The Ontario Readers: Third Book
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The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary works, both stories and poems, geared to grade-school age children. (Summary by aradlaw) (7 hr 14 min)
Chapters
| Acknowledgements | 4:40 | Read by David Lawrence |
| To-day | 0:45 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Fortune and the Beggar | 2:42 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Lark and the Rook | 1:55 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Pickwick Club on Ice | 6:02 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Tubal Cain | 2:33 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Professor Frog's Lecture | 12:44 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| A Song for April | 1:05 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| How the Crickets Brought Good Fortune | 5:10 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Battle of Blenheim | 2:21 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Ride for Life | 5:45 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Iagoo, the Boaster | 1:42 | Read by Clara Snyder |
| The Story of a Fire | 3:03 | Read by Ancilla |
| The Quest | 1:37 | Read by Clara Snyder |
| The Jackal and the Partridge | 6:23 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
| Hide and Seek | 1:48 | Read by Clara Snyder |
| The Burning of the "Goliath" | 4:11 | Read by Laura Caldwell |
| Hearts of Oak | 1:13 | Read by TriciaG |
| A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea | 1:17 | Read by TriciaG |
| The Talents | 2:56 | Read by Marian Martin |
| A Farewell | 1:14 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
| An Apple Orchard in the Spring | 1:51 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
| The Bluejay | 5:17 | Read by Esther |
| A Canadian Camping Song | 1:33 | Read by Kalynda |
| The Argonauts | 6:00 | Read by TriciaG |
| The Minstrel-Boy | 1:21 | Read by Kalynda |
| Mary Elizabeth | 17:09 | Read by ppezz |
| The Frost | 2:30 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
| Corn-fields | 2:08 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
| South-West Wind, Esq. | 11:11 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
| The Meeting of the Waters | 1:32 | Read by meenaiyer |
| Love | 2:03 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| The Robin's Song | 1:25 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| Work or Play | 7:28 | Read by John Greenman |
| Burial of Sir John Moore | 2:27 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
| The Whistle | 2:15 | Read by TriciaG |
| A Canadian Boat Song | 1:15 | Read by TriciaG |
| The Little Hero of Haarlem | 5:42 | Read by TriciaG |
| Father William | 2:41 | Read by Clara Snyder |
| David and Goliath | 7:14 | Read by Symmie |
| Charge of the Light Brigade | 2:04 | Read by TriciaG |
| Maggie Tulliver | 8:17 | Read by Lucy Perry |
| The Corn Song | 1:48 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
| Sports in Norman England | 5:41 | Read by Timothy Ferguson |
| A Song of Canada | 3:37 | Read by TriciaG |
| A Mad Tea Party | 8:09 | Read by Symmie |
| The Slave's Dream | 2:58 | Read by Kalynda |
| The Chase | 10:51 | Read by ppezz |
| The Inchcape Rock | 3:46 | Read by meenaiyer |
| A Rough Ride | 9:05 | Read by TriciaG |
| The Arab and His Steed | 5:23 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
| The Poet's Song | 1:14 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Adventure with a Whale | 6:02 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Maple | 2:11 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Damon and Pythias | 3:05 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Wreck of the Orpheus | 1:40 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Tide River | 1:39 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Wisdom the Supreme Prize | 1:15 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Orchard | 1:05 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Inspired by the Snow | 3:50 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Squirrel | 0:49 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Soldier, Rest | 1:20 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Fishing | 6:26 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Fountain | 1:05 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Break, Break, Break | 1:13 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Bed of Procrustes | 6:56 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| "Bob White" | 1:30 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Radisson and the Indians | 3:36 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| The Brook | 2:20 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| "Do Seek Their Meat From God" | 8:10 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| A Song of the Sea | 1:55 | Read by Sibella Denton |
| Little Daffydownilly | 13:32 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| The Sandpiper | 2:22 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
| From "The Sermon on the Mount" | 2:27 | Read by Symmie |
| The Legend of Saint Christopher | 3:35 | Read by Marian Martin |
| William Tell and His Son (from Chambers' 'Tracts') | 4:43 | Read by TriciaG |
| A Midsummer Song | 2:08 | Read by Carol Stripling |
| The Relief of Lucknow | 5:15 | Read by David Lawrence |
| The Song in Camp | 2:28 | Read by Carol Stripling |
| Afterglow | 1:24 | Read by meenaiyer |
| King Richard and Salidin | 7:23 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| England's Dead | 2:54 | Read by Kalynda |
| Hohenlinden | 2:07 | Read by Craig Campbell |
| The Dream of the Oak Tree (translator unknown) | 6:06 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| A Prayer | 1:05 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| The Death of the Flowers | 2:40 | Read by meenaiyer |
| 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer | 1:00 | Read by Lucy Perry |
| A Roman's Honour | 4:02 | Read by Lucy Perry |
| The Fighting Téméraire | 1:42 | Read by Lucy Perry |
| Don Quixote's Fight with the Windmills (translator unknown) | 6:41 | Read by Marian Martin |
| The Romance of the Swan's Nest | 5:09 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| Moonlight Sonata | 6:28 | Read by Marian Martin |
| The Red-Winged Blackbird | 1:56 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
| To the Cuckoo | 1:59 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
| The Story of a Stone | 5:56 | Read by David Lawrence |
| The Snow-Storm | 3:27 | Read by Lucy Perry |
| The Heroine of Vercheres | 6:50 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| Jacques Cartier | 3:22 | Read by Kalynda |
| Ants and Their Slaves | 6:15 | Read by Symmie |
| Lead, Kindly Light | 1:35 | Read by Carol Stripling |
| The Jolly Sandboys | 9:12 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
| The Gladness of Nature | 1:42 | Read by Carol Stripling |
| Old English Life | 7:33 | Read by Clara Snyder |
| Puck's Song | 2:06 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| The Battle of Queenston Heights | 7:16 | Read by Antoine Kaufmann |
| The Bugle Song | 1:43 | Read by Carol Stripling |
| Charity | 2:23 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
| A Christmas Carol | 2:11 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| The Barren Lands | 7:29 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
| A Spring Morning | 1:51 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
| Crossing the Bar | 1:33 | Read by Neeru Iyer |