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The Girl Who Ate Six Seeds

The Story of Persephone

Six little seeds, eaten very much on purpose.

Ages 4–6 · 32 pages · 8.5 × 8.5 in · Paperback and Kindle

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The story

What happens in this one.

This warm and funny picture book introduces children to Persephone, the girl of Greek mythology whose six pomegranate seeds explain why we have winter — and gives the oldest explanation of the seasons a heroine who chooses for herself!

In short, rhythmic sentences made for reading aloud, Orson Vale, creator of The Little Myths Library, tells the story of a curious girl who follows a root down under the garden, of a tired king nobody ever visits, of a three-headed dog with nobody to throw the stick, and of six seeds eaten very much on purpose.

Read a sample

The first five pages, as they are printed.

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The opening of the story — 5 of the 26 story pages. Tap a page to start reading, then turn the pages with the arrows. The rest is in the book.

For the grown-up reading aloud

“About the Real Persephone” is the last page.

Every book in the library closes with the original legend retold in plain words — so when the question comes after the last page, there is an answer on it. Nothing is watered down; what changes is the gentleness of the telling.

Reading age
4–6
Read-aloud time
About five minutes
Format
8.5 × 8.5 in paperback
Also on
Kindle, tap to enlarge

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