Storyland in Play
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Authors
Skinner, Ada M
Issue Date
1915
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Book, Whole
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This is the seventeenth book in the collection with Storyland in the title. This copy belonged to the Board of Education of New York City. Even those not explicitly described as dramas involve a good deal of quoted dialogue. Each story gets one duochrome brown and orange illustration. They seem to me adequate. The book is in good condition. Twelve fables are presented. First, there is something quite like Marrying the Mouse Daughter, namely The Little Mouse and the Fairy (11). The fairy transforms the frightened mouse into a cat, but then the cat is frightened of the dog. Several further transformations have a tiger that is still frightened. The fairy proclaims that she still has the heart of a mouse and so transforms her back into a mouse. She is still afraid of the cat! Grasshopper Green is another story I had not seen as a fable but it works very well as one (15). FG involves a second fox who laughs at the first (16). TH (29) includes a jingle on 31: Creep and no stop,/Beats hop, sleep, hop. The Cat, the Monkey, and the Chestnuts (41) is presented as a drama. So is A Lesson (42), but two children, and not a philosopher, discover that pumpkins are not acorns. GA is on 44. SW (49) is presented as a drama but follows the poorer form. OF is on 68. On 80, camel and pig dispute whether it is better to be tall or short. Each likes his own gift. TT on 92 gives a good line to the flying tortoise: Why shouldn't I fly? Of course that line does him in. Seeing the World (95) has a little mouse experiencing the cat and the rooster.
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Rand McNally & Company