Why We Have Winter
Judith Black, an award-winning story teller for more than twenty years, relates the ancient Greek myth of the goddess Demeter (dih-MEE-tuhr) and her daughter Persephone (per-SEF-uh-nee), and the earthly compromise of the seasons.
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