Fifty Famous Stories Retold

by James Baldwin (2)

Overview

James Baldwin has collected fifty wonderful stories, including Robin Hood, William Tell, King Alfred and Julius Caesar. Your child will be delighted to hear or read these, and will not only be entertained, but will learn about history and folklore. These stories will also help lay the foundation for broader literary studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625587138
Publisher:	Start Publishing LLC
Publication date:	03/08/2013
Series:	Start Publishing LLC
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	129
File size:	284 KB
Age Range:	6 - 18 Years

About the Author

James Baldwin (1841–1925) was born in Indiana, United States and made a career as an educator and administrator in that state starting at the age of 24. He served as the superintendent of Indiana's school system for eighteen years and then went on to become a widely published textbook editor and children's author in the subjects of legends, mythology, biography, and literature, among others.

James Baldwin was one of the most prolific authors of school books for children at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. In addition to the Baldwin Readers (1897), he co‐authored the Harper Readers (1888) and the Expressive Readers (1911). He wrote over thirty books about famous people in history and retold classical stories. His publications numbered 54 volumes. It is estimated that 26 million copies of his works sold worldwide, including China and Indonesia. A self‐educated man, he became a school superintendent before working as an editor for Harper's and later for the American Book Company.

He wrote more than fifty books, the most famous of which include Fifty Famous Stories Retold (1896) and Abraham Lincoln, a True Life (1904).