The Holland Giant Helps Hans and Wilhelmina Beasts of the Sea
Hans and Wilhelmina, orphan siblings from a Dutch village, befriend a fairy Holland giant who grants three wishes. They choose to move their family to a better land, travel worldwide on the giant’s shoulders, and prosper for generations, never forgetting their magical benefactor.
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Hans
Wilhelmina
Itte Hollanders
Willie
Wile
Little Willie
Papa
Wille
Alps
Grant
Great Britain
Little One
Mamma
Wil
Hans, Sr
Hans, Jr
Mr. Giant
Ilans, Sr
Ilttie Bans
Holland
The Earthquake and the City of Rover’s Play
A poem recounts a splendid city of grand houses and a central park with a tall bridge and tower. In an instant a big pup named Rover knocks the city over, the builders mistake it for an earthquake and flee to continue play. ANNID JAMES
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Pup Rover
Annid James
Sweet Sympathy for a Tired Horse in a Child’s Hope
A weary old horse sighs as a compassionate boy overhears and wishes for easier days. The boy hopes future loads are pulled by auto and that all horses enjoy rest, grass, and perpetual holiday from hard times. The verses express humane care and a longing for kinder treatment of working animals.
Fight with a wildcat on mountain trail
Edna Nell and Ned venture down a Rocky Mountain path to fetch their fishing father. A wildcat lunges from the brush. Edna shields with a basket while Bluebeard the dog and Nell strike back. The trio, aided by Ned, kill the predator and continue home with the trophy.
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Edna
Nell
Uttle
Ned
Rockies
Indiana
Bluebeard
Little Ned
Epreid
Edos
Nel
Wildcat
Imp
Papa
Title Ned
Mamma
Pietr
Billbeard
A Few Minutes With the Inventors Morse Telegraph
Mary Graham chronicles Samuel F. B. Morse born 1791 in Charleston Massachusetts and his journey from art student to inventor. He expanded existing ideas into a practical telegraph amid early resistance and congressional funding, culminating in the 1835 test and the first message What hath God wrought.
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Samuel Breese Morse
Charleston
Mass
Morse
Yale College
London
Benjamin West
Europe
New York City
Mary Graham
Random Cat References Across Places Delineate Curious List
A string of wordplay links cats to various locales and terms. The list threads together burial places swoons galleries eyes calamities cance hate and books with coined or misheard phrases. It reads like a puzzle or vocabulary tour through homophones and puns.
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Maud Walker
Helming
Red
X.Y. Z
Helena Davis
Gress
Congress
Washington
Baltimore
Samuel F. B. Morse
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