Project Gutenberg 2011-03-02 Public domain in the USA. 133 Brady, Loretta Ellen Preston, Alice Bolam Preston, Alice B. The Green Forest Fairy Book Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Prologue -- Dame Grumble and her curious apple-tree -- A tale of the Northland Kingdom -- The little tree that never grew up -- The tale of Punchinello -- The strange tale of the brown bear -- The Beggar Princess -- Sweep and Little Sweep -- Kings and queens and peasant folk -- The goose girl and the blue gander -- The little brown man -- A tale for Halloween. Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Green Forest Fairy Book" by Loretta Ellen Brady is a collection of whimsical fairy tales written in the early 20th century. This enchanting compilation takes readers on a journey through a world where fairyfolk, talking animals, and magical occurrences abound, reflecting the innocence and wonder of childhood. The stories are likely to feature various characters who encounter both challenges and delightful adventures, seamlessly blending moral lessons with fantastical elements. At the start of the book, the prologue sets a nostalgic tone, evoking a time when fairies roamed freely, and nature was alive with voice and magic. It introduces the idea of the Golden Bird, a creature that shared wondrous tales with the people until it mysteriously disappeared, leading to a world that slowly forgot magic. The story then shifts to Dame Grumble and her perplexing Apple Tree, which seems to promise treasures of golden apples but stubbornly retains its blossoms, only to be stripped away by the North Wind. This opening establishes themes of longing, the conflict between nature and human desires, and the bittersweet realization of what truly constitutes happiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fairy tales PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 344415 344441 2024-10-15T05:50:39.531182 2023-09-15T11:14:15.386144 text/html text/html 345501 2011-03-02T11:12:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3542291 2011-03-02T11:12:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1410195 2024-10-15T05:50:47.044095 application/epub+zip 1410717 2024-10-15T05:50:41.923112 application/epub+zip 202140 2024-10-15T05:50:40.428297 application/epub+zip 1548523 2024-10-15T05:50:50.873082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1516072 2024-10-15T05:50:46.024105 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280727 2022-09-16T09:05:09.392833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309374 309184 2024-10-15T05:50:38.697145 2023-09-15T11:14:14.712141 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 309187 2011-03-02T11:12:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110103 2011-03-02T11:12:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19551 2024-10-15T05:50:51.021103 application/rdf+xml 9864 2024-10-15T05:50:41.013120 image/jpeg 2737 2024-10-15T05:50:40.716107 image/jpeg 3623492 2024-10-15T05:50:39.612139 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog