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The Emerald Story Book

by Ada M. Skinner

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2April
  3. 3The Spring-Maiden and the Frost Giants
  4. 4How the Bluebird Was Chosen Herald
  5. 5The Springtime
  6. 6The Selfish Giant
  7. 7The Promised Plant
  8. 8Brier Rose
  9. 9Picciola
  10. 10St. Francis, the Little Bedesman of Christ
  11. 11Proserpina and King Pluto
  12. 12The Wonder — A Parable
  13. 13Nature Stories and Legends
  14. 14The Story of a Little Grain of Wheat
  15. 15The Little Acorn
  16. 16The Story of Two Little Seeds
  17. 17How the Flowers Came
  18. 18The Legend of Trailing Arbutus
  19. 19The Fairy Flower
  20. 20The Snowdrop
  21. 21What the Dandelion Told
  22. 22A Great Family
  23. 23The Birth of the Violet
  24. 24A Lyric of Joy
  25. 25Among the Tree-Tops
  26. 26How the Birds Came
  27. 27How the Birds Learned to Build Nests
  28. 28Out of the Nest
  29. 29The Story of Blue-Wings
  30. 30An Eastern Legend
  31. 31The House Wren
  32. 32The Children of Wind and the Clan of Peace — A Christ Legend
  33. 33In Meadow and Pond
  34. 34How Butterflies Came
  35. 35White Butterflies
  36. 36The Butterfly
  37. 37The Wind, a Helper
  38. 38The Springing Tree: Willows
  39. 39Pussy Willow
  40. 40The Dragon Fly
  41. 41The Cicada’s Story
  42. 42Edith and the Bees
  43. 43The Little Tadpole
  44. 44Mister Hop-Toad
  45. 45Buz and Hum
  46. 46The Story Without an End — In the Green Meadow
  47. 47The Story of a Drop of Water
  48. 48Legend of the Forget-Me-Not
  49. 49Four-Leaf Clover
  50. 50Jolly Little Tars
  51. 51Mr. Maple and Mr. Pine
  52. 52A Garden of Easter Stories
  53. 53The Easter Rabbit
  54. 54The Boy Who Discovered the Spring
  55. 55Sheep and Lambs
  56. 56Robin Redbreast — A Christ Legend
  57. 57The Maple Seed
  58. 58Why the Ivy Is Always Green
  59. 59Jonquils
  60. 60When Thou Comest Into Thy Kingdom
  61. 61The Legend of the Easter Lily
  62. 62Song
  63. 63Part I
  64. 64Part II
  65. 65“Spirit” and “Life”
  66. 66A Child’s Easter
  67. 67The Spirit of Easter
  68. 68There Are No Dead
  69. 69Little Boy Blue

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