This edition had all images removed.
Title:
The Pearl Box
Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People, by a Pastor
Note: See also PG#11237, a version slightly different in the stories presented and in the illustrations.
Credits: E-text prepared by Internet Archive; University of Florida; and Christine De Ryck and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Pearl Box" by Anonymous is a collection of moral stories for young readers written in the early 19th century. The book is intended to instruct and inspire children through tales that emphasize virtues such as kindness, honesty, and faith, using relatable characters and scenarios to convey its lessons. The opening of the book presents a preface that outlines the author's intent to guide youth toward leading a virtuous life through storytelling. It includes several illustrative stories, such as that of a dying boy named Bertie whose last moments are filled with happiness; a little girl named Sarah who overcomes unkindness with kindness; and the tale of Lad's love for a robin, teaching the value of allowing others to embrace freedom. Each story is designed to touch the hearts of young readers while instilling moral values and lessons that they can carry into their everyday lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Anonymous
EBook No.: 11595
Published: Mar 1, 2004
Downloads: 190
Language: English
Subject: Children's poetry
Subject: Children's stories
Subject: Love stories
Subject: Nature -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title:
The Pearl Box
Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People, by a Pastor
Note: See also PG#11237, a version slightly different in the stories presented and in the illustrations.
Credits: E-text prepared by Internet Archive; University of Florida; and Christine De Ryck and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "The Pearl Box" by Anonymous is a collection of moral stories for young readers written in the early 19th century. The book is intended to instruct and inspire children through tales that emphasize virtues such as kindness, honesty, and faith, using relatable characters and scenarios to convey its lessons. The opening of the book presents a preface that outlines the author's intent to guide youth toward leading a virtuous life through storytelling. It includes several illustrative stories, such as that of a dying boy named Bertie whose last moments are filled with happiness; a little girl named Sarah who overcomes unkindness with kindness; and the tale of Lad's love for a robin, teaching the value of allowing others to embrace freedom. Each story is designed to touch the hearts of young readers while instilling moral values and lessons that they can carry into their everyday lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Anonymous
EBook No.: 11595
Published: Mar 1, 2004
Downloads: 190
Language: English
Subject: Children's poetry
Subject: Children's stories
Subject: Love stories
Subject: Nature -- Juvenile fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.