A child's book of stories from many lands / compiled by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner ; illustrated in color by Jessie Willcox Smith.

Other author Skinner, Ada M. (Ada Maria), 1878-
Other author Skinner, Eleanor L. (Eleanor Louise), 1872-
Other author Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, illustrator.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Children's Classics : Distributed by Crown Publishers, 1988.
Descriptionxvi, 208 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Short stories.
Children's stories.

Contents Home tales: Mary's confession -- The stranger child -- Charlotte and the little helpers -- Amelia and the dwarfs -- The old woman and the pot of daffodils -- The squirrels' spring work -- Lucy's visitors -- The tired eagles -- The story garden: Betty's posy shop -- How the snowdrop came -- Snowdrops -- Betty's surprise -- The fairy gardeners -- Little hotoad's friend -- The white butterfly -- The little plant -- Pixie flowers -- Little Edith's garden -- Saving the elm -- The garden tools -- Cheerful stories: The sea blossom / Mary Stewart -- Nick Bluster's trick / E.L.S. -- Magnificat and Tibby / A.E.S. -- The traveling musicians / Brothers Grimm -- The story of a chicken -- Friskie's nutting pary / A.M.S. -- The discontented weathercock (adapted) / E.L.S. -- Teenchy duck (translated from the French by Joel Chandler Harris) / Frederick Ortoldi -- Finder a dark place -- Mr. Moon hides.
Contents The circus dream -- The fisherman and his wife -- Tales and legends beautiful: The goldfish / Julia Brown -- Inside the garden gate -- What you look for you will find -- The water lily / Jean Ingelow -- The imprisoned Nixie / Pamela Tennant -- Child charity / Frances Browne -- Little Gopola (adapted) / East Indian tale -- The Banyan Deer (adapted) -- The country of mice (adapted) / E.L.S. -- Little daylight / E.L.S. -- The house in the wood -- Jorinda and Jorindel.
Abstract A collection of stories arranged under the themes "Home Tales," "The Story Garden," "Cheerful Stories," and "Tales and Legends Beautiful."
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Fred S. Hudson, Jr.
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy Gift of Margaret F. Hudson
LCCN 88011840
ISBN051767128X
ISBN9780517671283

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Joyner Rare Collection PN6071.A3 C44 1988 ✔ Available Request Material
Joyner Rare Collection PN6071.A3 C44 1988 ✔ Available Request Material