On a June morning little Luke, sitting on a farmhouse doorstep, finds a magic flower that lets him understand what the robin, the song sparrow and the bobolink are saying. One by one the wild folk tell him their histories and their old legends, from why the crested flycatcher weaves snake-skins into its nest to a council of the animals against careless hunters.
Gentle nature lore and animal fables for children who are just learning the names of the birds outside their window. Download the free EPUB.