Project Gutenberg 2018-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 125 Herford, Oliver 1863 1935 Herford, O. (Oliver) Artful Anticks The audacious kitten -- The artful ant -- The gifted ant -- Sir Rat: a comedy -- The deceitful dormice -- Nature and art -- The geometrical giraffe -- The early owl -- A dark career -- A packet of letters -- The naughty fay -- The miller's quest -- Nell's fairy tale -- The unfortunate giraffe -- Stockings or scales -- A riddle -- Good-bye -- The professor and the white violet -- The first rose of summer -- The elf and the dormouse -- The crocodile -- The forgetful forget-me-not -- The birds' farewell -- The spider's tale -- Highly connected -- The miser elf -- The point of view -- Heroes -- A belated violet -- The parrot and the cuckoo -- The elf and the bee -- A fable -- The fairies' concert. Produced by David Edwards, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Artful Anticks" by Oliver Herford is a whimsical collection of poetry and playful stories aimed at children, published in the early 20th century. This charming book features an array of delightful characters, including animals and anthropomorphic creatures, and is likely meant to entertain while imparting moral lessons through humor and imagination. The themes revolve around the amusing antics and adventures of these characters, often highlighting their quirks and vices in a lighthearted manner. The collection includes stories like "The Audacious Kitten," who aspires to meet the Prince of Wales despite warnings about the dangers of the ocean, and "The Artful Ant," which details a clever ant who plans a grand ball with unexpected outcomes. Each tale is full of rhyme and clever wordplay, bringing to life stories such as an unfortunate giraffe, a mischievous fay, and the complex social dynamics of animals like cats and rats. Through these amusing narratives, Herford engages young readers in a magical world, inviting them to reflect on the absurdity of the characters' situations while gently promoting virtues like cleverness, caution, and the importance of friendship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Children's poetry, American Animals -- Juvenile poetry Wit and humor, Juvenile PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Poetry Category: Humour 149801 2025-07-23T03:58:19.316910 text/html 145802 2018-06-14T08:45:48 text/html 3804809 2025-07-23T03:58:27.667301 application/epub+zip 3804343 2025-07-23T03:58:21.447374 application/epub+zip 129258 2025-07-23T03:58:20.429359 application/epub+zip 3849497 2025-07-23T03:58:31.002289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3807898 2025-07-23T03:58:26.422332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157292 2022-08-25T17:54:18.661593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77507 2025-07-23T03:58:18.052930 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77756 2018-06-14T08:45:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19816 2025-07-23T03:58:31.147302 application/rdf+xml 22894 2025-07-23T03:58:20.547348 image/jpeg 4240 2025-07-23T03:58:20.488353 image/jpeg 28261 2018-06-14T08:45:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 3405781 2018-06-14T08:45:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 3413553 2025-07-23T03:58:19.653933 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