Project Gutenberg 2005-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 61 McDonald, Etta Blaisdell 1872 1963 McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell Blaisdell, Etta Austin Murray, Clara Blaisdell, Mary Frances 1874 1950 Touser, Maud Boy Blue and His Friends Reading ease score: 94.0 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Anuradha Valsa Raj, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Boy Blue and His Friends" by Etta Blaisdell McDonald and Mary Frances Blaisdell is a delightful children's book composed of a series of short stories, written in the early 20th century. The book is centered around a young boy named Boy Blue and his experiences with animals and friends on a farm, exploring themes that resonate with childhood innocence, adventure, and moral lessons rooted in familiar nursery rhymes. It serves as an engaging reader for young children, helping them develop reading skills through simple language and relatable content. The narrative unfolds through charming tales featuring Boy Blue, who shares his joyous life with various characters such as Shep the dog, Mary and her lamb, and others inspired by classic Mother Goose rhymes. Each story introduces children to important life lessons, such as kindness, responsibility, and companionship—whether it’s through Boy Blue's adventures in searching for his lost hen Snowball or the fun he has on the Fourth of July with his new pony Fire-cracker. The book’s endearing characters and playful scenarios are designed to captivate young readers, while the accessible writing style allows them to read independently, making it an ideal choice for early reading experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Children's stories, American Nursery rhymes -- Adaptations PZ Text Children's Instructional Books Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Language & Communication 111037 109320 2024-10-07T08:30:18.639368 2023-09-07T09:29:55.092593 text/html text/html 103713 2020-12-11T03:17:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii 922563 2020-12-11T03:17:38 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 1028177 2024-10-07T08:30:25.744143 application/epub+zip 1029820 2024-10-07T08:30:22.150142 application/epub+zip 102999 2024-10-07T08:30:20.659143 application/epub+zip 1175624 2024-10-07T08:30:28.164122 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1159947 2024-10-07T08:30:24.899146 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196510 2022-09-08T01:02:49.282288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 83481 83345 2024-10-07T08:30:17.895158 2023-09-07T09:29:54.547572 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 83415 2020-12-11T03:17:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29069 2020-12-11T03:17:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20470 2024-10-07T08:30:28.305079 application/rdf+xml 15725 2024-10-07T08:30:21.418119 image/jpeg 4236 2024-10-07T08:30:21.077119 image/jpeg 1011956 2024-10-07T08:30:18.693154 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog