Emerald Story Book
Various
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Length 7 h 3 min
Chapters 67
First published 1915
There is no richer theme for children’s stories than the miracle of Spring. The selections in “The Emerald Story Book” aim to serve the young reader’s interest in three ways. Some of the myths and legends are interesting or amusing because flowers, insects, or birds are presented as personalities and emphasise human qualities or feelings. Some of the stories and poems contribute to the child’s store of knowledge by attracting his attention to some fact, beauty, or blessing in nature which may have escaped his notice. Still others make an appeal by suggesting or affirming the abiding hope symbolised in the thought, “See the land her Easter keeping.”
The child’s heart is filled with the joy of spring,—with the rapture expressed in the thrush’s song which Mrs. Ewing describes. “Fresh water and green woods, ambrosial sunshine and sun-flecked shade, chattering brooks and rustling leaves, glade and sward and dell. Lichens and cool mosses, feathered ferns and flowers. Green leaves! Green leaves! Joy! Joy!” (From the Introduction)
Chapters
1
April by Robert Browning Read by thood 1:16
2
The Spring-Maiden and the Frost Giants (Norse Legend) by Eleanor L. Skinner Read by Rita Boutros 14:54
3
How the Bluebird Was Chosen Herald by Jay T. Stocking Read by Rita Boutros 22:47
4
The Springtime by Eugene Field Read by Andrea Atwood 11:47
5
The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde Read by Caro Davy 10:44
6
The Promised Plant by Andrea Hofer Proudfoot Read by BettyB 4:00
7
Brier Rose by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith Read by Kim Lamb 8:09
8
Picciola (Adapted) by St. Saintine Read by Cindy Price 7:19
9
St. Francis, the Little Bedesman of Christ by William Canton Read by Kim Lamb 4:54
10
Prosperpina and King Pluto (Greek Myth) by Eleanor L. Skinner Read by Kim Lamb 13:36
11
The Wonder--A Parable (From ''Parables'') by Friedrich Adolph Krummacher Read by Kim Lamb 4:00
12
Green Things Growing (Poem) by Dinah Mulock Craik Read by Caro Davy 1:19
13
The Story of a Little Grain of Wheat by May Byron Read by Tanya Bessler 15:03
14
The Little Acorn by Lucy Wheelock Read by TallyTiger 5:07
15
The Story of Two Little Seeds by George MacDonald Read by Caro Davy 4:13
16
How the Flowers Came (Selected) by Jay T. Stocking Read by whisperintoearth 7:26
17
The Legend of the Trailing Arbutus (Indian Legend) by Eleanor L. Skinner Read by Andrea Atwood 5:51
18
The Fairy Flower (adapted from ''Norwood'') by Henry Ward Beecher Read by BettyB 6:48
19
The Snowdrop by Hans Christian Andersen Read by Nichalia Schwartz 4:54
20
What the Dandelion Told by Clara Maetzel Read by Oxalis 5:42
21
Verse by James Russell Lowell Read by mleigh 0:43
22
A Great Family by Agnes McClelland Daulton Read by Cindy Price 5:13
23
The Birth of the Violet (Legend) by Ada M. Skinner Read by Kayty Harrelson 5:15
24
A Lyric of Joy (Poem) by Bliss Carman Read by Caro Davy 0:59
25
Robin's Carol (From ''Angler's Reveille'') by Henry van Dyke Read by czandra 1:08
26
How the Birds Came (Indian Legend) by Ada M. Skinner Read by Kelly Van Roy 4:18
27
How the Birds Learned to Build Nests by James Baldwin Read by Caro Davy 4:58
28
Out of the Nest by Maud Lindsay Read by David Friedman 6:50
29
The Story of Blue-Wings by Mary Stewart Read by Stacy Dugan-Wilcox 6:41
30
An Eastern Legend (Poem) by Grace Duffield Goodwin Read by mleigh 1:47
31
The House Wren by Neltji Blanchan Read by mleigh 7:27
32
The Children of Wind and the Clan of Peace (A Christ-Legend) (Adapted) by Fiona MacLeod Read by czandra 5:38
33
A Spring Lilt (Poem) by Unknown Read by Caro Davy 1:02
34
How Butterflies Came by Hans Christian Andersen Read by Caro Davy 1:56
35
White Butterflies (Poem) by Algernon Charles Swinburne Read by Cindy Price 0:56
36
The Butterfly by Mrs. Alfred Gatty Read by Cindy Price 12:23
37
The Wind, a Helper by Mary Stewart Read by Kelly Van Roy 8:17
38
The Springing Tree: Willows by Mrs. Dyson Read by Kelly Van Roy 8:56
39
Pussy Willow by Kate Louise Brown Read by Caro Davy 2:51
40
The Dragon Fly by Mrs. Alfred Gatty Read by czandra 9:29
41
The Cicada's Story (Selected) by Agnes McClelland Daulton Read by Caro Davy 7:23
42
Edith and the Bees by Helen Keller Read by ColleenR 4:22
43
The Little Tadpoles (From Stories in ''Prose and Verse'') by Katharine Pyle Read by Stacy Dugan-Wilcox 8:12
44
Mr. Hop-Toad (Poem) by James Whitcomb Riley Read by Stacy Dugan-Wilcox 0:47
45
Buz and Hum by Maurice Noël Read by Tarik Alyahya 9:22
46
The Story Without an End translated by Sarah Austin from the German of A. Carove Read by Jack Kali 9:11
47
Legend of the Forget-Me-Not by Ada M. Skinner Read by Caro Davy 3:30
48
Four-Leaf Clover (Poem) by Ella Higginson Read by Caro Davy 1:35
49
Jolly Little Tars by Agnes McClelland Daulton Read by Rita Boutros 22:03
50
Mr. Maple and Mr. Pine by Warren Judson Brier Read by Kayty Harrelson 8:39
51
Old English Verse Read by Caro Davy 0:54
52
The Easter Rabbit (German Legend) by Eleanor L. Skinner Read by czandra 9:14
53
The Boy Who Discovered the Spring by Raymond MacDonald Alden Read by Kayty Harrelson 10:46
54
Sheep and Lambs (Poem) by Katharine Tynan Read by mleigh 1:32
55
Robin Redbreast--A Christ-Legend (Adapted) (From Christ-Legends) by Selma Lagerlöf Read by Alex Kameleon 9:57
56
The Maple Seed from The Atlantic Monthly Read by Caro Davy 5:35
57
Why the Ivy Is Always Green by Madge Bingham Read by Caro Davy 8:27
58
Jonquils (Poem) by Margaret Deland Read by Caro Davy 1:15
59
When Thou Comest Into Thy Kingdom by Mary Stewart Read by Alex Kameleon 16:42
60
The Legend of the Easter Lily by Ada M. Skinner Read by Dulaney High Key Club 1:55
61
Song by Henry Neville Maughan Read by Dulaney High Key Club 0:45
62
In the Garden: An Easter Prelude by W. M. L. Jay Read by Dulaney High Key Club 3:43
63
''Spirit'' and ''Life'' by Margaret Emma Ditto Read by Wayne Cooke 8:49
64
A Child's Easter (Poem) by Annie Trumbull Slosson Read by Dulaney High Key Club 2:30
65
The Spirit of Easter by Helen Keller Read by Dulaney High Key Club 1:56
66
There Are No Dead by Maurice Maeterlinck, adapted from ''The Bluebird" by Madame Maeterlinck Read by Phil Schempf 5:37
67
Little Boy Blue (Poem) by Alfred Noyes Read by Dulaney High Key Club 1:41
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