Project Gutenberg 2008-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 593 Various Verschillende Various, Various Elverson, James 1838 1911 Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 Produced by Louise Hope, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887" by Various is a collection of stories and articles aimed at a young audience, written in the late 19th century. This publication features narratives that include themes of adventure and moral lessons, often centering around characters like Linda, a young girl aspiring to create a beautiful quilt, and Davy, a boy facing challenges at school and home. The content likely reflects the values and experiences relevant to children during this period, encouraging creativity, kindness, and bravery. At the start of this volume, the narrative follows Linda Trafton, who longs to make a "crazy quilt" but lacks the necessary silk pieces. Her brother Fred expresses skepticism about her pursuits, suggesting that the quilt-making trend is nonsensical. Linda maintains a cheerful demeanor and is soon granted an opportunity for happiness when her father offers her a ride to East Berlin, where she unexpectedly discovers a treasure trove of beautiful silk scraps in her neighbor Mrs. Burbank's attic. Meanwhile, the opening also touches on Davy's social struggles at school as he deals with bullying, hinting at the adventures and growth these young characters will experience throughout the stories included in this edition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Children's literature -- Periodicals AP PZ Text Golden Days for Boys and Girls Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure 353586 2025-06-11T09:07:03.170368 text/html 349812 2021-01-04T09:51:13 text/html; charset=utf-8 1262991 2021-01-04T09:51:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1286319 2025-06-11T09:07:17.031295 application/epub+zip 1287721 2025-06-11T09:07:08.813424 application/epub+zip 192156 2025-06-11T09:07:06.403374 application/epub+zip 1875999 2025-06-11T09:07:22.572287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1851102 2025-06-11T09:07:14.907308 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425830 2022-09-12T13:46:26.705418 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298351 2025-06-11T09:07:01.433374 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 298054 2021-01-04T09:51:13 text/plain; charset=utf-8 118863 2021-01-04T09:51:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 292892 2021-01-04T09:51:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 118125 2021-01-04T09:51:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 292927 2021-01-04T09:51:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 117757 2021-01-04T09:51:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22477 2025-06-11T09:07:22.758293 application/rdf+xml 25104 2025-06-11T09:07:07.027470 image/jpeg 4846 2025-06-11T09:07:06.718417 image/jpeg 1279337 2025-06-11T09:07:03.334394 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog