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Harrison, Elizabeth

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A List of Books For Children
Elizabeth Harrison
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RECOMMENDED FROM THE
KINDERGARTEN STANDPOINT BY
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PRINCIPAL OF THE CHICAGO KINDERGARTEN
COLLEGE, ART INSTITUTE, CHICAGO.
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A LIST OF
Books for (Children,
RECOMMENDED FROM THE KINDERGARTEN
STANDPOINT
ELIZABETH HARRISON,
Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College,
Art Institute, Chicago, III.
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
Is not the food which you give to your child's
mind of as much importance as that which you give
to his body?
When your boy stops questioning you, he has
not stopped questioning concerning Hfe and its prob-
lems; he has turned to those silent companions
which you have placed upon his book shelf or on
the library table. Shall heroes and prophets be his
counsellors, or shall "Peck's Bad Boy" and the
villain of the dime novel teach him how to look at
life? // 7'ests with you.
There is a great difference between books which
are to be read to children, those which are to be read
with children and those which are to be read by
children.
The second kind, which are more profitable than
the first, require the mother's sympathetic and gen-
uine interest in the subject matter in hand; and
2
3frequent stops for little talks about what has been
read are necessary.
The third class are books for older children who
can read well enough to peruse them alone, but if the
mother will take time to read them before giving
them to the child she will strengthen the bonds of
intellectual sympathy between herself and him.
LIST No. 1.
FOR CHILDREN UNDER SIX YEARS OF AGE.
Mother-play and Nursery Song, - by Frederick Froebel
Nurserv Finger Plays, . . . by Ejnilie Poidsson
Mother Goose—in one syllable,
Songs for Little Ones, ... by Eleanor Smith
^sop's Fables—in one syllable, - by Mary Mapes Dodge
Baby World, .... by Mary Mapes Dodge
Rhymes and Jingles, - -
Little People of the Air, - - by Olive Thome Miller
Nonsense Book, ... - by Edward Sears
LIST No. 2.
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN FROM SIX TO EIGHT YEARS.
Doll World, by Mrs. O. Reilly
Sparrow the Tramp, ... - by Wesselhoft
The Joyous Story of Toto, - - by L. E. Richards
Doings of the Bodley Family, - - by H. E. Sciidder
Bodley's Telling Stories, - - - by H. E. Scudder
Birds Christmas Carol, . . . by H. D. Wiggin
Kindergarten Stories and Morning Talks, - by Wiltse
Morning Glories, by Louise Alcott
4Moon Folks, by Jatie Austin
Mopsa the Fairv, . . - . . by Ingelow
Evenings at Home, ... by Borbonld & Aiken
Posies for Children, - - - - by Anna Lotvell
Shanny and Light House, -
LIST No. 3.
STORY BOOKS.—FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF
EIGHT AND FOURTEEN.
Seven Little Sisters, - - -by Miss Jane Andrevjs
Each and All, . . . . by Miss Jane Andre-vs
Ten Little Bojs on the Way from
Long Ago to Now, - - by Miss Jane Andrexvs
Storj' of a Short Life, - by Mrs, Jnlianor Horatia Exving
Mary's Meadow, - by Mrs. yulia7ia Horatia Evjing
Jackanapes, - - • by Mrs. Juliana Horatia Exving
Dandelion Clocks, - by Mrs. Juliana Horatia Exving
The Wonder Book, • - by Nathaniel Haxvthorne
Tanglewood Tales, - • - by Nathaniel Haxvthorne
True Tales, by Nathaniel Haivthorne
Little Lord Fauntleroj, - by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Fairy Tales, by Jean Mace
Grimm's Household Tales, -
Fairy Tales, . . . by Harts Christian Andersen
Two Grey Girls, by Ellen Haile
Three Brown Boys, . ... by Ellen Haile
Chilabric Days,
Robinson Crusoe, ..... De Foe
Hans Brinker, . ... by Mary Mapes Dodge
A Child Garden of Verse, - by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Boy with an Idea, - Putnam & Sons, publishers
Young Merchants, - - Putnam d: Sons, publishers
Boy Engineer, - - - Putnam & Sons, publishers
