Wonder Garden - Nature Myths and Tales From all the World Over for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud and for the Children's Own Reading

This 'Wonder Book', written by Frances Jenkins Olcott, is a collection of over 150 nature myths and tales from all parts of the world, illustrated by Milo Winter. It's 500 pages provide a vast array of tales, including tales of flowers, fairies, dragons, talking birds, magic waters and enchanted forests, that children can revel and delight in. Winter (1888 1956) was best-loved for his animal drawings, and was among the artists working in the later stages of the Golden Age . His work can be identified from its masterful accuracy, humorous touches, personality, and attention to detail. Winter produced artwork for such well-known tales as Aesop s Fables, Arabian Nights, Alice in Wonderland, and Gulliver s Tales. Presented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Olcott s captivating storytelling. A bit of the Sky fell down one day; It touched a Star and glanced away; A spark from the Star in its breast it bore, And fell to the earth, and was no more. Up sprang from the grass a tiny flower That brightly grew neath sun and shower:- The bit of the Sky in its petals blue, The spark from the Star in its bodom, too. The Star gazed down at its happy lot, And whispered, Dear, forget-me-not!