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Enchanted Isles {#5}

Record Added: 1/26/2010
Author 
Illustrator 
Series Treasury of Literature #5
Topic ABC's, 123's, School Read
 Collection of Stories
Publisher Charles E Merrill Books
Year 1954
Age 4-8   Pages 360
Description Green printed binding
 
Over 300 pages of stories and poems that improve kids reading skills. Contents include:
  • Little Georgie Sings a Song 
  • Frosty's Surprise 
  • Papa Takes Over 
  • Duff Strikes Back 
  • The Cat and the Bear 
  • Troubles with a Penguin 
  • The Old Woman and the Tiger 
  • Knute, the Ginat Bullsnake 
  • Dr. Dolittle and the Pushme-Pullyou 
  • About Elizabeth Eliza's Piano 
  • Jummy Takes Vanishing Lessons 
  • Master of All Masters 
  • The Apple and the Arrow 
  • The Elephant's Child 
  • The Second Voyagle of Sinbad the Sailor 
  • The Ugly Duckling 
  • The Shark 
  • At the Grandfather's House 
  • An Iceland Christmas 
  • Jiya Makes a Choice 
  • Riding the Pony Express 
  • The Shindig 
  • Texas Trains and Trails 
  • The Blizzard (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
  • Whitey and Jinglebob 
  • There was an Old man Who said "How"! Edward Lear
  • There was an Old Man on the Border 
  • There Once was a Man of Calcutta 
  • There was a Young Lady of Niger 
  • The Puzzled Centipede 
  • The Lion 
  • The Melancholy Pig 
  • The Pirate Don Dirk of Dowdee 
  • Water Noises 
  • Dust of Snow 
  • Song for a Little House 
  • The Horseshoe 
  • Lonesome Train 
  • Silver Ships 
  • Old Quin Queeribus 
  • Tillie 
  • Autumn (Emily Dickenson)
  • Snow 
  • Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost)
  • Duck's Ditty (Kenneth Graham)
  • Swift Things are Beautiful 
  • Dogs and Weather 
  • April Rain 
  • The Day Before April 
  • Comparison 
  • The Mist and All 
  • November Night 
  • The Cat and the Broom 
  • The Raggle, Taggle Gypsies 
  • The Cowboy's Life 
  • Whoopee Ti Yi Yo 
  • Faith, I Wish I Were a Leprechaun 
  • Dick Whittington and His Cat 
  • Andy Stands Guard 
  • Peregrine White and Virginia Dare 
  • The Boy Who Loved Tools 
  • The President's Whiskers 
  • Abraham Lincoln 
  • Citronella Weather 
  • The Middle Bear 
  • Locked In 
  • Winner Take a Mule
Notes
Includes contributions by Mel Crawford, Robert Lawson (Rabbit Hill), Rudyard Kipling, Hans C. Anderson, Kurt Wiese, Johanna Spyri, Pearl Buck, Laura I. Wilder, Edward Lear, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Kenneth Grahame, Margaret Ritter.

Titles in Series:
1. [Grade 1] Merry-Go-Round  {*}
2. [Grade 2] Happiness Hill  {*}
3. [Grade 3] Treat Shop  {*}
4. [Grade 4] Magic Carpet  {*}
5. [Grade 5] Enchanted Isles  {*}
6. [Grade 6] Adventure Lands  {*}

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