title: Princess Buttercup: A Flower Princess Story (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2)
author:  Wendy Cheyette Lewison 
description: PreSchool-Grade 1-In the first story, Princess Buttercup lives in a magic garden with five other flower princesses. While preparing for a party on the first day of spring, she gets lost in the woods following a butterfly. The friendly monarch picks her up and returns her to the garden in time for the festivities. Youngsters will be drawn to the brightly hued cover and fanciful art. The pace of life in Snail City is nice and slow-until Gail is born. Called "fast poke" by the other snail children, she is considered a bit odd until her quick actions save a baby. Children will enjoy the humor and the cartoon art. Both books have large type, easy vocabulary, and lots of repetition that will help develop and reinforce their reading skills.<br /><i>Maura Bresnahan, Shawsheen School, Andover, MA </i><br />Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: BUTTERCUP GOLD AND OTHER STORIES
  1
  BUTTERCUP GOLD
  AND OTHER STORIES
  Ellen Robena Field
  
  BUTTERCUP GOLD AND OTHER STORIES
  2
  The Little New Year
  One cold morning Maurice awoke from his dreams and sat up in bed
  and listened. He thought he heard a knock at his window; but though the
  moon was shining brightly, Jack Frost had been so busily at work that
  Maurice could not see through the thickly painted panes. So he crept
  sleepily out of bed, and opened the window, and whispered: "Who is
  there?"
  "I am," replied a tinkling voice. "I am the little New Year, ho! ho! And
  I've promised to bring a blessing to everyone. But I am such a little fellow
  I need somebody to help me distribute them. Won't you please come out
  and help?"
  "Oh, it's so cold!" said Maurice; "I'd rather go back to my warm bed; "
  and he shivered as Jack Frost, who was passing, tickled him under the chin
  with one of the frosty paint brushes.
  "Never mind the cold," urged the New Year; "please help me."
  So Maurice hurried into his c