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The Bad Poppy-seeds

In The Wonder Garden

Read by Aly M


Frances Jenkins Olcott


"Here are 150 nature myths and short stories from all parts of the World. They are the kind that children delight in -- tales of transf…

The Tale of Ginger and Pickles

In Children's Short Works, Vol. 053

Read by Natasha M.


Beatrix Potter


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 053: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Your Star

In Petunia Blossoms

Read by Kris M


Dorothea Auguste Gunhilde Schrage


American poet, Dorothea Auguste Gunhilde Schrage, presents a collection of lyrical poems celebrating home, nature, and sentiment. - Summary …

The Eyes Have It

In Short Science Fiction Collection 096

Read by Ally M.


Philip K. Dick


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

The Queen Bee

In The American Bee Journal, Vol. I, No. 3 , March 1861

Read by Candace M


Various


The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and sa…

Perle Des Jardins

In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 1: Lyrics and Old World Idylls

Read by Sydney M


Madison Cawein


A collection of poems by Madison Cawein. It has been said that his vocation to poetry was irresistible. - Summary by Michele Eaton

"Between us now"

In Poems of the Past and the Present

Read by Sydney M


Thomas Hardy


Poems of the Past and the Present is the second collection of poems by Thomas Hardy published in 1901. It is divided into 5 sections, War Po…

By the Sea

In A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs

Read by Kris M


Marie Hedderwick Browne


Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a pr…

A Lac of Rupees for a Piece of Advice - Indian (Hindu)

In Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 13

Read by Ahana M


Joseph Jacobs


This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

The Old Pauper

In Precepts in Practice; or, Stories Illustrating the Proverbs

Read by Ahana M


Charlotte Maria Tucker


Fifteen short stories that are full of morals and wisdom, warmth and comfort, charm and wit—all inspired by the book of Proverbs. Each of th…

Facing the Secretary of the Navy

In The Submarine Boys for the Flag

Read by Ashley M.


Victor G. Durham


It certainly has been an odd day for our Submarine Boys! First Jack Benson is asked by a German Professor to speak with him a hotel, then …

Encke the Astronomer

In Light Science for Leisure Hours

Read by Ashley M.


Richard A. Proctor


In preparing these Essays, my chief object has been to present scientific truths in a light and readable form—clearly and simply, but with a…

Chapter I

In The wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl, the Man who lost his Shadow

Read by Ashley M.


Adelbert von Chamisso


Peter Schlemihl is an ordinary man until one day he bargains with the devil: He trades his shadow for a bottomless purse. While this sounds …

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