Many fairy tales and fables are of particular ethical value for little children, and the narrator can draw much from the field of general literature; biography and history hold many good examples, while the Bible is a rich storehouse of material. Ella Lyman Cabot’s excellent work, _Ethics for Children_, discusses the ethical side of story-telling in such a detailed and complete way that it should be in the hands of every mother and teacher. The book gives valuable suggestions, not only to workers with little folk, but to those who have the training of grammar grade and high-school pupils also. Carolyn Sherwin Bailey’s _Stories for Sunday Telling_ contains some good material for the mother and the primary teacher, while the several books by Sara Cone Bryant (listed in Chapter Seven, “Telling the Story”) will be helpful.
The following list is one that has been used with good results:
STORIES TO DEVELOP OR STAMP OUT CERTAIN TRAITS AND INSTINCTS
ÆSOP: The Fox that Lost Its Tail (ADAMS, WILLIAM: _Fables and Rhymes—Æsop and Mother Goose_).
ÆSOP: The Dog in the Manger (ADAMS, WILLIAM: _Fables and Rhymes—Æsop_).
CABOT, ELLA LYMAN: A Lesson for Kings (_Ethics for Children_).
SAWYER, RUTH: The Gipsy Mother’s Story of Joseph and Mary (_This Way to Christmas_).
CABOT, ELLA LYMAN: The Little Loaf (_Ethics for Children_).
BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Little Hero of Haarlem (_How to Tell Stories_).
CARY, PHŒBE: The Leak in the Dike (_Poems_).
BRYANT, SARA CONE: Epaminondas and His Auntie (_How to Tell Stories_).
GRIMM, JACOB: Stupid Hans (_German Household Tales_).
PARTRIDGE, E. N. and G. E.: The Little Cowherd Brother (_Story-Telling in the Home and School_).
BAILEY, CAROLYN SHERWIN: The Boy Who Had a Picnic (_Stories and Rhymes for the Child_).
BAILEY, C. S., and LEWIS, CLARA M.: The Woodpecker Who Was Selfish (_For the Children’s Hour_).
BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Cloud (_How to Tell Stories_).
BULFINCH, THOMAS: Baucis and Philemon (_The Age of Fable_).
CABOT, ELLA LYMAN: Margaret of New Orleans (_Ethics for Children_).
CARY, ALICE: The Pig and the Hen (_Poems_).
GRIMM, JACOB: The Star Dollars (_German Household Tales_).
GRIMM, JOSEPH: The Elves and the Shoemaker (_German Household Tales_).
BRYANT, SARA CONE: The Mirror of Matsuyama (_How to Tell Stories_).