Most Popular Books by Edith Thacher Hurd

Wilkie starts out painting a picture of a beautiful worl world but keeps adding so many people and cities that soon his world is not fit to live in.

The animals hear of the birth of the Christ Child and come to visit Him.

A simple explanation of the renewal process which takes place after a forest burns.

A maritime history of the West Coast, describing the first extensive shipping trade stimulated by the Gold Rush population, ships built to carry California wheat to Europe, and other schooners, whalers, lime juicers and steamers which opened the West.

The adventure of a little boy, Adam, at the St. George''s Day Fair, in colonial times. The story is set in Williamsburg, Virginia

Catfish attempts to rescue Miss Pan-Dora Many Pennies from her kidnappers, but things look dim when they tie him to the railroad track.

A cat hides his witch''s hat, wand and broomstick, because she cast so many spells, but when Halloween comes he can''t find them again.

The tale of what happens when a little girl and a ghost change places.

In a story about a truck driver taking his heavily loaded trailer truck over the mountain on a stormy night, small [children] will get an idea of the trucking business and some of the kinds of trucks used for transporting goods."

The valley has its beginnings in rain falling on the mountain; after many years it is a green valley with a pond, but a poor farmer changes it into a dust bowl before a good farmer comes to make it green again.

Mr. and Mrs. Charlie have a very busy day at their pet shop, caring for all the animals, catching three skunks, and finding a home for a dog no one has bought.

The old carpenter makes Windy a willow whistle that calls his dog, talks to the birds, startles the river frogs, and sounds like the wind.

The story of bus travel from the moment a ticket is bought to the end of the trip.

The cat tries to entice the mouse out of his house, and later when he does come out, chases him, but cannot follow him back into his house.

Two miners go through a day''s hard work down in the deep dark earth, digging coal in the endless tunnels.