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The Wonder Garden

by Frances Jenkins OLCOTT (1872 - 1963)

"Here are 150 nature myths and short stories from all parts of the World. They are the kind that children delight in -- tales of transformations of maidens into trees and fountains, of youths into flowers, and of men into birds. Blossoms, fragrance, and joy are the themes of many of these tales, while a few a tender, pathetic, or humorous." (From the Foreword of the book.) - Summary by Frances Jenkins Olcott

Listen next episodes of The Wonder Garden:
ALL THE HAPPY WONDER MONTHS: The Four Sweet Months; The Four Seasons of the Year; Old Man Coyote and Summer in a Bag , Legend of the Corn , Mariora Floriora , The Enchanted Swine , The Girl who Trod on a Loaf , The Hundred-headed Daffodil , The New Year , The Old Woman who Met the Months , The Ram with the Golden Fleece , The Reed that was a Maiden , The Reeds that Told a Secret , The Seven Corn Maidens , The Snow-white Bull , The Winged Horse , The Wooing of Pomona