I Know A Story (1938)

I Know A Story. Miriam Blanton Huber, Frank Seely Salisbury, and Mabel O'Donnell. Illustrated by Florence and Margaret Hoopes. Wonder-Story. 1938/1953, 1962. Harper & Row. 190 pages. [Source: Bought]

This is a decades-old reading textbook featuring folk tales! It includes these stories:

• The Gingerbread Boy
• The Three Bears
• Billy Goats Gruff
• Mr. Vinegar
• The Straw Ox
• Little Red Riding Hood
• The Boy Who Went to the North Wind

It also includes these poems:

• The Rabbit
• Mice
• In The Fashion
• Chipmunk
• Mother Goose Rhymes
• Indian Children
• The Woodpecker
• The Animal Store
• A Visit From St. Nicholas

I was familiar with many of these stories, you probably are as well. But a few were new-to-me. For example, I'd never heard "Mr. Vinegar," "The Straw Ox," or "The Boy Who Went to the North Wind."
"Mr. Vinegar" was a strange story of a foolish man. The ending made no sense either! But despite its strangeness, there were some elements I found myself liking.

Overall, I liked the stories much better than the poetry. My favorite story was probably "The Boy Who Went to the North Wind."


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