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The Book of Nature Myths (Version 2)

Florence Holbrook (1860 - 1932)

These delightful stories about how natural things began are drawn from the early folk-lore of many races. The wonderful explanations of the phenomena of nature given by the native races appeal to the child's wonder about the same phenomena, and he and we are pleased with the imagination involved. These stories gratify our inner child's desire for a fantastic explanation of things we see every day. - Summary by Phil Chenevert

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	The Story of the First Humming-bird.	Julian Pratley	00:07:14
Play 02	The Story of the First Butterflies	Shriya	00:02:44
Play 03	The Story of the First Woodpecker	Shriya	00:02:36
Play 04	Why the Woodpecker's Head is Red	Shriya	00:03:50
Play 05	Why the Cat always falls upon her Feet	Shriya	00:02:58
Play 06	Why the Swallow's Tail is Forked	Shriya	00:03:59
Play 07	Why the White Hares have Black Ears	Noori	00:02:51
Play 08	Why the Magpie's Nest is not well built	Noori	00:02:45
Play 09	Why the Raven's Feathers are Black	Leannie Rach	00:03:25
Play 10	How Fire was brought to the Indians.	Owlivia	00:06:09
Play 11	How the Quail became a Snipe	Shriya	00:03:52
Play 12	Why the Serpent sheds his Skin	Lily	00:03:11
Play 13	Why the Dove is Timid	Matea Bracic	00:02:54
Play 14	Why the Parrot repeats the Words of Men	Matea Bracic	00:03:47
Play 15	The Story of the First Mocking-bird	Matea Bracic	00:03:50
Play 16	Why the Tail of the Fox has a White Tip	Matea Bracic	00:04:38
Play 17	The Story of the First Frogs	Shriya	00:03:11
Play 18	Why the Rabbit is Timid	Shriya	00:02:12
Play 19	Why the Peetweet cries for Rain	Shriya	00:02:11
Play 20	Why the Bear has a Short Tail	Lily Ellis	00:03:00
Play 21	Why the Wren flies Close to the Earth	Gini Pug	00:03:07
Play 22	Why the Hoofs of the Deer are Split	Ritu Aarcee	00:03:26
Play 23	The Story of the First Grasshopper	Chloe West	00:04:09
Play 24	The Story of the Oriole	Alan Mapstone	00:03:45
Play 25	Why the Peacock's Tail has a Hundred Eyes	Kathleen Moore	00:04:09
Play 26	The Story of the Bees and the Flies	Kathleen Moore	00:03:00
Play 27	The Story of the First Moles	Leannie Rach	00:03:05
Play 28	The Story of the First Ants	Leannie Rach	00:05:20
Play 29	The Face of the Manito	Evan Mantler	00:04:28
Play 30	The Story of the First Diamonds	Jenn Broda	00:03:58
Play 31	The Story of the First Pearls	Alan Mapstone	00:04:16
Play 32	The Story of the First Emeralds	Daniel Johnson-Carter	00:03:37
Play 33	Why the Evergreen Trees never lose their Leaves	Ritu Aarcee	00:04:44
Play 34	Why the Aspen Leaves tremble	Gini Pug	00:02:53
Play 35	How the Blossoms came to the Heather	Ritu Aarcee	00:03:48
Play 36	How Flax was given to Men	leenaaaa	00:03:57
Play 37	Why the Juniper has Berries	leenaaaa	00:02:26
Play 38	Why the Sea is Salt	Alan Mapstone	00:04:01
Play 39	The Story of the First Whitefish	Ritu Aarcee	00:02:50
Play 40	Was it the First Turtle?	Shy	00:03:48
Play 41	Why the Crocodile has a Wide Mouth	Ritu Aarcee	00:04:32
Play 42	The Story of the Picture on the Vase	mleigh	00:04:44
Play 43	Why the Water in Rivers is never Still	Daniel Johnson-Carter	00:05:13
Play 44	How the Raven helped Men	Jenn Broda	00:04:52
Play 45	The Story of the Earth and Sky	Annie Cheng	00:04:35
Play 46	How Summer came to the Earth.	Ritu Aarcee	00:06:38
Play 47	The Story of the First Snowdrops	mleigh	00:04:30
Play 48	Why the Face of the Moon is White	Ritu Aarcee	00:04:19
Play 49	Why all Men love the Moon	Ritu Aarcee	00:04:06
Play 50	Why there is a Hare in the Moon	rakpinay	00:04:43
Play 51	The Children in the Moon	rakpinay	00:05:10
Play 52	Why there is a Man in the Moon	rakpinay	00:03:46
Play 53	The Twin Stars	Annie Cheng	00:04:25
Play 54	The Lantern and the Fan	Lily Ellis	00:05:30

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