Ten Boys from Dickens

"Ten Boys from Dickens" by Kate Dickinson Sweetser is a carefully put-together collection of stories designed for young readers. Each story, published in the early 1900s, highlights a boy from Charles Dickens' famous books, showing the challenges and excitements they face as they grow up. The book hopes to bring back interest in Dickens' storytelling and the important lessons in his books. At the start, there's a special introduction that talks about how the book will look at the boyhood experiences shown in Dickens' novels. It points out how Dickens always stood up for children and showed the unfair things in society through the problems his young characters faced. The introduction tells us about Tiny Tim from "A Christmas Carol," whose good heart and loving family are highlighted, even when they were going through tough times. This part not only introduces us to the boys we'll read about but also honors Dickens for using his stories to talk about important social issues through the eyes of innocent children, getting us ready for the stories that are about to be told.