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No book is better for introducing children ages 6 to 9 to legendary historical figures than this collection of stories admirably retold by James Baldwin at the beginning of the last century. Selecting the best of our literary heritage, Baldwin cast it into a form that delights... Read Full Overview

James Baldwin's Fifty Famous Stories Retold is a classic collection of historical, legendary, and moral tales for young readers. Written in clear, direct prose, these brief stories introduce children to memorable figures and episodes from history, folklore,... Read Full Overview

An unabridged, digitally enlarged edition with modern typeface and all original illustrations - an excellent introduction to classic literature and legendary historical figures and historic episodes.

James Baldwin's Fifty Famous Stories Retold is a classic collection of historical, legendary, and moral tales for young readers. Written in clear, direct prose, these brief stories introduce children to memorable figures and episodes from history, folklore,... Read Full Overview

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin.No book is better at introducing children ages 6 to 9 to legendary historical figures than this collection of stories admirably told by James Baldwin at the... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

"Fifty interesting short stories including Diogenes the Wise Man, Alexander and Bucephalus, Socrates and His House, Julius Cesar, The Blind Men and the Elephant, A Story of Robin Hood, Sir Walter Raleigh, Pocahontas, The King and his Hawk, Casablanca, A Story of William Tell,... Read Full Overview

Legendary tales of the lives of famous people and historic episodes. Of these fifty stories, some have historical value, some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths, and others are intended only to amuse. A few of these stories are from very ancient sources... Read Full Overview