Project Gutenberg 2012-03-22 Public domain in the USA. 86 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Woodbine-Arbor; or, The Little Gardeners: A Story of a Happy Childhood E-text prepared by L. Harrison and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team (http://www.pgdpcanada.net) from page images generously made available by the Digital Media Repository, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries (http://libx.bsu.edu) "Woodbine-Arbor; or, The Little Gardeners: A Story of a Happy Childhood" by Anonymous is a children’s story published in the mid-19th century. The narrative focuses on the idyllic lives of a family of six siblings who engage in gardening as a means of learning discipline, responsibility, and the value of hard work amidst a lush and nurturing environment. The book encapsulates themes of family, childhood joys, and the cultivation of both plants and virtue. The story revolves around Mr. and Mrs. Howard and their six children: Henry, Charles, Maria, John, Elizabeth, and Harriet, who live in a beautiful countryside home near New York City. Under their parents' guidance, the children create their own garden where they can explore and develop such skills as planting, pruning, and caring for their plants. Their adventure culminates in them building a special arbor where they celebrate their parents' wedding anniversary with fruit and flowers from their garden, reinforcing the importance of family bonds and shared joyful experiences. The book underscores moral upbringing, encouraging children to nurture not just their garden but their minds and virtues as well. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39228/39228-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Children's stories Gardening -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 40350 2025-09-16T04:47:52.689269 text/html 37852 2012-03-22T05:27:07 text/html 916504 2025-09-16T04:47:54.483311 application/epub+zip 914642 2025-09-16T04:47:53.129280 application/epub+zip 77716 2025-09-16T04:47:52.894277 application/epub+zip 950916 2025-09-16T04:47:55.720249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 940694 2025-09-16T04:47:54.250287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 104798 2022-09-18T04:33:25.206786 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 30787 2025-09-16T04:47:52.553293 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30318 2012-03-22T05:22:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18832 2025-09-16T04:47:55.837247 application/rdf+xml 35416 2025-09-16T04:47:52.966279 image/jpeg 5135 2025-09-16T04:47:52.929270 image/jpeg 1017099 2012-03-22T05:29:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 11574 2012-03-22T05:22:21 application/octet-stream application/zip 1162940 2025-09-16T04:47:52.721305 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Unknown en.wikipedia