num_pages: 24
description: This is a classic story of the changing seasons. The root children spend the winter asleep. When spring comes, they wake, sew themselves new gowns, and clean and paint the beetles and bugs. All summer they play in fields, ponds and meadows before returning in the autumn to Mother Earth, who welcomes them home and puts them to bed once more.Also available in a mini version for small hands.(Ages 3-7)
language: English
title: The Story of the Root Children
titlecomplete: The Story of the Root Children
genres: Fairy Tales, Classics, Nature, Fantasy, Picture Books, Childrens, Folk Tales, German Literature, Fiction, Art
ratings_count: 553
publisher: Floris Books