Project Gutenberg 2015-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 82 Walker, Margaret Coulson Hunt, Mary Isabel Lady Hollyhock and Her Friends: A Book of Nature Dolls and Others Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Music transcribed by Jude Eylander. "Lady Hollyhock and Her Friends: A Book of Nature Dolls and Others" by Margaret Coulson Walker is a children's book created during the early 20th century, specifically in the early 1900s. This delightful work invites young readers into a whimsical world where they can explore the beauty of nature through the playful creation of dolls and creatures made from everyday botanical materials. The book's primary focus is on fostering creativity and imaginative play among children while also cultivating an appreciation for the natural world. The story is centered around Lady Hollyhock and her enchanting home that is filled with flowers, vegetables, and nature-inspired dolls. The children, particularly the West siblings, experience joy and wonder through various crafts involving the construction of dolls from fruits, vegetables, and garden materials, such as radishes, corn, and poppies. Together with their cousin Charlotte, they create playful characters like Lady Hollyhock herself, who is made from a green tomato and hollyhock flowers. The illustrations and lyrical rhymes add depth to their adventures, showcasing themes of creativity, resourcefulness, and the simple pleasures of childhood play, as the children not only engage in storytelling but also in crafting their own imaginative characters drawn from the bounty of their garden surroundings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Amusements Creative activities and seat work Dolls GV Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals 161613 161755 2024-09-20T15:17:31.985728 2023-09-21T11:37:01.725189 text/html text/html 150129 2015-08-04T19:39:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 2655235 2015-08-04T19:39:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 2812701 2024-09-20T15:17:39.942711 application/epub+zip 2812909 2024-09-20T15:17:33.372730 application/epub+zip 175934 2024-09-20T15:17:32.667725 application/epub+zip 2850736 2024-09-20T15:17:44.631639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2791284 2024-09-20T15:17:39.218666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165468 2022-09-22T13:02:02.814979 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 94156 93931 2024-09-20T15:17:30.807715 2023-09-21T11:37:00.538674 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 94345 2015-08-04T19:38:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 34057 2015-08-04T19:39:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18414 2024-09-20T15:17:44.789645 application/rdf+xml 22241 2024-09-20T15:17:32.770717 image/jpeg 3212 2024-09-20T15:17:32.717712 image/jpeg 2665522 2024-09-20T15:17:32.184714 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