The Norton Anthology or Children's Literature THE TRADITIONS IN ENGLISH SUB Gottingen 217 865 054 2005 A 11472 Jack Zipes, General Editor UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Lissa Paul, Associate General Editor UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK Lynne Vallone, Associate General Editor TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Peter Hunt CARDIFF UNIVERSITY Gillian Avery W • W • NORTON & COMPANY • New York • London*
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The Norton Anthologyor Children's Literature
THE TRADITIONS IN ENGLISHSUB Gottingen217 865 054
2005 A 11472
Jack Zipes, General EditorUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Lissa Paul, Associate General EditorUNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK
Lynne Vallone, Associate General EditorTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Peter HuntCARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Gillian Avery
W • W • NORTON & COMPANY • New York • London*
Contents
PREFACE XXV
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXXV
ALPHABETS
Introduction 1
JOHANN AMOS COMENIUS (1592-1670) 7From Orbis Pictus 8
The Childes Guide (1667) 9In Adams Fall 9
A Little Book for Children (ca. 1705) 10A Was an Archer 11
The Picture Alphabet (ca. 1830) 11A Was an Archer 12
The Instructive Alphabet (1814) 19At Early Dawn 19
The Child's New Play-Thing (1742) 20A Was an Apple-Pie 20
KATE GREENAWAY (1846-1901) 21From A Apple Pie 22
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) 24The Absolutely Abstemious Ass 24
DR. SEUSS [Theodor Seuss Geisel] (1904-1991) 27From Dr. Seuss's ABC 28
ALICE PROVENSEN (b. 1918) and MARTIN PROVENSEN (1916-1987) 30A Peaceable Kingdom 30
The Shaker Abecedarius 30
CHAPBOOKS
Introduction 33
Tom Thumb (ca. 1790-1810) 37
Jack the Giant Killer (ca. 1845-50) 47
The History of Goody Two-Shoes (ca. 1800) 50
Children in the Wood (ca. 1800) 57
The History of Sir Richard Whittington and His Cat (ca. 1840) 61
The Art of Making Money Plenty (1817) 70
The New-York Cries (1826) 73
PRIMERS AND READERS
Introduction 75
The New-England Primer (ca. 1690) 87
From A Little Pretty Pocket-Book (1744) 129
ANNA LAETITIA BARBAULD (1743-1825) 134From Lessons for Children 136
New Canadian Readers (1881-1901) 139A First Reader 140
Preface 140Chicken Little 140
Fun with Dick and Jane (1940) 142Jane Helps 143
ARNOLD LOBEL (1933-1987) 144Frog and Toad Are Friends 145
JON SCIESZKA (b. 1954); illustrator LANE SMITH (b. 1959)From The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales C32
COMICS
Introduction 1099
From Funny Folks (1887) 1104
From Impossible Adventures (ca. 1888) 1105
RICHARD F. OUTCAULT (1863-1928)From The Yellow Kid, No. 1 (1897) 1106
WINSOR McCAY (1869-1934)From Little Nemo in Slumberland (1908) 1107
From The Funnies, No. 1 (1929) 1108
HERGE [GEORGES REMI] (1907-1993)From Tintin in the Land of the Soviets 1109From Tintin in America 1110
WALT DISNEY (1901-1966) and FLOYD GOTTFREDSON (1905-1986)From Mickey Mouse and the Pirate Submarine (1935) 1111
CONTENTS
JOE SHUSTER (1914-1992); text by JERRY SIEGEL (1914-1996)From Action Comics, No. 1 (1938) 1111
FRANK HAMPSON (1918-1985)From Eagle, No. 1 (1950) 1112
ALBERT UDERZO (b. 1927); text by RENE GOSCINNY (1926-1977)From Asterix in Britain (1966) 1113
MARVEL COMICS
From The Hulk (1982) 1114From The Life of Pope John Paul II (1982) 1115
VERSE
Introduction 1117
LULLABIES AND BABY SONGS 1132
All the Pretty Little Horses 1133Go to Sleepy, Little Baby 1133[A Baby Song] 1133Rocky Bye Baby 1133[Bye, O my baby] 1133[Baby, baby, naughty baby] 1134[Baby and I] 1134[Bye, baby bunting] 1134[Hush-a-bye, baby] 1134[Hush-a-ba, babie, lie still] 1134[Hush-a-bye, lie still and sleep] 1134
Cradle Song 1135[Hush-a-bye a baa-lamb] 1135[Norwegian Lullaby] 1135Raisins and Almonds 1135All Through the Night 1135[He'll toil for thee] 1135The Little Orphan (Robert Elice) 1136Lullaby of a Female Convict to Her Child
(Henry Kirke White) 1136[Sleep, baby, sleep] (Robert Ellice) 1137Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (Eugene
Field) 1137
NURSERY VERSE 1138
[How many days has my baby toplay?] 1139
[Jeremiah, blow the fire] 1139[Daffy-Down-Dilly] 1139[Lavender's blue] 1139[Ride a cock-horse] 1139[Baa, baa, black sheep] 1140[Little Bo-peep] 1140[Little boy blue] 1141[Three blind mice] 1141[Four and twenty tailors] 1141[There was an owl] 1142[Dickery, dickery, dare] 1142
[The man in the moon] 1142[Pease porridge hot] 1142[Hey diddle diddle] 1143[Jack and Jill] 1143[Little Jack Homer] 1143[There was an old woman called Nothing-
at-all] 1144[There was an old woman / And nothing
she had] 1144[There was an old woman who lived in a
shoe] 1144[Poor old Robinson Crusoe!] 1145[For want of a nail] 1145
[One fine day in the middle of the [Three Wise Men of Gotham] 1146 xvunight] 1145 [Miss Buss and Miss Beale] 1146
[Doctor Faustus was a good man] 1145 [I'll tell you a story] 1146 CONTENTS[Blessed be the memory] 1145 [Wee Willie Winkie] 1147
RIDDLES AND WORDPLAY 1147
[Riddle me, riddle me ree] 1147[Hyder iddle diddle dell] 1147
JOHN COTTON (1925-2003) 1148Totleigh Riddles 1148
Texts and Contexts: TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR 1149
JANE TAYLOR (1783-1824)The Star 1150
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898)[Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat] 1150
UNK WHITE (1900-1986)Twinkle, Twinkle, Southern Cross (folk version) 1151
Ringo, Ringo, Ringo Starr (American folk version) 1151
JOHN AGARD (b. 1949)Twinkle Twinkle Firefly (Caribbean version) 1151
PLAYGROUND VERSE 1152
[How many miles to Babylon?] 1152[Ear-r-r-r-r-ly in the morning] 1152[Down to the carpet you must go] 1153[Shortenin'bread] 1153[Little Sally Water] 1153[Little Sally Walker] 1153[All hid?] 1154
NONSENSE 1154
EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) 1154The Owl and the Pussy-cat 1155Thejumblies 1156
LEWIS CARROLL (1832-1898) 1157How doth the little crocodile 1158Tis the voice of the Lobster 1158Jabberwocky 1158
NANCY WILLARD (b. 1936)William Blake's Inn for Innocent and Experienced TravelersThe Wise Cow Makes Way, Room, and Believe 1160Blake Leads a Walk on the Milky Way 1160
11591160
MARGARET MAHY (b. 1936)17 Kings and 42 Elephants 1161
1161
POETRY COLLECTIONS 1162
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI (1830-1894)Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book 1164
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894)
