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100 1 _aBrown, Abbie Farwell,
_d1871-1927
245 1 4 _aThe star jewels, and other wonders
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-03-02
505 0 _aForeword -- The star jewels -- Ocean wonders -- The balloon boy -- Balloons -- The green cap -- Child or fairy -- Karl and the dryad -- Trees -- The Indian fairy -- Fairies.
508 _aCarla Foust, David E. Brown, Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Star Jewels and Other Wonders" by Abbie Farwell Brown is a children's fantasy collection written in the early 20th century. The book features imaginative stories, including fantastical elements such as mermaids, fairies, and magical adventures. It introduces readers to characters like Wavilocks, a little mermaid whose desire for a starry necklace leads her on an enchanting journey filled with mischief and lessons about contentment. At the start of the story, we meet Wavilocks, who lives in the depths of the ocean and is spoiled by her father, old Triton. Despite having everything a mermaid could wish for, Wavilocks becomes discontent when she catches sight of the twinkling stars and longs for them as a necklace. Her obsession leads her to the evil Crab, who tempts her into an adventure that challenges her understanding of beauty, greed, and the consequences of her desires. The opening sets a tone of whimsy and moral exploration, hinting at deeper lessons wrapped in enchanting storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905
653 _aFairy tales
653 _aChildren's poetry
700 1 _aBrown, Ethel C.
_q(Ethel Clare),
_d1875-1953
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/starjewelsotherw00brow/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75499
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