Pleasing Stories for Good Children with Pictures

This charming collection of illustrated tales introduces young listeners to children facing familiar choices and consequences. Little Jane and her sister show compassion when they share their pennies with a lame beggar, while a hymn encourages gratitude for food, clothing, home, and loving guidance.

Other stories offer lively warnings. A rude, impatient girl learns the danger of climbing fences after a painful fall, and a cruel boy is confronted with the suffering caused by his treatment of a helpless kitten. These episodes are told plainly and directly, with each lesson inviting children to choose kindness, caution, and good behavior.

The collection also turns to the cheerful world of the schoolroom, where pupils learn reading, writing, and diligence from their teachers and one another. With its simple language, moral instruction, poems, and scenes designed to accompany the pictures, this book offers gentle entertainment for children while encouraging sympathy, self-control, humane conduct, and a thankful spirit.