The Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe'en, and Thanksgiving: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe'en, and Thanksgiving, credited to Ada M. Skinner; Eleanor L. Skinner, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe'en, and Thanksgiving by Ada M. Skinner; Eleanor L. Skinner. Read by LibriVox Volunteers From the Introduction: "Nature stories, legends, and poems appeal to the young reader’s interest in various ways. Some of them suggest or reveal certain facts which stimulate a spirit of investigation and attract the child’s attention to the beauty and mystery of the world. Others serve an excellent purpose by quickening his sense of humour." This is a charming collection of stories, legends, and poems about autumn harvest, Halloween, and Thanksgiving translated from the Danish, French, German, and others. There are animal stories and poems by some very famous authors and poets. All in all, this is a wonderful book for young people, and older people as well. "When the Frost is on the Pumpkin ..." - Summary by Nan Dodge

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe'en, and Thanksgiving
• Author credits: Ada M. Skinner; Eleanor L. Skinner
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 83
• Listed recording duration: 6:56:35

Catalogue topics

• halloween
• holidays
• thanksgiving
• harvest

Opening tracks: first 24 of 83

1. 01 - Each in His Own Tongue — 0:36
2. 02 - Nipon and King of the Northland — 11:07
3. 03 - Prince Autumn — 15:26
4. 04 - Scarf of the Lady — 6:40
5. 05 - Sickle Moon — 4:12
6. 06 - Winter's Herald — 8:08
7. 07 - Jack Frost — 1:33
8. 08 - Pumpkin Giant — 21:18
9. 09 - Lady White & Lady Yellow — 3:38
10. 10 - The Shet-Up Posy — 7:51
11. 11 - The Gay Little King — 14:29
12. 12 - The Story of Opal — 19:38
13. 13 - Selection — 0:38
14. 14 - Lost: The Summer — 1:04
15. 15 - By the Wayside — 0:26
16. 16 - The King's Candles — 5:29
17. 17 - Legend of the Golden Rod — 2:45
18. 18 - Golden-Rod — 0:39
19. 19 - The Little Weed — 1:45
20. 20 - Golden Rod and Purple Aster — 3:27
21. 21 - Wild Asters — 0:39
22. 22 - Silver-rod — 2:26
23. 23 - Pimpernel, The Shepherd's Clock — 0:51
24. 24 - Legend of the Gentian — 1:39

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