[Illustrations by Douglas Smith].

Tulips (Celtic, Northern Europe) -- Three trees become evergreen (Mongolia) -- The Peony is exiled from the Royal Garden (China) -- Lovers in the Birch trees (Penobscot Indians) -- The legend of the Snowdrop (England) -- The birth of the Almond tree (Tanier, Morocco) -- The changing of the Waratah blossom (Australia) -- Cowslip and the keys of heaven (England ) -- Alder and Rhododendron (Nepal) -- Wall flower (Scotland) -- Legend of the Azalea (China) -- The birds find their homes (Africa) -- Why spider has a small waist (Liberia) -- Nanbozho and the wild geese (Ojibwa Indians) -- a tale of skylark (Japan) -- Homage to the Ants (Burma) -- Wren becomes King of the birds (Ireland) -- Tsenzi, the honey bird (Zimbabwe)-- Why bat hangs upside down (Lake Albert, the Congo -- Meadowlark gains his voice (Pomo Indians) -- Sad croak of the green frog (Korea) -- The origin of butterflies (Korea) -- Sacred Goose gets his golden breast (Tibet) -- Why the Robin has a red breast (Ireland) -- Silver river (Vietnam) -- Birth of the Sun (Australia) -- Frog and the marriage of Sun and Moon's daughter (Angola) -- The Gift of the rainbow (Philippines) -- Queen Berenice's hair(Greece) -- When Sun married Moon (Togo, Africa) -- Hare steals the Sun (Bananzwa, Southern Africa) -- The maiden rescued by the Moon (Siberia) -- Crow saves the sun (Japan) -- Moon is hung in the sky (Mandingo, Africa) Rain comes to earth (West Africa) How broken love made the Moon and North Star (Nigeria) -- The makings of Mount Shasta (Modoc Indians) The White Cliffs of Dover (Netherlands) -- The coming of Water (Kwakiutl Indians) Giant levels a mountain (Java, Indonesia) the Hills of Achik Asong (India) Glacier of Tears (New Zealand) -- Why there are earthquakes (Korea) -- The beaches of Taranaki (New Zealand) -- Cascade mountains block the rain ( Native Americans) -- Children learn to walk (Ojibwa Indians) -- The coming of darkness ( Sierra Leone, Africa) -- The story of the Tides (Philippines) -- Northern Lights (Sweden) -- Fairy's Pin Well (Yorkshire, England) -- Water visits Sun (Nigeria) -- The birth of Lightning( Laos) -- Sleep comes from the flowers (India) -- The coming of night (Brazil) -- The lost voice of Piso Lake (Liberia) -- Wind teaches Healing (Pomo Indians) -- The hidden people (Iceland) -- The pipes of Pan (ancient Greece ) -- The healing waters (Iroquois) -- The forest and the Tiger (Java, Indonesia).