PDF Books in Stories For Kids
Two-Legs
by Carl EwaldOnce upon a time, ever so many years ago, Truth suddenly vanished from out of the world. When people perceived this, they were greatly alarmed and at once sent five wise men in search of it. They set out, one in this direction and one in that, all plentifully equipped with travelling-expenses and good intentions. They sought for ten long years. The..
Shen of the Sea - A Book for Children
by Arthur Bowie ChrismanShen of the sea: Chinese stories for children written by Arthur Bowie Chrisman.Ah Mee's inventionShen of the seaHow wise were the old menChop-sticksBuy a fatherFour generalsThe Rain King's daughterMany wivesThat lazy Ah FunThe Moon MaidenAh Tcha the sleeperI wish it would rainHigh as Han HsinContrary Chueh ChunPies of the princessAs Hai Low ke..
Billy Mink
by Thornton W. BurgessOf all the little people in the Green Forest there is none with sharper eyes and keener wits than Billy Mink. Nothing goes on along the Laughing Brook, from where it starts in the Green Forest to where it joins the Big River, that Billy Mink doesn’t know about. Billy is a great traveler. He is so full of life and energy that he cannot keep still ve..
Charlie and His Puppy Bingo
by Helen HillThe authors have made every effort to write these little stories in language that will be intelligible to very little children. They have observed that it is much easier to hold a small child’s attention when telling stories, rather than when reading them aloud. So they have tried to put these stories in informal English, using frequent repetitions..
Harry Fenimore's Principles
by Isabel Thompson HopkinsOutside the city limits the country was glowing with garnet and gold, but within the boundary of walls and pavements, only here and there a solitary tree, or a vine trailing over a balcony, showed what October had been doing, and now the short autumn twilight was drawing its gray veil over even those. But nothing daunted, and as if determined to ke..
Our Little Tot’s Own Book
by AnonymousOne of my pet playhouses was an old stump, out in the pasture. Such a dear, old stump as it was, and so large I could not put my arms more than half way round it! Some of its roots were partly bare of earth for quite a little distance from the stump, and between these roots were great green velvety moss cushions.On the side, above the largest moss ..
The Story of a Needle
by A. L. O. E. (A Lady of England)I REALLY can say nothing of my earliest days except from report. I have heard, but I can hardly believe it, that I was once part of a rough mass of iron ore, that had lain for ages in a dark mine in Cornwall; that I was dug out, and put into a huge furnace, and heated till I became red-hot, and melted; that I was made into part of an iron bar, and ..
The Adventures of Peterkin
by Gilbert W. GabrielThen, suddenly, the terrible thing happened! The thing that Peterkin had feared so many years! SNAP! went the stem of Peterkin’s Pumperkin—off the vine, out of the patch—free, anchorless, guideless! And away and away rolled the pumpkin house—down the bumpy field, across the ditch, through the brook, to the top of a steep hill. Then away and away, d..