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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

I get into bed." The three stories were told. "Oh, thank you. Those were fine stories! Now, won't you please tell me just one more story before I go to sheep?" Is the child's hunger for stories ever fully satisfied? We may be sure that lessons in story form will be eagerly wel­comed by children of six, seven, and eight. They will delight to hear the stories told ; they will wish to have them read to them at home; they will gladly labor to read them for themselves. 69 70 LIFE IN THE MAKING Since the Primary child's interest in stories is so marked, it will be agreed that we should provide story lessons for him. What are his needs which story lessons can supply? What kinds of stories will be of largest value to him? We have learned that the child's world is larger than during the years of early childhood, his experience somewhat broader, and his knowledge increased, but that his life still centers in the home and the home relation-ships. These facts help us in deciding as to the character of the lesson stories needed. Stories of

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