Turquoise Story Book: Stories and Legends of Summer and Nature

by Ada M. Skinner, Eleanor L. Skinner

Animals & Nature Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales Poetry

102 chapters8h 10mEnglish1918

About this book

A book compiling stories, legends, and poems about summer and nature, piquing reader's interests by appealing to the reader's fancy, quickening his/her sense of humor, or attract his/her attention to some spiritual significance. - Summary by RomaSingh Proof-listeners: Aysh & Michele Eaton

Chapters (101)

1Summer

2How Summer Conquered Winter

426

3A Legend of the Flowers

414

4June

5The Sun-Goddess

357

6The Summer Maker

589

7Summer

8In the Kitchen-Garden

1108

9Glad Day

101

10The Summer Princess

1942

11Midsummer

12Selection

13Day

108

14How the Sun Was Caught and Freed

293

15A Day of Sunshine

16A Day of Sunshine (Alternate reading)

17Phaeton's Drive in the Sun-Chariot

333

18Song

19Summer Sun

109

20The Cloud

270

21Undine

1760

22Legend of the Sun, Moon and Stars

300

23The Princess Moonbeam

303

24The Moon

25The Spacious Firmament on High

126

26Nature's Song

27The Gift of Flax

404

28The Story of the Dewdrop

379

29The Dew Mother

30Origin of the Dandelion

326

31Prince Butterfly and Clover

313

32A Song of Clover

33Tithonus: A Legend of the Grasshopper

111

34The Grasshopper

119

35The Golden Grasshopper

150

36A Blade of Grass

307

37Selection

38Princess Fire-Fly

440

39July

40Cuff and the Woodchuck

326

41Why the Lady-Bug Is Said to Be Beloved of God—Translated from the French

570

42Summer Spinners

43The Story of Arachne

350

44How the Spider Makes Its Web

258

45The Fairy Spinner

266

46Mother Spider

258

47The Brook

48Legend of the Water-Lily

264

49The Tale of Two Tails

432

50Origin of Bullfrogs

523

51Woodland Waters

107

52The Grubbiest Grub

686

53The Dragon-Fly

54Selection

55Selection

56How Woodpecker Changed His Colours

214

57A Retort from the Catbird

118

58Woodpecker Life

1107

59Kingfisher's Necklace and Ruffle

319

60Owl Wisdom

300

61Birds' Nests

437

62Hatto The Hermit: The Legend of a Bird's Nest

974

63Song

64The Plucky Prince

438

65The Oak

66Summer Snow

211

67The Boy Who Hated Trees

481

68The Friendly Summer Trees

573

69Forest Day

578

70Woodman, Spare That Tree

117

71Selection

72Selection

73How the Rose Became Queen

502

74Morning-Glories

109

75Why Roses Have Thorns

435

76Sweet Peas

77Legend of the Primrose

403

78Evening Primroses

79Legend of the Lily-of-the-Valley

80Katrina's Sun-Dial

81The Three Little Butterflies

173

82The Pinks

83The Flower's Thanks

163

84Pansies

85The Little Heartsease

185

86Legend of the Red Geranium

100

87Enchanted Tulips

88Iris

175

89The Yellow-Bird

90Origin of the Sunflower

195

91The Bluebell

92The Dew Mother's Gift to the Rose

154

93A Yellow Pansy

106

94Mignonette

365

95Flowers

134

96Selection

97The Friendly Cowslip Bells

324

98Fairy Dawn

99Robin Goodfellow

735

100A Quarrel in Fairyland

1403

101In the Cool of the Evening

135

Turquoise Story Book: Stories and Legends of Summer and Nature

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