Fabulous histories

Description:

The first of these period pieces is an exhortation to children to be kind to animals using fictional incidents in a human and a robin family. The second features a gentle and pious creature who, even in death, inspires those around her.

subjects: Juvenile fiction,  Animal welfare,  Early works to 1800,  Juvenile literature,  Animals,  Moral education,  Natural history,  Conduct of life,  Robins,  Conduct of life in fiction,  Fiction,  Folklore