Excerpt from Robinson Crusoe: For Boys and Girls This little book is the result of much experience in seeking to adapt the story of Robinson Crusoe to the literary attainments and educational needs of children in the primary schools. It is supposed to follow the study of the "Classic Stories for Little Ones" and to precede the study of the "Pioneer History Stories," which recount the stirring events in the lives of those heroes who first broke ground for our American civilization in the Mississippi Valley. Crusoe is the transition from myths and fairly tales, where the imagination is untrammeled by the "practical," to the study of real biography. Those events in DeFoe's story that are of doubtful educational value are omitted; but it is believed that the child's interest in the narrative is not impaired thereby. The language is that of children, and Robinson seems to be telling his story to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.