5Story of the Nations (8 vols.), Putnam dc Sons, publishers
Adventures of Ulysses, ... l)y Charles Lamb
Tales from Shakespere, - - - by Charles Lamb
Stories from Greek Tragedians, - by Rev. A. jf. Church
The Golden Age. by yas. Baldzvin
Vvater Babies, . .... by Chas. Kingsley
^sop's Fables (without the moral explanations attached)
Swiss Family Robinson, '- -
The Lame Prince, - - - - - by Miss Miilock
Parables from Nature, ... by Margaret Gattey
Child Life, ' h' J- G. Whittier
Child's History of England, - - - by Chas, Dickens
Spinning Wheel Stories, - - - by Louise M. Alcott
Boyhood is pre-eminently the period of percep-
tion. Hence all books on scientific subjects are
helpful, if they are simple enough to aid the child in
seeing nature and her marvels. The mother should
be careful that the child does not rest in mere percep-
tion of the objects of nature, but that he compares
and classifies them, and, above all, that he is led to
trace a purpose in created things, in order that he
may learn " to look through nature up to nature's
God."
LIST OF children's BOOKS ON' SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS.
The Story Mother Nature Told, - - by Jane Andreivs
Child's Book of Nature (3 vols.) - by Worthington Hooper
Among the Stars, .... ly Agnes Gibertie
History of a Mouthful of Bread, - - by Jean Mace
Overhead, .... by Laura and Anna Moore
Life and Her Children, - - by Arabella Buckley
Winners in Life's Race, - - - by Arabella Buckley
Fairyland of Science, . - - by Arabella Buckley
Little Folks in Feathers and Furs, by Olive Thome Miller
Queer Pets,
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe, by Charlotte M. Tonge
Four Feet, Two Feet, and No Feet,
Odd Folks at Home, - - - - by C. L. Mateaux
Tenants of an Old Farm Yard, - - by McCook
Home Studies in Nature, . - . by Mary Treat
Many other valuable books might be added to
this list. However, a few good books are better
than many less good ones. It is well to lead a child
to the world's great books as soon as possible.
Enough have been given to show the kinds of books
which are not hurtful to children. Each book on
the above list has been personally inspected.
After all it is not so important what your child
reads as w^hat you read. If the father reads nothing
but the newspapers and the mother nothing but
novels, what then? Children are taught as much by
the general tone of conversation of their parents as
by the books they are given to read.
A LIST OF BOOKS HELPFUL TO MOTHERS AND TEACHERS IN
THEIR STUDY OF CHILD NATURE.
Mother-play and Nursery Song, - by Frederick Froehel
The Child, - - - by Madam Marenholtz von Bulovj
Household Education,
Levana,
Christian Nurture,
Conscious ^Motherhood,
Bits of Talk about Home Matters,
Reminiscences of Froebel, by Madain Marenholtz von Bidotv
The Children for Christ, - - by Rev. Andrexv Miirry
From the Cradle to the School, - - by Bertha Meyef
Gentle Measures in Training the Young, by Jacob Abbott
by Harriet Martineau
by Jean Paul Richter
by Horace Bushnell
by Emma Marwedel
by H. H.
Emil, - - - -
Leonard and Gertrude,
Hints on Early Education, -
For Boys, a Special Physiology,
For Girls, a Special Physiology,
by Jean Paul Rousseau
by Pestalozzi
Anonyjuous
by Mrs. E. R. Shepherd
by Mrs. E. R. Shepherd
LIST OF BOOKS HELPFUL TO MOTHERS AND TEACHERS
SCIENCE.
Steps in Scientific Knowledge,
History of a Mouthful of Bread,
Ministry of Nature,
Bible Teachings in Nature,
Sabbath in the Fields,
Elementary Book of Zoology,
Little Folks in Feathers and Furs,
The Geological Story Briefly Told,
Science Primer—Geology,
Science Primer—Botany,
- by Paul Bert
^y Jean Mace
by Hugh Mac7nillan
by Hugh Maonillan
by Hugh Macmillan
by Packard
by Olive Thome Miller
by Dana
by Archibald Geikie
by J. D. Hooker
Science Primer—Chemistry,
Fairy Land of Science,
Madame How and Lady Why,
Principles of Geology,
How Plants Grow,
How Plants Behave,
Child's Book of Nature,
Elementary Botany,
Revised Manual of Botany,
by H, E. Roscoe
by Arabella Buckley
by Chas. Kingsley .
by Lyell<
by Gray
by Gray
by Hooker
by Bessey
by Gray




