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Fifty Famous Stories Retold: Classic Historical and Legendary Tales for Young Readers
Paperback
Fairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile FictionHistory
ISBN13: 9781604595185
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Nov 15 2008
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.09 Depth: 9.13
Language: English
James Baldwin's Fifty Famous Stories Retold is a classic collection of historical, legendary, and moral tales for young readers. Written in clear, direct prose, these brief stories introduce children to memorable figures and episodes from history, folklore, and tradition: kings, soldiers, heroes, thinkers, patriots, artists, and ordinary people remembered for courage, wit, loyalty, kindness, wisdom, or sacrifice. Baldwin's aim was not merely to entertain, but to give young readers a first acquaintance with stories that have echoed through literature and common culture for generations.
First published in 1896, Fifty Famous Stories Retold became a widely used children's reader, valued by families, teachers, and schools for its simple style and broad range of subjects. The collection includes tales associated with Alfred the Great, King Canute, William Tell, Bruce and the Spider, George Washington, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Diogenes, Sir Walter Raleigh, and many others. Each story is short enough for young readers, read-aloud sessions, classroom use, or family study, while still opening the door to history, legend, biography, and classic literature.
This SMK Books edition presents an enduring work of classic children's literature for readers interested in historical stories, folklore, moral tales, homeschool reading, classical education, character education, and early introductions to the great stories of Western tradition. Fifty Famous Stories Retold remains useful because it gives children what good storybooks have always given them: memorable examples of courage, cleverness, generosity, honour, perseverance, and human character.
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