1163
1180
A Child's Garden of Verses 1181
1181
118211831183
To Alison CunninghamBed in Summer 1182A Thought 1182At the Seaside 1182Young Night ThoughtWhole Duty of ChildrenRain 1182Pirate StoryForeign LandsWindy NightsTravels 1183Singing 1184Looking Forward 1184A Good Play 1184Where Go the Boats? 1184Auntie's Skirts 1184The Land of CounterpaneThe Island of Nod 1185My Shadow 1185System 1186A Good Boy 1186Escape at Bedtime 1186Marching Song 1187The Cow 1187Happy Thought 1187The Wind 1187Keepsake Mill 1187Good and Bad ChildrenForeign Children 1188The Sun's Travels 1188The Lamplight 1189My Bed Is a Boat 1189The Swing 1189The Moon 1189
11821182
1185
1188
Time to Rise 1190Fairy Bread 1190Looking-Glass River 1190From a Railway Carriage 1190Winter-Time 1190The Hayloft 1191Farewell to the Farm 1191North-West Passage 1191
The Child Alone 1192The Unseen Playmate 1192My Ship and I 1192My Kingdom 1192Picture Books in Winter 1193My Treasures 1193Block City 1194The Land of Story-Books 1194Armies in the Fire 1194The Little Land 1195
Garden Days 1195Night and Day 1195Nest Eggs 1196The Flowers 1197Summer Sun 1197The Dumb Soldier 1197Autumn Fires 1198The Gardener 1198Historical Associations 1198
Envoys 1199To Willie and Henrietta 1199To My Mother 1199To Auntie 1199To Minnie 1199To My Name-Child 1200To Any Reader 1200
WALTER DE LA MARE (1873-1956)
Peacock Pie 1202
1201
CONTENTS
The Horseman 1202Alas, Alack! 1202Tired Tim 1202Mima 1202The Huntsman 1202The Bandog 1202ICan'tAbear 1203The Dunce 1203Chicken 1203Some One 1203Bread and Cherries 1203Old Shellover 1204Hapless 1204The Little Bird 1204Mr. Alacadacca 1204Not I! 1204Cake and Sack 1205Groat nor Tester 1205The Ship of Rio 1205Tillie 1205Jim Jay 1206Up and Down 1206MissT. 1206The Cupboard 1206The Barber's 1207Hide and Seek 1207Mrs. Earth 1207Then 1207The Window 1207Poor Henry 1208Full Moon 1208The Bookman 1208The Quartette 1208Mistletoe 1208The Lost Shoe 1209The Truants 1209The Sea Boy 1210Must and May 1210Berries 1210Off the Ground 1211The Thief at Robin's Gate 1212A Widow's Weeds 1214'Sooeep?' 1214Mrs. MacQueen 1215The Little Green Orchard 1215Poor'Miss 7' 1215Sam 1216
Andy Battle's and Nod's Song 1216Late 1217The Old Soldier 1217The Picture 1217The Little Old Cupid 1218King David 1218The Penny Owing 1218Kings and Queens 1218The Old House 1219Unstooping 1219All But Blind 1219Nicholas Nye 1219The Pigs and the Charcoal-
Burner 1220Five Eyes 1220Tit for Tat 1220Earth Folk 1221Grim 1221Summer Evening 1221AttheKeyhoId 1221The Old Stone House 1221The Ruin 1221The Ride-by-Nights 1222Peak and Puke 1222The Changeling 1222The Mocking Fairy 1222The Honey Robbers 1223Longlegs 1223Bewitched 1223Melmillo 1224Trees 1224Silver 1224Nobody Knows 1225Will Ever? 1225Wanderers 1225ManyaMickle 1225Snow 1226The Horseman 1226The Song and the Secret 1226The Song of Soldiers 1226The Bees' Song 1227The Song of Enchantment 1227Dream-Song 1227The Song of Shadows 1228The Song of the Mad Prince 1228The Song of 'Finis' 1228
ROBERT GRAVES (1895-1985) 1229
The Penny Fiddle 1230Allie 1230Robinson Crusoe 1230The Six Badgers 1231One Hard Look 1231Jock o' Binnorie 1231What Did I Dream? 1231Lift-Boy 1232Henry and Mary 1232Dicky 1231Love Without Hope 1233The Hills of May 1233
