Rattling Around: The Baxter Boys #5 (The Baxter Boys ~ Rattled)

✍ Scribed by Charles, Jane

• Tongue: English
• Weight: 142 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Presents myths, legends, tales, and folklore about plants and describes how to use plants to make ornaments, toys, disguises, dolls, and musical instruments.;Playthings : stories to tell. The fairy clock (Irish folklore) -- The toy canoes (Hawaiian tale) -- The leaf hills of Timor (Malay folklore) -- Why some reeds are hollow (Thai Buddhist myth) -- An old riddle (Portuguese, French, and Spanish folklore) -- Monkey money (Parisian tale) -- Little Cock and Little Hen (Dutch folklore) -- Mondamin (Algonquian legend) -- The tulip bed (Devon, England legend) -- Lily of the valley (Medieval European Christian legend and Korean tale) -- Nine peas in the pod (Belgian and French custom) -- The king of the trees (Old Testament).;Playthings : playthings to make, making toys from plants. Dandelion stem spinners -- Henbit spinners -- Leaf ducks or swans -- Whirlybirds -- Leaf boats -- Stilts -- Leafy tent -- Pea-pod canoes.;Disguises : disguises to make, playing a game of disguises with natural materials. Wigs and head coverings -- Mustaches and beards -- Face makeup -- Masks -- Palm tree leaf-end masks -- Whole-body coverings.;Ornaments : ornaments to make, creating adornments from flowering plants. Chains, wreaths, garlands, necklaces, and bracelets -- Rings -- "Wedding" rings or chains -- Fingertip covers -- Earrings or ear decorations -- Hair ornaments -- Flower cap.;Disguises : stories to tell. Why plants no longer grow as high as the sky (Chinese legend) -- The creation of plants (Jewish legend) -- Why some leaves are shaped like the human hand (Persian and Flemish legend) -- Overheard in a vineyard (Arab legend) -- Hiding hazelnuts (French Christian folklore) -- Why trees whisper (Estonian legend) -- The wild woman of the birch wood (Czech legend) -- Why corn has silky white hair (Southern United States tale) -- The power of ferns (Cornish legend) -- Oil palm and raffia palm (Nkundo [of] Zaire dilemma tale) -- Two riddles (Lithuanian and Flemish folklore) -- Why plants have human characteristics (Iroquoian myth).;Dolls for a day : dolls to make, making dolls from plant materials. Miniature flower doll -- Rhubarb recluse -- Corn and apple doll -- Snowball flower girl -- Milkweed devil -- Dancer -- Grass elf -- Poppy doll -- Ballerina.;Ornaments : stories to tell. The wreaths of wisdom (Greek and Roman legend) -- Daisy (English folklore) -- Ranunculus (Roman myth) -- Shawondasee and the golden girl (Ojibwa tale) -- Why there are violets in meadows (Greek myth) -- Why the pansy has no fragrance (German legend) -- The secret story in the pansy (European folklore) -- The healing plant (Hungarian Christian legend) -- The tree of riches (French and West Indian legend) -- Why carrots are the color of flame (Wallonian legend) -- Bergamot (English literary tale) -- The two trees of paradise (Islamic legend) -- Wise words and popcorn flowers (Mexican custom).;Musical instruments : stories to tell. Why most trees and plants have flat leaves (Polynesian legend) -- The tree of life (Mordvinian [of] Siberia legend) -- The gifts to the Five Nations (Iroquoian legend) -- The gourd and the pine tree (Persian fable) -- The giant pumpkin (Indian legend) -- First fruits of the field (Kabyle [of] North Africa legend) -- Rice, corn, millet, beans, and wheat : shy the five grains differ (Hmong tale).;Sources of the stories, folklore, and crafts -- Sources of other stories related to plants -- Holidays and other special times to celebrate plants.;Musical instruments : musical instruments to make, making spontaneous natural musical instruments: Whistles, tooters, and squeakers -- Rattles -- Shakers -- Drums -- Poppers and snappers -- Scratchers and swishers -- Kazoos -- Rhythm band.;Dolls for a day : stories to tell. Thor's mantle (Norse folklore) -- The thorn bush, the bat, and the diver (European fable) -- Mr. Butterfly and his flowers (Japanese Buddhist tale) -- Pomona and Vertumnis (Roman myth) -- Canterbury bells(English folklore) -- Humans from corn (Quiché [of] Guatemala myth) -- The tree and the ugly child (Tagana [of] Ivory Coast legend) -- Koukil (Ukrainian legend) -- Moravian riddle.