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100 1 _aFloyd, Silas Xavier,
_d1869-1923
245 1 0 _aFloyd's Flowers; Or, Duty and Beauty for Colored Children :
_bBeing One Hundred Short Stories Gleaned from the Storehouse of Human Knowledge and Experience: Simple, Amusing, Elevating
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2019-08-16
508 _aProduced by Richard Tonsing, hekula03, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Floyd's Flowers; Or, Duty and Beauty for Colored Children" by Silas Xavier Floyd is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The book is designed to enlighten and elevate young readers, particularly colored children in the South, through various narratives aimed at instilling moral values and lessons. Each story tackles themes such as duty, personal responsibility, and the beauty of character, featuring relatable young characters who navigate lessons in honesty, hard work, and kindness. At the start of the book, the reader is introduced to several young characters in a school setting. In a charming scene, a new girl named Bertha impresses her classmates and teacher with her innocent understanding of love, demonstrating that true affection can be expressed in thoughtful actions rather than mere words. This sets the tone for the themes of the stories to follow, which range from reflections on luck and work ethics to the importance of family, community, and selflessness, encouraging young readers to develop a positive and virtuous outlook on life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aChildren's stories
700 1 _aAdams, John Henry,
_d1880-1944
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60109
999 _c100935
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