Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Love’s Garden”
by Ellen Robena Field
A poem about love that uses religious and nature themes.
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Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“A Fall Song”
by Ellen Robena Field
A poem describing “The Fall of the Year” or Autumn.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“A Child of Spring”
by Ellen Robena Field
A poem about springtime.
How Sammy Went to Coral-Land
Introduction
by Emily Paret Atwater
Grandma and the children are at the beach. She agrees to tell the children a “true” story.
Aesop's Fables
“The Farmer and the Snake”
by Aesop
A fable about a farmer who cares for a snake that then turns to bite him
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Buttercup Gold”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story explaining where buttercup flowers come from.
Aesop's Fables
“The Donkey and the Grasshopper”
by Aesop
A donkey wishing to sing like the grasshoppers inquires about their diet. To sing like them he changes his diet to theirs and perishes.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Rock-A-By Baby”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about the growth of a tree and its blooms of spring.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Five Little Indian Brothers”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about five kernels of corn growing in the Farmer Lane. The author uses this as a religious metaphor.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Baby Caterpillar”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Mother Nature’s House Cleaning”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about the rain and the first few days of March/Spring.
The Emerald City of Oz
Author’s Note
by L. Frank Baum
The author tells the readers where he gets his ideas from.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“The Robin”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about a robin who flies north in the springtime, builds a nest for his mate, and migrates south for the winter.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“The Lily Sisters”
by Ellen Robena Field
The short story of Easter and three young lillies.
Aesop's Fables
“The Bear and the Fox”
by Aesop
A bear and a fox have different views of the bear’s attitude towards what he eats.
Aesop's Fables
The Dog in the Manger
by Aesop
A dog won’t allow oxen to eat the hay upon which the dog is resting.
Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories
“The Cake”
by Laura Richards
A short fable about a boy who beat his brother because he stole his cake.
Aesop's Fables
“The Boy Hunting Locusts”
by Aesop
It’s the intention rather than the action that makes a good choice.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“How the Raindrops and Sunbeams Helped”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about the first days of spring.
Aesop's Fables
“The Swallow and the Crow”
by Aesop
A swallow and a crow argue about the value of their feathers.
Aesop's Fables
“The Four Oxen and the Lion”
by Aesop
The importance of working together, even through disagreements.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
To My Readers
by L. Frank Baum
The author tells the readers about the origin of this story and his process.
Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida
“After the Hurricane”
by George E. Merrick
The aftermath of a hurricane is described.
Aesop's Fables
“The Pomegranate, Apple-Tree, and Bramble”
by Aesop
Every thing would like to be thought of as greater in the world than it is, and it first thinks itself so.
Buttercup Gold and Other Stories
“Nature’s Violet Children”
by Ellen Robena Field
A short story about violets who were picked from their home in the forest and brought to little girl’s house. With the help of sunlight and a caged canary, the violets thought positively and blossomed.