"Mary's Meadow, and Other Tales of Fields and Flowers" by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing is a collection of tales that take the drama and intrigue of everyday life and weave them into heartwarming stories for audiences of all ages. This volume contains: Mary's Meadow, Letters from a Little Garden, Garden Lore, Sunflowers and a Rushlight, Dandelion Clocks, The Trinity Flower, and Ladders to Heaven.

"Mary's Meadow," centers on a family embroiled in a dispute over a tract of land separating their property from the neighbor's. Although the meadow is a worthless nuisance in the eyes of the adults, it's a fantastical wonderland in the imaginations of thirteen-year-old Mary and her troop of younger siblings.

This charming collection of stories from Juliana Horatia Ewing, an acclaimed writer of fiction for younger audiences, will delight readers in any age group. The title novella, "Mary's Meadow," centers on a family embroiled in a dispute over a tract of land separating their property from the neighbor's. Although the meadow is a worthless nuisance in the eyes of the adults, it's a fantastical wonderland in the imaginations of thirteen-year-old Mary and her troop of younger siblings.

Reproduction of the original: Mary ́s Meadow by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

It is only in childhood that books have any deep influence on our lives--Graham Greene The luminous books of our childhood will remain the luminous books of our lives.--Joyce Carol Oates Writers, as they often attest, are deeply influenced by their childhood reading. Salman Rushdie, for example, has said that The Wizard of Oz made a writer of me. Twice-Told Tales is a collection of essays on the way the works of adult writers have been influenced by their childhood reading. This fascinating volume includes theoretical essays on Salman Rushdie and the Oz books, Beauty and the Beast retold as Jane Eyre, the childhood reading of Jorge Luis Borges, and the remnants of nursery rhymes in Sylvia Plath's poetry. It is supplemented with a number of brief commentaries on children's books by major creative writers, including Maxine Hong Kingston and Maxine Kumin.