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Collier's Junior Classics in Your Own Backyard
Collier's Junior Classics in Your Own Backyard Author:Marian C. Young A selection of outstanding children's stories and poems compiled for enrichment reading by a distinguished editorial board of children's librarians. The emphasis here is on good literature, chiefly fiction and biography, folk lore and legend, and some poetry. This series of books Includes American scenes and ideals, as well a... more »s other cultures, geographical areas, and historical periods. The purpose is to introduce children to some of the best books ever written for children. This particular book has been assembled for the intermediate reading group and includes selections from stirring books about our own country. In Your Own Backyard is a potpourri, a mixture of Americans. It tells stories of young people growing up in the America of yesterday -- traveling through the wilderness in covered wagons, pioneering on the plains. It tells stories of young people living in America today -- running a paper route, waiting for a new puppy, being a stranger in a new school. It tells the story of a democracy through the lives of boys and girls in many parts of the US.« less