Hickory
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Series
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1946.
Language
English
Description
Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.
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English
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Cozy up with your favorite Christmas stories and discover new wintry tales with this keepsake holiday anthology.
Just in time for the holidays, A Classic Christmas Treasury gathers together many of the season's classics and introduces new, diverse stories from around the globe in one decorative holiday volume. This cheerful, collectible treasury of stories, poems, and carols makes a wonderful gift any time of the year and reminds us that simple...
