{"id":22324,"date":"2022-11-29T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=22324"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:46:15","slug":"the-topaz-story-book-by-ada-and-eleanor-skinner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-topaz-story-book-by-ada-and-eleanor-skinner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Topaz Story Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Topaz STORY BOOK<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Description: <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The Topaz Story Book<\/em> is an engaging collection of stories and legends from near and far about Autumn, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. Poems that match the season are sprinkled among the narrative selections to add variety. This is one of four seasonal collection the authors have compiled, the others being The Emerald Story Book<\/em> for Spring, The Turquoise Story Book<\/em> for Summer, and The Pearl Story Book<\/em> for Winter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>8-12<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>298 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong> None<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2022<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>978-63334-123-4<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Literature<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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<\/em>AUTUMN STORIES AND LEGENDS<\/strong>1. Nipon and the King of the Northland2. Prince Autumn3. The Scarf of the Lady4. The Sickle Moon5. Winter\u2019s Herald6. Jack Frost (poem)7. The Pumpkin Giant<\/em>8. Lady White and Lady Yellow9. The Shet-Up Posy10. The Gay Little King11. The Story of the Opal12. Lost: The Summer (poem)13. By the Wayside (poem)14. The King\u2019s Candles (German Legend)15. A Legend of the Golden-Rod16. Golden-Rod (poem)17. The Little Weed18. Golden-Rod and Purple Aster<\/em><\/p>\n

19. Wild Asters (poem)20. Silver-rod21. Pimpernel, the Shepherd\u2019s Clock (poem)22. A Legend of the Gentian (Hungarian)23. Queen Aster24. The Weeds25. Autumn Fires (poem)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

AMONG THE TREES<\/strong>26. To an Autumn Leaf (poem)27. Why the Autumn Leaves Are Red (Indian Legend) -28. The Anxious Leaf29. How the Chestnut Burrs Became30. The Merry Wind (poem)31. Autumn Among the Birds32. The Kind Old Oak33. The Tree (poem)34. Coming and Going35. A Legend of the Willow Tree (Japanese)36. Autumn Fashions (poem)37. Pomona\u2019s Best Gift (Old English Song)38. Pomona (Greek myth retold from Ovid)39. In the Orchard (poem)<\/em><\/p>\n

40. Johnny Appleseed41. Red Apple (poem)42. The Three Golden Apples43. October: Orchard of the Year44. November<\/em><\/p>\n

WOODLAND ANIMALS<\/strong>45. The Pretending Woodchuck46. Mrs. Bunny\u2019s Dinner Party47. The Nutcrackers of Nutcracker Lodge 48. Bushy\u2019s Bravery49. Nut Gatherers (poem)<\/em><\/p>\n

IN HARVEST FIELDS<\/strong>50. When the Frost is on the Pumpkin51. Origin of Indian Corn (Indian Legend)52. Song of Hiawatha53. O-na-tah, the Spirit of the Corn Fields 54. Mondamin (poem)55. The Discontented Pumpkin56. Bob White (poem)57. The Little Pumpkin58. Autumn (Poem)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

CHEERFUL CHIRPERS<\/strong>59. The News (poem)60. How There Came To Be a Katy-did61. Old Dame Cricket (poem)62. Miss Katy-Did and Miss Cricket (adapted)63. The Cricket (poem)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

ALL HALLOWEEN<\/strong>64. Shadow March (poem)65. Twinkling Feet\u2019s Halloween (adapted from a Cornwall legend)66. Jack-o\u2019-Lantern (poem)67. The Elfin Knight (old ballad retold)68. The Courteous Prince (Scotch legend)69. Jack-o\u2019-Lantern Song<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A HARVEST OF THANKSGIVING STORIES<\/strong>70. Selection71. The Odd Little Baker Man72. A Turkey for the Stuffing73. Pumpkin Pie (poem)74. Mrs. November\u2019s Dinner Party75. The Debut of \u201cDan\u2019l Webster\u201d76. The Green Corn Dance77. Thanksgiving (poem)78. The Two Alms, or The Thanksgiving Day Gift79. A Thanksgiving Psalm80. The Crown of the Year (poem)<\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Pearl Story Book<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Ada and Eleanor Skinner<\/p>\n

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The Fall of the Year<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Dallas Lore Sharp<\/p>\n

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Through Four Seasons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Edith M. Patch<\/p>\n

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The Red Indian Fairy Book<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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