Project Gutenberg 2013-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 190 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Nursery, December 1881, Vol. XXX A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Music transcribed by Veronika Redfern. "The Nursery, December 1881, Vol. XXX" by Various is a monthly magazine designed for the youngest readers, written during the late 19th century. This collection features a variety of prose and verse aimed at entertaining and educating children, encompassing themes of friendship, adventure, and moral lessons that are relevant to children's experiences. The content of this volume includes charming stories like "The Bird-Store," where a young girl interacts with a cheeky parrot, and “How the Sheep were Saved,” which tells of a farmer's heroism during a snowstorm. Other delightful pieces such as "Thirsty Billy" highlight the bond between a farmer and his donkey while offering valuable lessons on sharing and kindness. Poetry, such as the cheerful "Christmas" by Ruth Revere, adds lyrical depth to the volume, celebrating seasonal joys and the innocence of childhood. Overall, this book is a delightful mix of stories and poems that aim to engage young readers with relatable characters and amusing situations, nurturing both joy and moral insight. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Children's literature, American -- Periodicals AP PZ Text The Nursery Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Poetry 71631 2025-06-17T06:47:40.317363 text/html 66630 2013-02-21T21:38:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 1409142 2025-06-17T06:47:47.947340 application/epub+zip 1408190 2025-06-17T06:47:44.098360 application/epub+zip 88635 2025-06-17T06:47:42.361412 application/epub+zip 1326381 2025-06-17T06:47:50.563292 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1306748 2025-06-17T06:47:46.652312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197665 2022-09-19T09:29:38.751636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48735 2023-09-18T10:20:12.112422 text/plain 15109 2025-06-17T06:47:50.704297 application/rdf+xml 15324 2025-06-17T06:47:42.916381 image/jpeg 3603 2025-06-17T06:47:42.639346 image/jpeg 1409548 2025-06-17T06:47:40.421353 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