Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes By: Charles Madison Curry (1869-1944)
First Page: When all the novelists and spinners of elaborate fictions have been read and judged, we shall find that the peasant and the nurse are still unsurpassed as mere narrators. They are the guardians of that treasury of legend which comes to us from the very childhood of nations; they and their tales are the abstract and brief chronicles, not of an age merely, but of the whole race of man. It is theirs to keep alive the great art of telling stories as a thing wholly apart from and independent of the art of writing stories, and to pass on their art to children and to children's children. They abide in a realm of their own, in blessed isolation from that world of professional authors and their milk and water books "for children." C. B. TINKER, "In Praise of Nursery Lore," The Unpopular Review , October December, 1916. CHILDREN'S LITERATURE A TEXTBOOK OF SOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND TEACHER TRAINING CLASSES EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTIONS, NOTES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES BY CHARLES MADISON CURRY AND ERLE ELSWORTH CLIPPINGER Professors of Literature in the Indiana State Normal School [Illustration] RAND McNALLY & COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK Copyright, 1920, by RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY Copyright, 1921, by RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY All rights reserved Edition of 1926 [Illustration] Made in U. S. A. THE CONTENTS SECTION I PREFACE AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION General Bibliography 2 The Preface 5 General Introduction 7 1. Literature for Children 7 2. Literature in the Grades 8 3. Story Telling and Dramatization 10 4. Courses of Study 13 SECTION II MOTHER GOOSE JINGLES AND NURSERY RHYMES Bibliography 18 Introductory 19 MOTHER GOOSE (Shorter rhymes): 1. A cat came fiddling out of a barn 23 2. A diller, a dollar 23 3. As I was going to St. Ives 23 4. As I was going up Pippen Hill 23 5. As I went to Bonner 23 6. As Tommy Snooks and Bessie Brooks 23 7. A swarm of bees in May 23 8. Baa, baa, black sheep 23 9. Barber, barber, shave a pig 23 10. Birds of a feather flock together 23 11. Bless you, bless you, burnie bee 23 12. Bobby Shafto's gone to sea 24 13. Bow, wow, wow 24 14. Bye, baby bunting 24 15. Come when you're called 24 16. Cross patch 24 17. Curly locks, curly locks 24 18. Dance, little baby 24 19. Diddle, diddle, dumpling 24 20... Continue reading book >>

Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes By: Charles Madison Curry (1869-1944)

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When all the novelists and spinners of elaborate fictions have been read and judged, we shall find that the peasant and the nurse are still unsurpassed as mere narrators. They are the guardians of that treasury of legend which comes to us from the very childhood of nations; they and their tales are the abstract and brief chronicles, not of an age merely, but of the whole race of man. It is theirs to keep alive the great art of telling stories as a thing wholly apart from and independent of the art of writing stories, and to pass on their art to children and to children's children. They abide in a realm of their own, in blessed isolation from that world of professional authors and their milk and water books "for children." C. B. TINKER, "In Praise of Nursery Lore," The Unpopular Review , October December, 1916.

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

A TEXTBOOK OF SOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND TEACHER TRAINING CLASSES

EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTIONS, NOTES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

BY CHARLES MADISON CURRY AND ERLE ELSWORTH CLIPPINGER Professors of Literature in the Indiana State Normal School

[Illustration]

RAND McNALLY & COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK

[Illustration]

Made in U. S. A.

THE CONTENTS

SECTION I

PREFACE AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION

General Bibliography 2

The Preface 5

General Introduction 7

1. Literature for Children 7

2. Literature in the Grades 8

3. Story Telling and Dramatization 10

4. Courses of Study 13

SECTION II

MOTHER GOOSE JINGLES AND NURSERY RHYMES

Bibliography 18

Introductory 19

MOTHER GOOSE (Shorter rhymes):

1. A cat came fiddling out of a barn 23

2. A diller, a dollar 23

3. As I was going to St. Ives 23

4. As I was going up Pippen Hill 23

5. As I went to Bonner 23

6. As Tommy Snooks and Bessie Brooks 23

7. A swarm of bees in May 23

8. Baa, baa, black sheep 23

9. Barber, barber, shave a pig 23

10. Birds of a feather flock together 23

11. Bless you, bless you, burnie bee 23

12. Bobby Shafto's gone to sea 24

13. Bow, wow, wow 24

14. Bye, baby bunting 24

15. Come when you're called 24

16. Cross patch 24

17. Curly locks, curly locks 24

18. Dance, little baby 24

19. Diddle, diddle, dumpling 24

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