The Earth is a living being and for children it helps to tell tales in pictures that make this quality of Earth, Gaia, as a responsive, gentle being who needs our care. This collection of stories, told by one master story teller, Jakob Streit, who told many stories as a Waldorf Teacher in Switzerland for decades, is a delightful treasure trove of just that - stories with vivid pictures of the life in the Earth that busily supports us in all we do standing on the Earth! Follow the antics of Little Gnome Tenderroot as he learns of all the beings in his world, or journey with Tatatuk as he finds friend who help him climb Crystal Mountain to courageously bring back a crystal to the gnomes working on the crystals deep in the Earth. These are stories children will love to have read to them again and again, you will see. Courage, friendship, tolerance, overcoming fear, laughter, and kindness are all woven into these sparkling tellings of adventures down below!.