Leo Dillon

Presents that selection from Ecclesiastes which relates that everything in life has its own time and season.

In eighteenth-century West Africa, a boy raised by his blacksmith father and the Mother Elements--Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth--is captured and taken to America as a slave.

A Greek princess, raised by bears in the forest and then returned to her rightful place in the kingdom, refuses to marry unless the man can outrun her in a footrace.

Portrays a day in the life of Earth Mother who, as she tends plants and animals around the world, meets three of her creations with advice on how to make the world more perfect.

Retellings of two Near Eastern folktales reveal how two pairs of shoes unwittingly reflect the true character of the men who own them.

Sylvia, the new apprentice to the great magician Tottibo, steals one of his spells to complete an impossible task and accidentally creates chaos.

Eleven tales from Scottish history. Introductory notes provide background information on the long and fierce struggle for Scottish independence.

Retells the story of Verdi's opera in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved.

A child says goodnight to the natural world and all those that occupy it.

A collection of poems, explaining the elements of nature, from various American Indian tribes including Iroquois, Micmac, and Shoshoni.