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A List of Books For Children

This children\u27s story tell the life of Friedrich Froebel and how his care for a garden as a child relates to his idea of the Kindergarten as a place where a child could grow.https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/harrison-writings/1002/thumbnail.jp

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Ql lon<j time ago, ves t-vcn niovt- th:iii a hundred
/ vcars ago, thc-rc li\c'(l on c-r in (jLTiiiam, a littK-
hoy whose mamma liad (hod and '^onc to heaven,
and whose papa was a clergyman. Hut he was so
very busy that he had little or no time for this child.
The older brothers and sisters had been sent away
to school, so that this little boy, whose name was
Friedrich, liyed a very lonely life and he would wan-
der about the house with nothing to do. If he asked
his father any questions he was too busy to answer
iiini; and the servants about the place, were all so
much occupied with their work that they had no
spare time for Master Friedrich; even the new mam-
ma who came after awhile was soon so much occu-
pied with her own little baby that she could not
devote herself to Friedrich, and as he had few play-
things and did not know how to play with those he
had, he would sometimes stand for an hour at a time
and watch some stone masons, who were at work
across the street, building a new church. They
seemed such a happy set of workers that Friedrich
5
often wished that he might go over and help them
—
but of course he was only a Httle bo}-, and what
could a little boy do to help big men at work?
After a time Friedrich's big brother, Joseph, came
home from school for his vacation, and Friedrich told
him how very lonely he was and how he wished for
something to do. So this kind brother took the little
fellow out into the garden and showed him how he
could care for the plants and shrubs growing there;
how he could water and dig around them and so
help them to grow.
He also showed him the papa and mamma and
the little baby flowers, and how^ most of these flower
families lived in their beautiful homes which we call
blossoms.
Friedrich you may be sure was delighted to kiiow
all this; and also to feel that he could be of use to the
plants in his father's garden.
From this time he spent many happy hours in the
fresh air and sunshine, working in the garden, and
watching the beautiful blossoms unfold.
Year after year Friedrich grew taller and
stronger until he was old enough to be sent away
to school—when a dear, old uncle who was very
kind to him, took him to his home where he lived a
number of happy years—studying hard and learning
that which was helpful to him in after life.
By and by he grew to be a man, and people no
longer called him "Friedrich" but "Mr. Froebel." All
these years he had been watching little children
about him, and thinking and thinking, until at last
he made a great discovery.
What do you think it was? I will tell vou!
The wav to niakf little children happy!
lie had noticed that a certain kind of children
were always happy, no matter how poor they were,
or how hard thev had to work. And certain other
children were always unhappy, no matter
how rich they were, or how many people there were
who were tryinj^f to please them. Was it not a
»(rand discovery of his? think of it; Ikkl' to make
illI little children happy!
I wonder how many of yon wouhl like to kno\y
tlie>ecret? Well, this is it. He found that little
chiUIren who were kept busy workinj^ foi' someone,
or somethinj;- beside themselves, were always hapjn
,
and that little children who had nothing; to do, and no
one to work for except themselves, were always
unhappy. So said the jjood Friedrich Froebel: "I
will see what I can do to help keep little children
busy;" for he remembered how he used to lonj^; to
help the stone masons work; therefore he made little
scjuare and obloni; blocks for chihlren to use in build-
ing houses and churches and other thinj^s; then he
planned work with sticks and tablets and all that we
now have in our kinder«^artens. lie was a lon<^
time doinjij all this, for he had to think it all out l>y
himself; for not one jierson at that time had ever
thou'^ht of such thinjjs for little children.
While he was planninjj; and workinjj; for the chil-
dren of his nation, a j^reat \\ ar broke out, and the
kinj; of the country called for all the bravest of the
men, to come and help him drive the enemy out of
the land. Friedrich Froebel at once stopped all other
work, and joined the kin<^''s army. Many a lonj^
and w eary march he had, and many a ni'^ht was he
