Children's Instructional Books (Bookshelf)

See also Children's History (Bookshelf), Children's Biography (Bookshelf)

Readers

These are books used in the schoolroom to teach reading. Also for teaching older children about literature and poetry. In no particular order as yet.

Misc.

• A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children  Smythe, E. Louise (Emma Louise)
• The Bird-Woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition  Chandler, Katherine
• Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.  Scudder, Dr. John
• The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School  Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
• Boy Blue and his friends, School ed.  McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell
• The Book of Nature Myths  Holbrook, Florence
• The Flag of My Country. Shikéyah Bidah Na'at'a'í; Navajo New World Readers 2 
• Chambers's Elementary Science Readers, Book I 
• The Little Lame Prince; Rewritten for Young Readers by Margaret Waters  Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, 1826-1887
• Harry's Ladder to Learning 
• Little Present 

Graded Readers

• The Beacon Second Reader  Fassett, James H.
• The Child's World Third Reader  Hetty Browne, Sarah Withers, W.K. Tate
• De La Salle Fifth Reader  Schools, Brothers of the Christian
• The Elson Readers, Book 5  Elson, William H. and Keck, Christine M.
• The Literary World Seventh Reader  Browne, Hetty Sibyl, 1875-, Metcalf, John Calvin, 1865-1949, Withers, Sarah
• McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition  McGuffey, William Holmes
• McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader  McGuffey, William Holmes
• McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader  McGuffey, William Holmes
• McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader  McGuffey, William Holmes
• McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader  McGuffey, William Holmes
• McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader  McGuffey, William Holmes
• New National First Reader  Barnes, Charles J.
• New National Fourth Reader  Barnes, Charles J.
• The Ontario Readers: Third Book  Ontario Ministry of Education
• The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book  Ontario Ministry of Education
• The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886  Ontario Ministry of Education
• The Ontario High School Reader  Marty, A.E.
• Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C.  Parker, Richard Green
• Sanders' Union Fourth Reader  Sanders, Charles W.
• Story Hour Readers — Book Three  Coe, Ida and Dillon, Alice Julia Christie, 1876-

Poetry Readers

• Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" 
• Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two 
• Graded Poetry: Seventh Year  ed. by Alexander, Georgia and Blake, Katherine D.
• Gems of Poetry for Boys and Girls 

Readers for English Speakers Learning Other Languages

• Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles: A First Latin Reader  Kirtland, John
• A First Spanish Reader  Remy, Alfred and Roessler, Erwin W.
• An Elementary Spanish Reader  Harrison, Earl Stanley
• First Italian Readings  ed. Bowen, Benjamin Lester, 1860-1920

Non-English Readers

• Contes et historiettes à l'usage des jeunes enfants Qui commencent à savoir lire  French Carraud, Zulma, 1796-1889
• The Flag of My Country. Shikéyah Bidah Na'at'a'í Navajo New World Readers 2  King, Cecil S.

About Readers

• A History of the McGuffey Readers  Vail, Henry H.

Science and Nature

• A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV.  Jordan, David Starr
• Among the Farmyard People  Pierson, Clara Dillingham
• Wildflowers of the Farm  Cooke, Arthur Owens
• Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals  Lee, R.
• Book about Animals  Merrill, Rufus
• Bird Day; How to prepare for it  Babcock, Charles Almanzo
• Child's Book of Water Birds  Anonymous Picture Book
• Animal Heroes  Seton, Ernest Thompson
• Wild Animals I Have Known  Seton, Ernest Thompson
• Woodland Tales  Seton, Ernest Thompson
• Wilderness Ways  Also in Dutch  Long, William Joseph, 1866-1952
• The Burgess Animal Book for Children  (English) Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo), 1874-1965
• Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits  Bingley, Thomas
• The History of Insects 
• The Insect Folk  Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858-1923
• The Curious Book of Birds  Brown, Abbie Farwell
• Little Busybodies; The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies  Marks, Jeanette Augustus and Moody, Julia
• Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf  (English) Newell, Jane H.
• Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match  Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing), 1812-1859
• Chatterbox Stories of Natural History  (English)
• Camping For Boys  (English) Gibson, Henry William, 1867-
• Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found; A Book of Zoology for Boys  (English) Reid, Mayne
• A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals  (English) Billinghurst, Percy J.
• The Story of Eclipses  (English) Chambers, George F. (George Frederick), 1841-1915
• Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children  Houghton, W.
• On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls  Beard, Adelia Belle and Beard, Lina
• Our Common Insects; A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses  Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905
• The Wonders of the Jungle; Book One  Ghosh, Sarath Kumar, 1883-

History

• A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges  Lord, John, 1810-1894
• A School History of the United States  McMaster, John Bach
• The Story of Manhattan  Hemstreet, Charles
• Young Folks' History of Rome  Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Geography

• Denmark  Thomson, M. Pearson Peeps at Many Lands
• The Land of the Long Night  Chaillu, Paul du (travels in the Artic Region)
• Little Journey to Puerto Rico : for Intermediate and Upper Grades  George, Marian M.
• Where We Live; A Home Geography  (English) Jacobs, Emilie Van Beil
• Peeps at Many Lands: Norway  Mockler-Ferryman, A. F. (Augustus Ferryman), 1856-1930
• Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges  Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw), 1849-1942

Uncategorized

A Manual of Pronunciation For Practical Use in Schools and Families 

Modern prose and poetry for secondary schools  Ashmun, Margaret Eliza

A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.  Anonymous

Children's Classics in Dramatic Form Book Two  Stevenson, Augusta

The Story of the Mind  Baldwin, James Mark

The Story of Glass  Bassett, Sara Ware

The Story of Porcelain  Bassett, Sara Ware

The Story of Sugar  Bassett, Sara Ware

The Story of Wool  Bassett, Sara Ware, 1872-1968

Steve and the Steam Engine  Bassett, Sara Ware

Carl and the Cotton Gin  Bassett, Sara Ware

Walter and the Wireless  Bassett, Sara Ware

Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922; Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8  several authors

How to Write Clearly; Rules and Exercises on English Composition  Abbott, Edwin A.

Electricity for Boys  Zerbe, J. S.

Leçons de cosmographie à l'usage des lycées et collèges et de tous les établissements d'instruction publique  (French) Guilmin, Adrien

The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do 

The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln  Whipple, Wayne

Orthography; As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois  Cavins, Elmer W.

Stories From Livy  Church, Alfred John, 1829-1912

A Little Book for A Little Cook  Hubbard, L. P.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management 

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools