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Fifty Famous Stories Retold

Fifty Famous Stories Retold

Baldwin, James

Paperback

Series: Children's Classics, Book 41

General Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN10: 1537606174
ISBN13: 9781537606170
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 10 2016
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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A good book to introduce younger kids (around 6 to 11years old) to stories that every child should know. A wonderful collection of of English folk tales about kings, knights, Robin Hood, Spartans, etc.. The stories are short but packed with information.

Quick, enjoyable read mixing real history, myth and legend, and wisdom to be gleaned from both.

A nice collection of 50 tales which have actually been related to many for generations! Definitely could help and entertain young child.

A Gem from the Book (Excerpt):

A LACONIC ANSWER

Many miles beyond Rome there was a famous country which we call Greece. The people of Greece were not united like the Romans; but instead there were several states, each of which had its own rulers.

Some of the people in the southern part of the country were called Spartans, and they were noted for their simple habits and their bravery. The name of their land was Laco nia, and so they were sometimes called Lacons.

One of the strange rules which the Spartans had, was that they should speak briefly, and never use more words than were needed. And so a short answer is often spoken of as being _laconic_; that is, as being such an answer as a Lacon would be likely to give.

There was in the northern part of Greece a land called Mac edon; and this land was at one time ruled over by a warlike king named Philip.

Philip of Macedon wanted to become the master of all Greece. So he raised a great army, and made war upon the other states, until nearly all of them were forced to call him their king. Then he sent a letter to the Spartans in Laconia, and said, If I go down into your country, I will level your great city to the ground.

In a few days, an answer was brought back to him. When he opened the letter, he found only one word written there.

That word was IF.

It was as much as to say, We are not afraid of you so long as the little word 'if' stands in your way.

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