Children
The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky
Read by A. E. Maroney
Joseph A. Altsheler
This is the story of Henry Ware, a young boy living in the wilds of the Kentucky frontier of the 1700's. The story follows Henry as he helps…
Shoes and Stockings: A Collection of Short Stories
Read by Carolyn Frances
Louisa May Alcott
Here are tales of love and war, modesty and frivolity, laughter and tears. Louisa May Alcott wrote many, many short stories. This collection…
A Garland for Girls
Read by Lorelle Anderson
Louisa May Alcott
"These stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which were my solace and pleasure s…
The Adventures of Grandfather Frog
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Thornton W. Burgess
Longlegs the Blue Heron felt decidedly out of sorts. It was a beautiful morning, too beautiful for any one to be feeling that way. Indeed, i…
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 3, 1848 to 1853
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Hans Christian Andersen
A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristin…
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer
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Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer is another set of children’s stories by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. More serious than som…
The Five Jars
Read by Peter Yearsley
M. R. James
The Five Jars is the only novel written by James, who is best known for his ghost stories. It is a peculiarly surreal fantasy apparently wri…
Black Beauty (The Autobiography of a Horse)
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Anna Sewell
Black Beauty is Anna Sewell’s first and only novel. The story is told in the “first person” (or first horse) as an autobiographical memoir o…
A Short History of the United States
Read by Allyson Hester
Edward Channing
Channing's best known work, A History of the United States, is regarded as one of the most complete and accurate accounts of American histor…
Peter Pan (version 2)
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J. M. Barrie
In both the play and the novel, Peter often visits the "real world" of London to listen in on bedtime stories told by Mary Darling…
A Child's History of England
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Charles Dickens
A Child's History of England first appeared in serial form, running from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853 and was first published in th…
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Read by Kristin LeMoine
L. Frank Baum
This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that …
Little Men (version 2)
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Louisa May Alcott
Little Men follows the life of Jo Bhaer and the students who live and learn at the Plumfield Estate School that she runs with her husband, P…
The Secret Garden (version 3)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
When Mary Lennox, who has been brought up in India in a spoiled manner, is orphaned she has to move to Yorkshire, England, to live with her …
Eight Cousins (Version 2)
Read by Maria Therese
Louisa May Alcott
This is the story of Rose Campbell, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts.…
Russian Fairy Tales
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
William Ralston Shedden-Ralston
Russian Fairy Tales is an anthology of stories by a noted Russian scholar and translator. The 51 stories are thematically organized with int…
The Enchanted Island of Yew
Read by Ted Delorme
L. Frank Baum
A fairy has become bored with her life, and convinces some young girls to transform her into a human boy so she can go on adventures. The ad…
The Phoenix and the Carpet
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E. Nesbit
The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written in 1904 by E. Nesbit. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that began…
Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)
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James Baldwin
Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy,…
Saint George for England
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G. A. Henty
A tale written for children in 1885.It tells of a child of noble birth whose parents have fallen foul of the current royalty. He is placed i…