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The Turquoise Story Book: Stories and Legends of Summer and Nature

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A book compiling stories, legends, and poems about summer and nature, piquing reader's interests by appealing to the reader's fancy, quickening his/her sense of humor, or attract his/her attention to some spiritual significance.
- Summary by RomaSingh

Proof-listeners: Aysh & Michele Eaton (8 hr 10 min)

Chapters

Introduction

2:14

Read by nighthawks

Summer

1:29

Read by nighthawks

How Summer Conquered Winter

7:06

Read by nighthawks

A Legend of the Flowers

6:54

Read by Atchala

June

1:05

Read by njipark123

The Sun-Goddess

5:57

Read by Ai Robotto

The Summer Maker

9:49

Read by Nichole Kristen

Summer

0:51

Read by Atchala

In the Kitchen-Garden

18:28

Read by Brenna Castor

Glad Day

1:41

Read by njipark123

The Summer Princess

32:22

Read by czandra

Midsummer

1:06

Read by Divya Sharma

Selection

1:15

Read by nighthawks

Day

1:48

Read by nighthawks

How the Sun Was Caught and Freed

4:53

Read by Adrienne Prevost

A Day of Sunshine

1:30

Read by Amanda Chandler

A Day of Sunshine (Alternate reading)

1:38

Read by nighthawks

Phaeton's Drive in the Sun-Chariot

5:33

Read by Adrienne Prevost

Song

0:49

Read by Adrienne Prevost

Summer Sun

1:49

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Cloud

4:30

Read by Lisa Marie Dolcy

Undine

29:20

Read by Tom Merritt

Legend of the Sun, Moon and Stars

5:00

Read by ABVoice

The Princess Moonbeam

5:03

Read by Lee-Ann Khoh

The Moon

1:06

Read by Adrienne Prevost

The Spacious Firmament on High

2:06

Read by Alan Mapstone

Nature's Song

1:10

Read by Andrea Atwood

The Gift of Flax

6:44

Read by Atchala

The Story of the Dewdrop

6:19

Read by ChinmayHota

The Dew Mother

1:01

Read by Adrienne Prevost

Origin of the Dandelion

5:26

Read by ABVoice

Prince Butterfly and Clover

5:13

Read by Adrienne Prevost

A Song of Clover

1:20

Read by Adrienne Prevost

Tithonus: A Legend of the Grasshopper

1:51

Read by Adrienne Prevost

The Grasshopper

1:59

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Golden Grasshopper

2:30

Read by Adrienne Prevost

A Blade of Grass

5:07

Read by Nichole Kristen

Selection

1:30

Read by nighthawks

Princess Fire-Fly

7:20

Read by Nichole Kristen

July

1:01

Read by nighthawks

Cuff and the Woodchuck

5:26

Read by jbcampo

Why the Lady-Bug Is Said to Be Beloved of God—Translated from the French

9:30

Read by TriciaG

Summer Spinners

1:06

Read by nighthawks

The Story of Arachne

5:50

Read by Andrea Atwood

How the Spider Makes Its Web

4:18

Read by EricGarretson

The Fairy Spinner

4:26

Read by ChinmayHota

Mother Spider

4:18

Read by Ai Robotto

The Brook

1:00

Read by Lee-Ann Khoh

Legend of the Water-Lily

4:24

Read by Atchala

The Tale of Two Tails

7:12

Read by Lee-Ann Khoh

Origin of Bullfrogs

8:43

Read by EricGarretson

Woodland Waters

1:47

Read by CVCushman99

The Grubbiest Grub

11:26

Read by Andrea Atwood

The Dragon-Fly

0:59

Read by Atchala

Selection

1:08

Read by nighthawks

Selection

0:59

Read by nighthawks

How Woodpecker Changed His Colours

3:34

Read by Lisa Marie Dolcy

A Retort from the Catbird

1:58

Read by CVCushman99

Woodpecker Life

18:27

Read by ChinmayHota

Kingfisher's Necklace and Ruffle

5:19

Read by prajak

Owl Wisdom

5:00

Read by Atchala

Birds' Nests

7:17

Read by Linda Velwest

Hatto The Hermit: The Legend of a Bird's Nest

16:14

Read by Linda Velwest

Song

1:05

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Plucky Prince

7:18

Read by Nichole Kristen

The Oak

1:27

Read by Lisa Marie Dolcy

Summer Snow

3:31

Read by Yaelin Lee

The Boy Who Hated Trees

8:01

Read by Nichole Kristen

The Friendly Summer Trees

9:33

Read by Linda Velwest

Forest Day

9:38

Read by nighthawks

Woodman, Spare That Tree

1:57

Read by Andrea Atwood

Selection

1:09

Read by nighthawks

Selection

1:25

Read by nighthawks

How the Rose Became Queen

8:22

Read by CVCushman99

Morning-Glories

1:49

Read by Alan Mapstone

Why Roses Have Thorns

7:15

Read by Alysson Light

Sweet Peas

1:10

Read by CVCushman99

Legend of the Primrose

6:43

Read by Yaelin Lee

Evening Primroses

1:32

Read by Alysson Light

Legend of the Lily-of-the-Valley

1:28

Read by Alysson Light

Katrina's Sun-Dial

1:02

Read by Alysson Light

The Three Little Butterflies

2:53

Read by ABVoice

The Pinks

1:19

Read by CVCushman99

The Flower's Thanks

2:43

Read by ABVoice

Pansies

1:17

Read by CVCushman99

The Little Heartsease

3:05

Read by oogiesragdoll

Legend of the Red Geranium

1:40

Read by ABVoice

Enchanted Tulips

1:34

Read by Andrea Atwood

Iris

2:55

Read by cleosteinhauser

The Yellow-Bird

1:00

Read by oogiesragdoll

Origin of the Sunflower

3:15

Read by ABVoice

The Bluebell

1:38

Read by Amanda Chandler

The Dew Mother's Gift to the Rose

2:34

Read by Night

A Yellow Pansy

1:46

Read by CVCushman99

Mignonette

6:05

Read by Night

Flowers

2:14

Read by nighthawks

Selection

1:20

Read by nighthawks

The Friendly Cowslip Bells

5:24

Read by ChinmayHota

Fairy Dawn

1:17

Read by Lee-Ann Khoh

Robin Goodfellow

12:15

Read by Olly AG

A Quarrel in Fairyland

23:23

Read by Alan Mapstone

In the Cool of the Evening

2:15

Read by Alan Mapstone