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Sibylee Von Olfers' Mother Earth and Her Children was written over 100 years ago. This enchanting story celebrates nature's changing seasons. This quilted fairy tale book is beautifully illustrated by Sieglinde Schoen Smith and translated by Jack Zipes. This masterful work, captured the coveted Best in Show award at America's most prestigious quilt show, inspiring this new translation of the story.
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Mother Earth and Her Children
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Back Cover InformationA Joyful Tale of the Coming of Spring Deep below the ground, Mother Earth rouses her sleepy children. The little ones ready themselves for spring, then join a jubilant procession of bugs and beetles up into the summer meadows. With each colorful turn of the page, the children discover new surprises waiting just for them. In rhyming verse and vibrant illustrations, this enchanting story captivates the imagination of the youngest readers, gently leading them to make their won discoveries outdoors. The CreatorsSibylle von Olfers authored the German folk tale, Etwas von den Wurzelkindern, first published in 1906. mother Earth and Her Children is the first authentic translation into English rhyming verse. The original book is one of six popular children's stories von Olfers wrote and illustrated. She was an art teacher in northern Germany, where as a young woman she joined the Catholic order of the sisters of Holy Elizabeth. Sieginde Schoen Smith is an award-winning quilter, an expert embroiderer, and a gifted artist. Exactly a century after the original book was published, Schoen Smith created a unique quilt that retells her favorite childhood story This masterful work, also titled Mother Earth and Her Children, captured the coveted Best in show award at America's most prestigious quilt show, inspiring this new translation of the story. The quilt is stitched and embroidered entirely by hand. It took a year and a a day from start to finish. Schoen Smith lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Jack Zipes is the foremost expert on German folklore in the United States. He is a professor of German literature at the University of Minnesota and has contributed to, translated, and authored more than 50 books, including The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature. His version of The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm is considered the definitive English-language translation.
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