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The Emerald Story Book

The Emerald Story Book

by Ada M. Skinner

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Compiler
Skinner, Eleanor L. (Eleanor Louise), 1872-
Title
The Emerald Story Book Stories and legends of spring, nature and Easter
Credits
Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Spring -- Folklore
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 64307
Release Date
January 16, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.CONTENTS — THE EMERALD STORY BOOK
  4. 4.SPRING STORIES AND LEGENDS
  5. 5.APRIL
  6. 6.THE SPRING-MAIDEN AND THE FROST GIANTS
  7. 7.HOW THE BLUEBIRD WAS CHOSEN HERALD [1]
  8. 8.THE SPRINGTIME [2]
  9. 9.THE SELFISH GIANT
  10. 10.THE PROMISED PLANT
  11. 11.BRIER ROSE
  12. 12.PICCIOLA
  13. 13.ST. FRANCIS, THE LITTLE BEDESMAN OF CHRIST [3]
  14. 14.PROSERPINA AND KING PLUTO
  15. 15.THE WONDER—A PARABLE
  16. 16.NATURE STORIES AND LEGENDS
  17. 17.GREEN THINGS GROWING
  18. 18.THE STORY OF A LITTLE GRAIN OF WHEAT [4]
  19. 19.THE LITTLE ACORN
  20. 20.THE STORY OF TWO LITTLE SEEDS
  21. 21.HOW THE FLOWERS CAME [5]
  22. 22.THE LEGEND OF TRAILING ARBUTUS
  23. 23.THE FAIRY FLOWER [6]
  24. 24.THE SNOWDROP
  25. 25.WHAT THE DANDELION TOLD
  26. 26.A GREAT FAMILY
  27. 27.THE BIRTH OF THE VIOLET
  28. 28.A LYRIC OF JOY
  29. 29.AMONG THE TREE-TOPS
  30. 30.ROBIN’S CAROL [7]
  31. 31.HOW THE BIRDS CAME
  32. 32.HOW THE BIRDS LEARNED TO BUILD NESTS [8]
  33. 33.OUT OF THE NEST. [9]
  34. 34.THE STORY OF BLUE-WINGS
  35. 35.AN EASTERN LEGEND
  36. 36.THE HOUSE WREN
  37. 37.THE CHILDREN OF WIND AND THE CLAN OF PEACE A CHRIST LEGEND
  38. 38.IN MEADOW AND POND
  39. 39.A SPRING LILT
  40. 40.HOW BUTTERFLIES CAME
  41. 41.WHITE BUTTERFLIES
  42. 42.THE BUTTERFLY
  43. 43.THE WIND, A HELPER
  44. 44.THE SPRINGING TREE: WILLOWS
  45. 45.PUSSY WILLOW
  46. 46.THE DRAGON FLY
  47. 47.THE CICADA’S STORY [11]
  48. 48.EDITH AND THE BEES
  49. 49.THE LITTLE TADPOLE [12]
  50. 50.MISTER HOP-TOAD
  51. 51.BUZ AND HUM
  52. 52.THE STORY WITHOUT AN END — IN THE GREEN MEADOW — THE STORY OF A DROP OF WATER
  53. 53.LEGEND OF THE FORGET-ME-NOT
  54. 54.FOUR-LEAF CLOVER [13]
  55. 55.JOLLY LITTLE TARS
  56. 56.MR. MAPLE AND MR. PINE
  57. 57.A GARDEN OF EASTER STORIES
  58. 58.THE EASTER RABBIT
  59. 59.THE BOY WHO DISCOVERED THE SPRING [15]
  60. 60.SHEEP AND LAMBS
  61. 61.ROBIN REDBREAST—A CHRIST LEGEND [16]
  62. 62.THE MAPLE SEED
  63. 63.WHY THE IVY IS ALWAYS GREEN [17]
  64. 64.JONQUILS
  65. 65.WHEN THOU COMEST INTO THY KINGDOM
  66. 66.THE LEGEND OF THE EASTER LILY
  67. 67.SONG
  68. 68.IN THE GARDEN AN EASTER PRELUDE — Part I — Part II
  69. 69.“SPIRIT” AND “LIFE” [18]
  70. 70.A CHILD’S EASTER
  71. 71.THE SPIRIT OF EASTER
  72. 72.THERE ARE NO DEAD
  73. 73.LITTLE BOY BLUE
  74. 74.FOOTNOTES

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