The Night Before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And […]

Snow

    Little white feathers, filling the air — Little white feathers! how came ye there? We came from the cloud-birds sailing so high; They’re shaking their white wings up in the sky. Little white feathers, how swift you go! Little white feathers, I love you so! We are swift because we have work to […]

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

THE Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea. In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar: “O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are!” Pussy […]

Little Hansworst

A Story Of The Dutch Puppet Show ANSWORST is a funny little fellow. Come, I shall tell you his story. Once in old days in Holland, a merry little bird laid a merry little egg in a merry little nest in a merry little bush. By and by there came a tipping, a tapping and […]

The Sheep and the Pig That Made a Home

A Norse Folk Tale ONCE upon a time there was a Sheep, and he started out into the world to build himself a home. First he went to the Pig and he said:“There is nothing like having a home of your own. If you are of my way of thinking, we will go into the […]

Nurse´s Song

By William Blake* WHEN the voices of children are heard on the green, And laughing is heard on the hill, My heart is at rest within my breast, And everything else is still. “Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, And the dews of the night arise; Come, come, leave off play, […]

The Bow that Bridges Heaven

By Christina G. Rossetti   BOATS sail on the rivers, And ships sail on the seas, But clouds that sail across the skies Are prettier than these. There are bridges in the river, As pretty as you please, But the bow that bridges heaven And overtops the trees, And builds a roof from earth to […]

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

By Beatrix Potter ONCE upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-Tail, and Peter. They lived with their mother in a sandbank, under¬neath the root of a very big fir tree. “Now, my dears,” said Mrs. Rabbit one morning, “you may go into the fields or down the lane, but […]

The Lion and the Mouse

By Adapted From Aesop ONCE a great big Lion lay fast asleep in the woods. By-and-by a Mouse came along, a little teeny, tiny Mouse. Now the Lion was lying so still, the Mouse thought he was only a big heap of dried brown grass. So the Mouse began scampering around up and down on […]

Shingebiss, A Chippewa Indian Tale

IN HIS lodge on the shores of Lake Huron lived little brown duck, Shingebiss. When the fierce North Wind swept down from the glittering Land of Snow, four great logs for firewood had little brown duck, Shingebiss. Brave and cheery was Shingebiss. No matter how the North Wind raged, he waddled out across the ice […]