Books with title Among the Night People

Among the Pond People THE BIGGEST FROG AWAKENS The Biggest Frog stretched the four toes of his right forefoot. Then he stretched the four toes of his left forefoot. Next he stretched the five toes of his right hindfoot. And last of all he stretched the four toes of his left hindfoot. Then he stretched all seventeen toes at once. He should have had eighteen toes to stretch, like his friends and neighbors, but something had happened to the eighteenth one a great many years before. None of the pond people knew what had happened to it, but something had, and when the Tadpoles teased him to tell them what, he only stared at them with his great eyes and said, "My children, that story is too sad to tell." After the Biggest Frog had stretched all his toes, he stretched his legs and twitched his lips. He poked his head out of the mud a very, very little way, and saw a Minnow swimming past. "Good day!" said he. "Is it time to get up?" "Time!" exclaimed the Minnow, looking at him with her mouth open. "I should say it was. Why, the watercress is growing!" Now every one who lives in a pond knows that when the watercress begins to grow, it is time for all the winter sleepers to awaken. The Biggest Frog crawled out of the mud and poked this way and that all around the spot where he had spent the cold weather. "Wake up!" he said. "Wake up! Wake up!" The water grew dark and cloudy because he kicked up so much mud, but when it began to clear again he saw the heads of his friends peeping up everywhere out of that part of the pond bottom. Seven of them had huddled close to him all winter. "Come out!" he cried. "The spring is here, and it is no time for Frogs to be asleep."

Michigan teacher Clara Dillingham Pierson lived and wrote during the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. She authored several volumes of nature and animal tales, suited for children age 5-7.If “Among the farmyard people” contains stories about the animals that live near human establishments, “Among the forest people” introduces children to wildlife: squirrels, owls, snakes etc. Wild animals talk, just like the farm animals from the author's other popular book, and their conversations definitely draw readers towards them. By reading these stories, children can learn many things about these little beings of the forest (the way they look, their habits, as well as other characteristics), in a simple and very engaging way. “Among the Forest People” is a living book, very well-written and perfectly understandable by children, who will definitely remember it. In all of her books, the author encourages loving and caring for the animals, which is one of the best messages that children can get.“Among the Forest People” contains 20 tales. Readers have the pleasure to meet Mr. Red Squirrel, a new inhabitant of the forest, other red squirrels, Mr. Great Horned Owl, yhe swaggering crow, the woodpecker, the night moth, the bees and the kingbird, the cowbird, Mrs. Mourning Dove, the young blue jay, the rabbit, the little bat, the swarm, the groundhog, the mole, the wild turkeys and many more little dwellers of the forest, each with its story and captivating adventures.The tales end with a moral, simple but very clear, which explains the rights and the wrongs of situations and characters, helping children to remember virtues or life lessons that must be used in the everyday life.The books can still play a big role in imparting life lessons on young readers, and Clara Dillingham Pierson seems to know very well that the lesson must be delivered subtly to be efficient.

Among the Meadow People THE BUTTERFLY THAT WENT CALLING As the warm August days came, Mr. Yellow Butterfly wriggled and pushed in his snug little green chrysalis and wished he could get out to see the world. He remembered the days when he was a hairy little Caterpillar, crawling slowly over grass and leaves, and he remembered how beautiful the sky and all the flowers were. Then he thought of the new wings which had been growing from his back, and he tried to move them, just to see how it would feel. He had only six legs since his wings grew, and he missed all the sticky feet which he had to give up when he began to change into a Butterfly. The more he thought about it the more he squirmed, until suddenly he heard a faint little sound, too faint for larger people to hear, and found a tiny slit in the wall of his chrysalis. It was such a dainty green chrysalis with white wrinkles, that it seemed almost a pity to have it break. Still it had held him for eight days already and that was as long as any of his family ever hung in the chrysalis, so it was quite time for it to be torn open and left empty. Mr. Yellow Butterfly belonged to the second brood that had hatched that year and he wanted to be out while the days were still fine and hot. Now he crawled out of the newly-opened doorway to take his first flight. Poor Mr. Butterfly! He found his wings so wet and crinkled that they wouldn't work at all, so he had to sit quietly in the sunshine all day drying them. And just as they got big, and smooth, and dry, it grew dark, and Mr. Butterfly had to crawl under a leaf to sleep.

This book is one of the readers' favorites of the series written by author Clara Dillingham Pierson and dedicated to children older than 5 years. Just like her other books that present little forest people, night people, farmyard people etc., “Among the Meadow People” tells various stories from the perspective of little animals populating different corners of the earth (fields and meadows, in this case).All the stories are delightful and introduce the animals to young children, who can learn many things about them; they tell about all kind of little critters doing their daily activities, experiencing different incidents, interactions and extraordinary things that make these stories not just educational but also very captivating. They are realistic, and the animals are presented very accurately; the little readers get to know how they look, where they live and learn about the characteristics of their life. The critters talk, but this is just to transmit the message more easily to the children; otherwise, they are presented as they would be in nature. They do not live in houses, wear clothes etc. These stories can be used anytime for creative projects such as starting a nature book.Today, this sweet book is still able to protect and develop small children's imagination, allowing them to learn through story."Among the Meadow People” includes 28 tales that follow the lives of butterflies, robins, a selfish caterpillar, a snail, a little spider who draws its first web, crickets, earthworms, a gossiping fly, a green frog, a grasshopper, the beetle who did not like caterpillars, and much more tiny creatures of fields and gardens, each one with its story that teaches a moral lesson in a gentle way.Clara Dillingham Pierson used to say that Mother Nature is the most wonderful of all story-tellers – and she was so right!

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