MARCH 193 



LITERATURE 



The usual reading books are full of stories of the birds. 



Adaptations from Ruskin's Queen of the Air and Burrough's 

 books, notably Wake Robin, are possible. 



Little Brothers of the Air, Olive Thorne Miller, and Merriani's 

 Birds through an Opera Glass give suitable stories for children. 



Seaside and Wayside, No. II., has an interesting account of the 

 earthworm. 



Additional Stories and Myths : 



How the Robin Got his Red Breast, Indian Myth, Whittier. 

 The Unknown Land, Mrs. Gatty's Parables from Nature. 

 The Storks, Andersen. 



Birds of Killingworth, Longfellow's Tales of a AVayside Inn. 

 The Little Worm that was Glad to be Alive, Elizabeth Feabody, 

 Emilie Poulsson's In the Child's World. 



Easy Poems: 



Out of the Sky, 1 ^ t. ^ , i.n t •* 



rr., c. . Mrs. Dodge's When Life 



The Secret, [ . '' 



How the Birds Fii'st Learn to Sing, J ^' 



Birds' Thoughts, Emilie Poulsson's In the Child's World. 



Morning Song, Tennyson, from Sea Dreams. 



The Coming of Spring, 



Brother Robin, 



A Song of Spring, 



If Ever I See, Lydia Maria Child, j 



A Bird's Nest, J 



„.,.,',, I Walker's Songs and Games. 

 Birdie's Ball, J 



All the Birds Have Come Again, Eleanor Smith's Songs for Little 



Children. 



If the Bluebirds Bloomed, St. Nicholas Songs. 



More Difficult Poems: 



Sir Robin, I Lucy Larcom. 



Sister and Blue Bird, J 



\ Lovejoy's Nature in Verse. 