oblig-ed to sleep on the hard ground, with only his
army blanket over him.
But the stars looked down brightly upon him and
in his heart w^as the happy thought: "I am helping
to saye the country of the little children whom I am
some day going to teach."
So after all it was not so hard for him ; then too,
while he was in the army he met another noble-
hearted man named Middendorf, and as the two sat
together by their camp fire, or lay side by side on the
ground at night, Friedrich Froebel would talk to
Middendorf about his plans for little children, until
he said: "Let me come, too, and help you."
After the war was over, these two, dear, good men
worked many years together, never thinking of hav-
ing a good or even an easy time; but only of how
they could make the right kind of a school in which
to train little boys and girls to become happy and
useful, noble and unselfish.
This new kind of school Froebel called A K'uider-
gartoi—"for," said he, "it must be a place where
little children's hearts shall grow as lovely and beau-
tiful as are the most beautiful fiowers in any garden."
The word, Kindergarten, means child-garden, or
"where little children grow."
After Friedrich Froebel had taught this Kinder-
garten until he knew just how to do it in the right
way, he thought to himself, all the children every-
where ought to have just such training, and he called
to him some noble, true hearted women and said: "I
will teach you how to have Kindergartens, so you
may go out over all the world, and start them wher-
ever there are little children, and show them how to
l>c happs in l<)vin<^ and sct\ iii<^ others." "Oli dear,"
<"l)ut it will take such a loii<j time," was the reply, to
which dear Froebel smiled j^eiitly and said: "Yes, if
in three hundredyears after tny death my method of
education he established I shall rejoice in heaven."
So vou see, dear children, he was patient as well
as l()vin<^ and unsellish, ami now you know to whom
we owe our Kinderj^artens. All little children who
knew him loved him, and 1 think the children of all
time ou^jht to «^o on lovinj^ him— anil we can cele-
brate his birthday, aiul show how j^lad we are that
(jod let him come into the world, and sent to us,
throui^h him, such lovinj; thoughts for little children.
But this was not all he did, for he so loved the
whole world, that after he became an old man he
wr»)te a book full of rich, holv thoughts for mothers
called "The Mothers' I'lay and Nursery Song." In it
there are songs and pictures and music for mothers
to use with their little ones. No one has ever studied
this book rightlv that it has not made them love chil-
dren more.
So you see, we grown people have something for
which to be grateful to the dear Froeliel.
Hv and by when vou grow to be men and women,
you can show how much vou lo\ e him and thank him,
by making more Kindergartens for little children;
for the very best thing you can do for a little child is
to put him into a Kinilergarten where he will grow
lo\ ing and thoughtful of others, industrious anil will-
ing to help every one.
Just think how happy it will make you when you
meet dear Froebel in heaven, and you can tell him
that vou, too, tried to help little children to be noble.
10
FROEBEL'S BIRTHDAY SONG.
ORIGINAL—MISS ANNE HOFER.
I.
Sing, little birds, and tell the story,
Froebel's birthday is to-day;
Blow, gentle winds, the day's rich g\ory
And all the world keep holiday.
CJionis: We each bring a flower,
And build a bright bower.
We circle about and we sing;
As glad hearts are beating,
And sweet lips repeating:
Hurrah! for Froebel, our King!
II.
Froebel came to tell the sweetness
Planted in the childish heart;
Showed the world how just by loving
It would live and ne'er depart.
Chorus: We each bring a flower—
III.
Sing! oh sing, ye merry children.
Sing your blessings clear and sweet;
Thanking him who made vou cherish
And love the things beneath your feet.
Cliorits: We each bring a flower
—




The Story of Friedrich Froebel: Kindergarten Tales and Talks

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The Root of the Temperance Question

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Ten Lectures on Shakespeare

Program for the Chicago Kindergarten Club, 1889. Includes club leadership information, with Elizabeth Harrison listed as president, and also includes constitution and by-laws, membership lists, and department reports.https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/ckc-docs/1011/thumbnail.jp

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Chicago Kindergarten Club Program, 1889

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