Moral Tales for Children From McGuffey's Readers: Poor Davy
It was recess time at the village school. The bell had rung, and the children had run out into the bright sunshine, wild with laughter and fun.
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It was recess time at the village school. The bell had rung, and the children had run out into the bright sunshine, wild with laughter and fun.
Nepal – Coping up with the National Crises
This is the third instalment in our McGuffey Readers series, in which we reproduce some of the best moral tales from the classic 1800s schoolbooks.
10/3/2008: Long has lived the immortal poem Paul Revere’s Ride. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s words have been memorized by school children across the country; memorized by reluctant school children perhaps, but remembered all the same. The poem conjures visions of desperation as America took its first steps towards independence from King George and Great Britain’s unjust taxation. It tells of the heroics of our first patriots as they fought the feared ‘redcoat’ soldiers in their fields and their towns. And none of it has anything to do with North Dakota; well not necessarily.
This is the second instalment in our McGuffey Readers series, in which we reproduce some of the best ...