The Penny Fiddle 1230
In the Wilderness 1233'The General Elliott' 1234Vain and Careless 1234The Forbidden Play 1234The Bedpost 1235The Well-dressed Children 1236The Magical Picture 1236The Alice Jean 1237A Boy in Church 1237How and Why 1238Warning to Children 1238
RANDALL JARRELL (1914-1965) 1239
The Bat-Poet 1240
CHARLES CAUSLEY (1917-2003) 1253
Early in the Morning: A Collection of New Poems 1254Early in the Morning 1254I Went to Santa Barbara 1254John Clark 1254Spin Me a Web, Spider 1254Tommy Hyde 1255One for the Man 1255Mrs McPhee 1255There Was an Old Woman 1256Daniel Brent 1256Freddie Phipps 1256Charity Chadder 1257Jeremiah 1257High on the Wall 1257Wilbur 1257My Cat Plumduff 1257The Owl Looked out of the Ivy
Bush 1258Ring Dove 1258Baby, Baby 1258At Linkinhorne 1259In My Garden 1259Foxglove 1260
LUCILLE CLIFTON (b. 1936)
Stone in the Water 1260Round the Corner Comes Jack
Fall 1261Said the Clown 1261Janny Jim Jan 1262Mistletoe 1262Balloono 1262Take Me to the Water Fair 1262Rebekah 1263Nicholas Naylor 1263John, John the Baptist 1263Tell, Tell the Bees 1263Johnny Come over the Water 1264I Love My Darling Tractor 1264Let's God Ride 1264Here's the Reverend Rundle 1265The Money Came in, Came in 1265Good Morning, Mr Croco-doco-
dile 1266When I Was a Boy 1266I Am the Song 1266
1267
1268
Monday Morning GoodMorning 1268
Tuesday All Day Rain 1268Wednesday Noon AdventureThursday Evening 1268
Some of the Days of Everett Anderson
Friday Waiting for Mom 1269Friday Mom Is Home Payday 1269Saturday Night Late 1269Sunday Morning Lonely 1269Sunday Night Good 1270
1268
PAT MORA (b. 1942) 1270
Confetti: Poems for Children 1271 CONTENTS
Sun Song 1271Colors Crackle, Colors RoarPurple Snake 1271Can I, Can I Catch the WindCloud Dragons 1271Castanet Clicks 1272Mexican Magician 1272
MARILYN NELSON (b. 1946)
Leaf Soup 12721271 I Hear, I Hear 1272
Dancing Paper 12731271 Abuelita's Lap 1273
Words Free As Confetti 1273River Voice 1273
1274
Carver: A Life in Poems 1275
Out of "Slave's Ransom" 1275Prayer of the Ivory-Handled
Knife 1276Washboard Wizard 1276A Ship Without a Rudder 1277Curve-Breaker 1277My People 1277From an Alabama Farmer 1278The Sweet-Hearts 1278
GRACE NICHOLS (b. 1950)
1279The Joy of SewingVeil-Raisers 1279How a Dream Dies 1280The Wild Garden 1280Professor Carver's Bible ClassFriends in the Klan 1281Driving Dr. Carver 1281Baby Carver 1282Last Talk with Jim Hardwick
1281
1282
1283
Come on into my Tropical Garden 1284
Come on into My TropicalGarden 1284
Alligator 1284I Like to Stay Up 1284They Were My People 1285Poor Grandma 1285Riddle 1285Granny Granny Please Comb My
Hair 1285My Cousin Melda 1286Wha Me Mudder Do 1286The Fastest Belt in Town 1286Moody Mister Sometimish 1287Mango 1287Banana Man 1287
Drinking Water-coconut 1288Early Country Village Morning 1288The Sun 1288Sky 1288I Am the Rain 1288Lizard 1289Dinosaurs 1289Cow's Complaint 1289Old Man's Weary thoughts 1289I'm a Parrot 1290Parakeets 1290Doctor Blair 1290For Forest 1290Sea Timeless Song 1291Crab Dance 1291
PLAYS
Introduction
J. M. BARRIE (1860-1937)Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
1293
13001301
CONTENTS
BARBARA FIELD (b. 1933) 1356A Christmas Carol 1357
LAURENCE YEP (b. 1948) 1389Dragonwings 1390
