{"product_id":"chapter-i","title":"Chapter I: Heroes and Wonders","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"ch-specs__heading\"\u003eCHAPTER I BOX SET (\u003cem\u003eThis is a pre-order and ships in the second half of June!\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-lede\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the beginning: the first encounter with the stories that shape a child's understanding of himself and the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chapter I gathers the fables and myths that have formed the foundation of Western education for centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe recommend adding the Kindergarten and First Grade bundles to extend that foundation into daily practice through mathematics, handwriting, nature study, poetry, and a growing home library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"ch-specs__books\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eÆsop’s Fables\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cspan class=\"author\"\u003eJ. H. Stickney\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eA Child’s Book of Myths \u0026amp; Enchantment Tales\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cspan class=\"author\"\u003eMargaret Evans Price\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eFifty Famous Stories Retold\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cspan class=\"author\"\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eCompanion Pamphlet\u003c\/cite\u003e \u003cspan class=\"author\"\u003e60–80 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-specs__meta\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAges:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5–8 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGrades:\u003c\/strong\u003e K–2nd\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Linen over board, premium smyth sewn binding \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaper:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60lb white paper, custom printed endpapers \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Restored originals + new color artwork\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eABOUT THE BOOKS\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eÆsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ. H. Stickney's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eÆsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1915) is the best adaptation of Æsop we have found for the early elementary years. Stickney understood that Æsop's power lies in the stories themselves, not in the morals appended to them. She resists the temptation to spell out the lesson at the end of each fable, trusting instead that a child who has heard \"The Wolf and the Lamb\" does not need a footnote explaining that the strong will always find an excuse to prey on the weak.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fables include the familiar and the forgotten alike: \"The Tortoise and the Hare,\" \"The Fox and the Grapes,\" \"The Boy Who Cried Wolf,\" \"The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse,\" \"The Lion and the Mouse,\" and dozens more. Each is short enough to read in two or three minutes, making them ideal for mornings before the day begins or evenings before bed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/chapter.house\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e edition restores Charles Livingston Bull's original illustrations. Bull was among the finest animal illustrators of his generation, and his work deserves recognition, not buried in an out-of-print edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAges 5–8 | Kindergarten–2nd grade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Child's Book of Myths and Enchantment Tales for Children\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMargaret Evans Price wrote these myths because she believed children deserve to meet the gods and heroes of the ancient world through beautiful art and language that takes them seriously. She was right. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Child's Book of Myths\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1924) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnchantment Tales for Children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1926) have been quietly passed from parent to child for a century, loved for their warmth and for Price's extraordinary color illustrations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou may know her name without knowing it: Price and her husband co-founded Fisher-Price, the toy company, and the first toys they produced were based on characters from her books. Her artwork inspired a generation of children's illustrators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/chapter.house\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChapter House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e edition combines both books in a single volume and restores all of Price's original color illustrations. We also restored something missing from every other edition: The original introductions by Katharine Lee Bates, the poet who wrote \"America the Beautiful.\" Bates understood that myths are not mere entertainment but the shared inheritance of a civilization, and she says so with a poet's clarity. No other affordable, in-print edition of this book exists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 28 myths include Daedalus and Icarus, Cupid and Psyche, Hercules, Proserpina, Prometheus, Pandora, Jason and the Golden Fleece, Perseus and Medusa, Orpheus and Eurydice, King Midas and the Golden Touch, and Romulus and Remus. A pronouncing vocabulary of proper names is included at the back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAges 5–8 | Kindergarten–2nd grade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFifty Famous Stories Retold\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Baldwin (1841–1925) spent his career writing history and legend for children, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFifty Famous Stories Retold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1896) is his masterpiece. The collection gathers short tales drawn from the history and legend of the Western world: King Alfred burning the cakes, the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, William Tell shooting the apple, Cincinnatus called from his plow to save Rome, Horatius holding the bridge, George Washington and the cherry tree, Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham, Robert the Bruce watching the spider.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese are the stories that educated men and women once carried as common knowledge: The stories Lincoln knew, the stories your grandparents' grandparents might have known. Too many children today have never heard them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaldwin distinguished his stories from fairy tales by grounding them in reality. They may be legendary (the cherry tree story is almost certainly invented), but they are plausible enough to feel true, and the virtues they teach (courage, honesty, duty, sacrifice, perseverance) are real regardless of whether every detail is verified.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach story runs two to four pages. This edition features five new color illustrations commissioned from Cortney Skinner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAges 5–8 | Kindergarten–2nd grade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Chapter I Pamphlet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe companion pamphlet, included with every Chapter I box set, is a than a teaching guide, an introduction to the books, explains the philosophy behind selecting them, and provides suggestion for how to read them well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContents of the Chapter I pamphlet:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Virtus et Miraculum\":\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The founding essay of Chapter House. An argument for why virtue is the proper aim of education and why story is the best way to cultivate it, drawing on Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Confucius, and St. John Chrysostom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction to Chapter I: Heroes and Wonders:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e An overview of all three books and how they fit together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiterary Essays:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Individual essays on Æsop and J. H. Stickney, Margaret Evans Price and the myths, and James Baldwin's method in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFifty Famous Stories Retold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, including a close reading of \"George Washington and His Hatchet\" and the power of story in Lincoln's life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to Enjoy These Titles with Your Children:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Practical guidance on read-aloud sessions, narration, comprehension questions, and pacing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Sample Day with Chapter I:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A full sample daily schedule showing how the Chapter House books fit alongside mathematics, handwriting, nature study, and other subjects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Introduction to Homeschooling:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e For families new to home education.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Survey of Educational Philosophies:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Charlotte Mason, Classical, Montessori, Waldorf, and Orton-Gillingham approaches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy You Should Read the Bible:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A case for biblical literacy regardless of faith background, with a reading list.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Note to Christian Parents Apprehensive About Ancient Mythology:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A thorough response to concerns about pagan mythology, drawing on St. Paul, St. Basil the Great, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreek vs. Roman Names:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A reference table for the gods and heroes who appear in multiple forms across the books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Chapter House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43006710546480,"sku":"CH-I","price":99.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/4398\/9040\/files\/CH_1_BoxSet.webp?v=1777947945","url":"https:\/\/passage.press\/products\/chapter-i","provider":"Passage Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}