This third edition of From Instruction to Delight contains a rich survey of children's literature from a time period spanning the middle ages to the mid-nineteenth century. The selections represent a remarkable variety of literary forms, including Latin colloquies, Puritan cautionary tales,gentle Christian lyrics, and nonsense ditties - many of them accompanied by their original illustrations. Editor Patricia Demers draws on an ever-growing body of scholarship devoted to children's literature to place each selection in the context of its era. Several selections are new to thisedition, including some of Chaucer's writings for children, more early Canadiana, and the full text of Sharpe's Puss in Boots with its original illustrations.

A collection of traditional children's nursery rhymes, fables, Bible stories, proverbs, and fairy tales.

A tribute to more than 350 years of literary works features the fables, alphabet stories, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, and illustrations of 170 authors and artists, in a slipcased volume that includes discussions on the cultural contexts of children's literature as well as author annotations and bibliographies. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Accompanied by artwork from such noted illustrators as Quentin Blake, Lane Smith, and Raymond Briggs, an exceptional collection, delving into the unique world of the legendary author, features stories, memoirs, poetry, and letters. Original.

A bewitching collection of stories, poems, and snippits of faerie lore from Britain and Ireland introduces children to all kinds of faeries, including elves, pixies, leprechauns, and hobgoblins.

When Spring arrives, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends are ready for fun adventures in the warm sun where they will pick flowers and play in the woods all day long, in a beautifully illustrated, seasonal gift book featuring the classic Pooh characters.

Offers a collection of contemporary and traditional tales and verses, divided into such areas as 'Teddy Bear Tales,' 'Fairy Tales,' 'Animal Tales,' 'A Christmas Treasury,' and 'Nursery Rhymes'

Product Description: Teach the basics of astronomical and space science using lively retellings of traditional folktales and quality children's literature. Reproducible activities and project ideas that meet NSTA standards combine stories and facts with language arts, math, science, art, and music, using the multiple intelligences approach...read more

Product Description: Teach the basics of astronomical and space science using lively retellings of traditional folktales and quality children's literature. Reproducible activities and project ideas that meet NSTA standards combine stories and facts with language arts, math, science, art, and music, using the multiple intelligences approach...read more

Presenting a season-appropriate story for every day of the year, a treasury of child-friendly tales and poems is filled with fun and often imaginary characters and is illustrated with jaunty full-color pictures.

A magical, whimsical, and hugely entertaining collection of poetry and prose captures such unusual characters as the ghost of Uncle Joe, who died but refuses to leave, and Paper Boy, made entirely out of paper, who reads himself to sleep every night.

Six miniature editions of classic children's books, housed in slotted shelves inside a foldout case designed to resemble a cupboard.

An essay, two poems, and seven tales about the most famous of Ireland's 'wee folk.'

A collection of poems interspersed with stories about fairies, elves, gnomes, and other magical creatures

An anthology of poetry and prose read by and to children from the Middle Ages to the mid-nineteenth century, including familiar as well as little-known examples from each period. (view table of contents)

Presents reproductions of a variety of early 19th-century children's books including rhymed alphabets, nursery rhymes, a pictorial grammar, limericks, and nonsense rhymes.

Selections from five of Kate Greenaway's most famous books: 'A Apple Pie,' 'Book of Games,' 'Marigold Garden,' 'Mother Goose,' and 'Under the Window.'