Project Gutenberg 2017-09-21 Public domain in the USA. 267 Olcott, Frances Jenkins 1872 1963 22026979 Good stories for great birthdays arranged for story-telling and reading aloud and for the children's own reading Produced by Chuck Greif, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Good Stories for Great Birthdays" by Frances Jenkins Olcott is a collection of historical short stories written in the early 20th century. This work celebrates the birthdays of notable figures in American history, making it engaging for children and young readers, as it highlights the strong personalities and valuable lessons derived from their lives rather than mere facts and dates. At the start of the book, the author introduces the foreword, outlining the purpose and educational value of the stories. It emphasizes storytelling as a means to bring history to life for children, highlighting over 200 stories dedicated to 23 significant birthdays of American patriots and figures from both North and South America. The opening portion also mentions that the tales focus on the human aspects of these characters, such as their perseverance, adventures, and struggles, thereby aiming to foster a sense of American unity and pride among young readers as they learn about their nation's history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Children's literature United States -- History -- Anecdotes Birthdays South America -- History -- Anecdotes E151 Text Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: History - American 844865 2025-07-22T08:09:07.095225 text/html 804415 2024-10-23T02:40:12 text/html 2474313 2025-07-22T08:09:32.359132 application/epub+zip 2477085 2025-07-22T08:09:13.816157 application/epub+zip 341134 2025-07-22T08:09:10.377173 application/epub+zip 2770907 2025-07-22T08:09:41.742064 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2657121 2025-07-22T08:09:26.675135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 530887 2022-08-25T06:07:48.594510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 603789 2025-07-22T08:09:04.003262 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 583920 2024-10-23T02:40:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17177 2025-07-22T08:09:41.923020 application/rdf+xml 8872 2025-07-22T08:09:10.587166 image/jpeg 1467 2025-07-22T08:09:10.484168 image/jpeg 2413028 2025-07-22T08:09:07.202267 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 en.wikipedia