BOOKS OF INSTRUCTION
Introduction 1415
CONDUCT BOOKS FOR BOYS 1425
From The Father's Legacy; or, Faithful Counsels of a Good Fatherto His Children and Friends (1678) 1427
JOHN BARNARD (1685-1764) 1428From A Present for an Apprentice; or, A Sure Guide to Gain Both Esteem
and an Estate 1428
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD (1694-1773) 1430Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son 1430
Awkwardness of Different Kinds 1430Bashfulness 1431Matrimony 1432
CONDUCT BOOKS FOR GIRLS 1432
Duties of a Lady's Maid (1825) 1433Familiarity with Superiors 1433Stays and Corsets 1435Padding, Bandaging, &c. to Improve the Figure 1438
MINNA THOMAS ANTRIM (b. 1861) 1441Don't's for Girls: A Manual of Mistakes 1441
DORA LANGLOIS ' 1442The Child: A Mother's Advice to Her Daughters 1443
ROBERT BADEN-POWELL (1857-1941) 1460From Rovering to Success: A Book of Life-Sport for Young Men 1461
ROBIE H. HARRIS (b. 1940); illustrator MICHAEL EMBERLEY (b. 1960) 1480From It's Perfectly Normal 1482
The Bird and the Bee 1482Lots of Questions: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health 1483
LIFE WRITINGCONTENTS
Introduction 1485
From Facts to Correct Fancies; or, Short Narratives compiled fromthe Biography of Remarkable Women, written for children,by a Mother (1840) 1491
CLARA L. BALFOUR (1808-1878) 1496Women Worth Emulating 1496
Chapter III. Miss Caroline Herschel 1496
CHARLOTTE MARYYONGE (1823-1901) 1505A Book of Golden Deeds of All Times and All Lands 1506
What Is a Golden Deed? 1506Fathers and Sons (1642-1798) 1510
THE BROWNIES'BOOK (1920-1921) 1516Benjamin Banneker 1518America's First Martyr-Patriot (Crispus Attucks) 1521The Story of Phillis Wheatley 1524"The Bravest of the Brave" (Elizabeth Blakesley) 1527The Story of Harriet Tubman 1529
15311532
ANNE FRANK (1929-1945)The Diary
JulyJulyJan.Feb.Feb.Aug.
11,
11,2, 112,23,1,
of a Young Girl1942 15321943 1533
[944 1534, 1944 1535, 1944 15351944 1536
JEAN FRITZ (b. 1915) 1538Homesick: My Own Story 1539
MILTON MELTZER (b. 1915) 1606Benjamin Franklin: The New American 1607
Chapter 6. Improve Yourself, Improve Your Community 1607Chapter 7. Inventor and Scientist 1612Chapter 8. Disarming the Clouds of Heaven 1618
ADVENTURE STORIES
Introduction 1623
DANIEL DEFOE (ca. 1660-1731) 1633The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (children's version, 1823) 1634
^ ERNEST THOMPSON SETON (1860-1946) 1644CONTENTS Raggylug: The Story of a Cottontail Rabbit 1645
A. A. MILNE (1882-1956) 1658Winnie-the Pooh 1659
Chapter VIII. In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotitionto the North Pole 1659
SHANNON GARST (1894-1981) 1665James Bowie and His Famous Knife 1666
E. L. KONIGSBURG (b. 1930) 1745From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1746
SCHOOL STORIES
Introduction 1805
SARAH FIELDING (1710-1768) 1817From The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy 1818
THOMAS HUGHES (1822-1896) 1833Tom Brown's Schooldays 1835
Chapter V. Rugby and Football 1835Chapter VI. After the Match 1848
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936) 1858Stalky & Co. 1859
An Unsavory Interlude 1859
EVELYN SHARP (1869-1955) 1875In School 1876
ELEANOR ESTES (1906-1988) 1906The Hundred Dresses 1907