From rustling leaves and golden harvests to spooky Halloween nights and heartfelt Thanksgiving traditions, The Autumn Story Book gathers a vibrant collection of tales, poems, and legends that celebrate the spirit of autumn.
Price range: £4.99 through £24.99
Price range: £4.99 through £24.99
| Author |
Ada M. Skinner |
|---|---|
| Imprint |
Read & Co. Classics |
| Categories |
Aspects of Religion Life & Practice Nature & Natural World Religion Seasons Short Stories & Anthologies Spirituality & Beliefs Weather & Climate Fiction |
| ISBN | 9781528724487, 9781528774246, 9781528756068 |
| Formats Available | |
| Pages | 248 |
| Publication Date | 23 July 2026 |
| Weight | 341 kg |
| Dimensions | 6 × 9 in |
From rustling leaves and golden harvests to spooky Halloween nights and heartfelt Thanksgiving traditions, The Autumn Story Book gathers a vibrant collection of tales, poems, and legends that celebrate the spirit of autumn.
‘Seedtime and harvest have always been seasons of absorbing interest and have furnished the storyteller with rich themes.’
Collecting folk tales, seasonal poetry, and charming legends from around the world, this storybook captures the magic of autumn days. Featuring work from some of the most beloved literary minds, including Louisa May Alcott, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
This seasonal anthology is part of a matching collection alongside The Spring Story Book, The Summer Story Book, and The Winter Story Book. Gathered from many hands and many countries, the stories, poems, and legends in each volume are arranged to carry the reader through the season from its first signs to its close. Curated by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner in 1917, The Autumn Story Book is presented here by Read & Co. Classics as one of a treasured set of four.
Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner had a gift for matching a story to its season, and in the early years of the twentieth century they gathered four companion volumes of the year’s best tales. We are proud to publish the set as part of our Classics collection.
The Autumn Story Book is the season of harvest and firelight, of Halloween and Thanksgiving. Ours is an anthology to return to as each autumn comes round – a treasured read or a keepsake to pass on.
This anthology first appeared in 1917 as The Topaz Story Book, published in New York by Duffield & Company as part of the Skinners’ gemstone-titled seasonal series.
Like its companion volumes, it was issued with a colour frontispiece by the celebrated American illustrator Maxfield Parrish, whose seasonal paintings introduced each book in the original set.
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Price range: £4.99 through £24.99
From rustling leaves and golden harvests to spooky Halloween nights and heartfelt Thanksgiving traditions, The Autumn Story Book gathers a vibrant collection of tales, poems, and legends that celebrate the spirit of autumn.
