Project Gutenberg 2024-10-11 Public domain in the USA. 414 Coussens, Penrhyn Wingfield 1873 1944 Coussens, Penryhn W. 11029642 One thousand books for children 1000 books for children $aChicago :$bA. C. McClurg & Co., $c1911. Richard Tonsing, Donald Cummings, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "One Thousand Books for Children" by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens is a compilation of recommended literature for children written in the early 20th century. This anthology is designed to serve as a comprehensive guide for parents, educators, and children themselves, offering selected titles graded by age group to facilitate better reading choices. The book emphasizes the importance of wholesome literature in shaping character and fostering mental development in young readers. The opening of this work presents a preface that outlines the compiler's objective, which is to provide a reliable resource for selecting suitable books for children. Coussens underscores the significance of age-appropriate literature and shares his views on different types of stories that resonate with children's various stages of development. He concerns himself with the balance between entertaining and educating children through literary choices, highlighting the universal appeal of fairy tales, adventure stories, and tales that promote moral values. Throughout this introduction, the compiler articulates the necessity of nurturing a child's literary interests while being cautious against force-feeding them unsuitable or excessively complex material. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/onethousandbooks00cousuoft 20220106082050coussens 1911 US Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Children -- Books and reading Children's literature -- Bibliography Z Text 433742 2025-07-29T11:46:24.996414 text/html 374875 2024-10-11T02:36:46 text/html 415176 2025-07-29T11:46:37.469396 application/epub+zip 412897 2025-07-29T11:46:27.830400 application/epub+zip 346454 2025-07-29T11:46:26.242422 application/epub+zip 1185529 2025-07-29T11:46:42.288345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1187635 2025-07-29T11:46:36.218404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240445 2025-07-29T11:46:22.460441 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 220478 2024-10-11T02:36:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15474 2025-07-29T11:46:42.474331 application/rdf+xml 15700 2025-07-29T11:46:26.700419 image/jpeg 2145 2025-07-29T11:46:26.454419 image/jpeg 1287592 2025-07-29T11:46:25.037505 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