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100 1 _aOptic, Oliver,
_d1822-1897
245 1 4 _aThe picnic party
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-03-20
508 _aDavid Edwards, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Picnic Party: A Story for Little Folks" by Oliver Optic is a children's story written during the early 19th century. This book falls within the genre of children's literature and focuses on themes of politeness, friendship, and personal growth. The narrative centers around the experiences of young children as they navigate social interactions and learn important life lessons during a summer picnic. In the story, Josephine, a city girl visiting her country relatives, struggles with her selfish tendencies, often asking her friends to do things for her instead of taking the initiative herself. As she and her friends prepare for a picnic, her habit of relying on others for even the smallest tasks begins to alienate them. When left alone in the woods after her companions refuse to carry her back in a wagon, Josephine confronts her past behavior. Ultimately, she learns the importance of not overburdening others and initiates a sincere effort to change her ways, fostering better friendships in the process. The story emphasizes the value of self-sufficiency and genuine kindness in social relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: Lee and Shepard, 1862
653 _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aChildren -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aCousins -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSelfishness -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aPicnics -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aLaziness -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aAndrew, John,
_d1815-1870
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73209
999 _c113934
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