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The Book of Nature Myths
Florence Holbrook
Why does the humming-bird dart like a spark from the great fire-mountain? Florence Holbrook retells the nature myths that answered such questions long before science did: how animals got their colors, their tails, their tempers. Short tales shaped for young readers and read-aloud evenings. Every bird and beast here has an origin story. Ask the fire-mountain first. Please note: this is the text of the story only. It has no pictures, so it is meant for a grown-up to read aloud rather than for a child to read alone. The illustrated experience of this story is the audiobook edition on Littletone.
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69 chapters
- 1THE BOOK OF NATURE MYTHS
- 2PRINCIPAL OF FORESTVILLE SCHOOL, CHICAGO
- 3HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON · NEW YORK · CHICAGO · DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO The Riverside Press Cambridge Children's Room
- 4PREFACE.
- 5CONTENTS.
- 6THE BOOK OF NATURE MYTHS.
- 7THE STORY OF THE FIRST HUMMING-BIRD.
- 8PART I. THE GREAT FIRE-MOUNTAIN.
- 9PART II. THE FROLIC OF THE FLAMES.
- 10PART III. THE BIRD OF FLAME
- 11THE STORY OF THE FIRST BUTTERFLIES.
- 12THE STORY OF THE FIRST WOODPECKER.
- 13WHY THE WOODPECKER'S HEAD IS RED.
- 14WHY THE CAT ALWAYS FALLS UPON HER FEET.
- 15WHY THE SWALLOW'S TAIL IS FORKED.
- 16WHY THE WHITE HARES HAVE BLACK EARS.
- 17WHY THE MAGPIE'S NEST IS NOT WELL BUILT.
- 18WHY THE RAVEN'S FEATHERS ARE BLACK.
+ 51 more. The full contents open with the book.
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