Aunt Meg’s Treasured Stories

By Margaret Kohel Evans

Aunt Meg’s Treasured Stories is a charming collection of ten of her favorite children’s stories that have not previously been published. Nine fictional stories including three Christmas tales explore family, friends, love, and imagination. One nonfictional story is a virtual visit to her grandfather’s blacksmith shop in the early 1900s. This book is a delight for various ages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
• Release date: Jun 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781489741769

Margaret Kohel Evans

Margaret Kohel Evans has attained a MSEd and has devoted forty-five years to public and private education. This is her fifth book. In this special edition she shares memories, reflections and pays tribute to her mother as a gift to the grandchildren. Evans was born during the finale of the Greatest Generation and spent her childhood on a farm in Wisconsin.

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ISBN: 978-1-4897-4175-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4897-4174-5 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4897-4176-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022910658

LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 06/16/2022

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Aunt Meg’s

Treasured Stories

Written and Illustrated by

Margaret Kohel Evans

To my nieces and nephews and their descendants.

Contents

Ida Marie Henrietta’s First Garden

Careful! Don’t Drop It!

Zoey’s Dream

A Scorching Day

Attic Wonders

The Monster in the Cellar

The Red Plush Teddy Bear

Ginger

Staying Up to See Santa

Smithy or Wizard?

Illustrations

First Garden, Watercolor 2022

Pumpkin Harvest, Watercolor 2022

Starfish, Watercolor 2022

Seashell Collection, Watercolor 2022

Mustang, Watercolor 2019

New Filly, Watercolor 2021

Goin’ Swimming, Watercolor 2022

Fresh Lemons, Watercolor 2022

Christmas Wish in 1895, Watercolor 2021

Old Sea Trunk, Watercolor 2022

Old Cellar Door, Watercolor 2021

Crab Apples, Watercolor 2022

Northern Wisconsin, Watercolor 2019

Christmas Toys, Watercolor 2022

A Wee Elf, Watercolor 2022

Holly Bough, Watercolor 2022

Santa, Watercolor 2021

Gingerbread Man, Photo of My Cookie 2011

Anvil and Forge, Pen and Ink Drawings 2009

Shoeing a Horse, Watercolor 2022

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Ida Marie Henrietta’s First Garden

Ida Marie Henrietta lived on a farm and more than anything wanted to grow her very own pumpkin. It had been a long, cold winter but at last, the earth and air were warm enough for planting. Father had already prepared the soil for the garden and cornfield.

Mother, may I have my very own garden? begged Ida Marie Henrietta, swinging her old, worn doll by its hand. I want my own pumpkin for Halloween.

That is a splendid idea, replied Ida Marie Henrietta’s mother. "If you will help me with this string and these sticks