The Last Bee of Summer – An Autumn Story
A story of the changing seasons, a mournful peacock butterfly, and a hard-working bee whose end is very near. This story was taken from Dewdrops from Fairyland – Illustrated by A. Duncan Carse. […]
The Storks – A Hans Christian Andersen Tale
Four determined young storks, a spiteful rhyme, and a twisted moral with a dreadful fate. The text for this story was taken from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen – Illustrated by Harry Clarke. The […]
The Making of the Opal
A story from the town of Crystal Mountain, a wedding dress cut from a rainbow, and a stone made with the mist of sunshine.
The Imp Tree
The Imp Tree tale is from Fairy Gold: A Book of Old English Fairy Tales. It was compiled by Ernest Rhys and illustrated by Herbert Cole. Rhys was a famed writer and editor – best known […]
The Elder Tree Mother
This story is taken from The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen – Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. It was a project that took Nielsen twelve years to complete, and his illustrations perfectly capture the other-worldly spirit […]
The Giant who had no Heart in his Body
This tale is from East of the Sun and West of the Moon – Old Tales From the North. A collection of Nordic and Norwegian folklore, edited and collated by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe. […]
Old Man Coyote and Summer in a Bag
This tale is taken from The Wonder Garden – Nature Myths and Tales – Illustrated by Milo Winter. Written by Frances Jenkins Olcott, it’s a collection of over 150 nature myths and tales from all parts […]
The Twelve Brothers
A tale of twelve coffins, a girl with a gold star in the middle of her forehead and an accidental curse with a heavy price.
The Beauty of the Lily
This delightful tale is taken from The Wonder Garden – Nature Myths and Tales – Illustrated by Milo Winter. Written by Frances Jenkins Olcott, it’s a collection of over 150 nature myths and tales from all […]
