The Pearl Story Book: Stories and Legends of Winter, Christmas, and New Year's …


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A collection of Christmas, Winter, and New Year tales and poems compiled by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner (Summary by RomaSingh) (7 hr 38 min)

Chapters

Introduction 2:33 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Winter (selection) 1:58 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Ice King (Indian legend) 8:24 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Song of the Snow (poem) 2:39 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
King Frost and King Winter (adapted) 11:31 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Snowstorm (poem) 2:32 Read by Alan Mapstone
The First Winter (Iroquois legend) 5:22 Read by LibraryWitch
Snow Song (poem) 1:43 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Snow Maiden (Russian legend. Translated from the French) 6:22 Read by Jenn Broda
The Frost King (poem) 2:24 Read by Alan Mapstone
King Winter’s Harvest 3:42 Read by njipark123
Old King Winter (poem) 1:31 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Sheltering Wings 5:33 Read by Penny Witt
Snowflakes (selection) 1:14 Read by Penny Witt
The Snow-Image 26:15 Read by Penny Witt
The First Snow-Fall 1:01 Read by njipark123
The Voice of the Pine Trees (Japanese legend) 4:32 Read by njipark123
The Pine Tree Maiden (Indian legend) 7:07 Read by LibraryWitch
The Holly 7:15 Read by jenno
The Fable of the Three Elms (poem) 3:02 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Pine and the Willow 4:22 Read by njipark123
Why the Wild Rabbits Are White in Winter (Algonquin legend retold) 8:57 Read by jenno
The Yew 2:31 Read by jenno
How the Pine Tree Did Some Good 13:30 Read by littlemissclumsy
A Wonderful Weaver (poem) 1:23 Read by njipark123
The Pine and the Flax 3:59 Read by LibraryWitch
The Fir Tree (poem) 1:38 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Why Bruin Has a Stumpy Tail (Norwegian legend) 6:17 Read by Andrea Atwood
Pines and Firs 15:18 Read by helensears
Who Loves the Trees Best? (poem) 1:10 Read by njipark123
A Christmas Song 1:36 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Shepherd Maiden’s Gift (Eastern legend) 9:48 Read by mleigh
Christmas Gifts 4:56 Read by njipark123
Silver Bells (poem) 1:28 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Animals’ Christmas Tree 18:17 Read by LibraryWitch
A Christmas Carol 2:07 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Holly 13:04 Read by December Ink
The Willow Man (poem) 3:25 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Ivy Green (selection) 1:30 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Legend of St. Nicholas 20:14 Read by Katharina21
Christmas Bells (selection) 1:07 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Night With Santa Claus 12:55 Read by Katharina21
A Child’s Thought About Santa Claus (poem) 3:12 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Charity in a Cottage 14:27 Read by amshanahan
The Waits (poem) 1:59 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Where Love Is There God Is Also (adapted) 10:22 Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen 1:36 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Glad New Year (poem) 1:26 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Bad Little Goblin’s New Year 13:38 Read by amshanahan
Selection 1:02 Read by amshanahan
The Queen of the Year (poem) 1:36 Read by amshanahan
The New Year’s Bell 7:40 Read by amshanahan
The New Year 1:19 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Child and the Year (poem) 1:38 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Masque of the Days 5:12 Read by Bill Mosley
Ring Out, Wild Bells (poem) 1:25 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Bells (selection) 1:41 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A January Thaw 13:55 Read by jenno
The Snow Man 10:56 Read by Penny Witt
The Happy Prince 24:35 Read by Penny Witt
The Legend of King Wenceslaus (adapted) 7:54 Read by Tanya Bessler
Midwinter (poem) 3:18 Read by Alan Mapstone
Old Winter (poem) 1:54 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
The Snowball That Didn’t Melt 17:04 Read by Alan Lord
Gau-wi-di-ne and Go-hay (Iroquois legend retold) 12:31 Read by LibraryWitch
Naming the Winds (Indian legend retold) 5:20 Read by December Ink
North Wind’s Frolic (translated) 3:48 Read by jenno
The Months: A Pageant (adapted) 19:23 Read by Alan Mapstone
Prince Winter 11:23 Read by jenno
How Spring and Winter Met (poem) 2:20 Read by Alan Mapstone