Children
The Swiss Family Robinson (Version 2)
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Johann David Wyss
First published in 1812, The Swiss Family Robinson may sometimes seem old-fashioned to modern readers, especially the family’s attitude towa…
The Princess and the Goblin (version 2)
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
George MacDonald
George MacDonald's fairy stories and fantasy have inspired a number of writers including C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and of this popular f…
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Read by Jennette Selig
Louisa May Alcott
Polly Milton, a 14-year-old country girl, visits her friend Fanny Shaw and her wealthy family in the city for the first time. Poor Polly is …
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Dramatic Reading)
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Lewis Carroll
This classic tale by Lewis Carroll has delighted children for generations. Alice falls down a rabbit hole and encounters a wide variety of s…
The Secret Garden (version 4 dramatic reading)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel is about orphaned Mary Lennox, who is sent to live with her uncle at Misslethwaite Manor …
Pollyanna
Read by Mary Anderson
Eleanor H. Porter
Pollyanna tells the story of Pollyanna Whittier, a young girl who goes to live with her wealthy Aunt Polly after her father's death. Pollyan…
Rainbow Valley
Read by Robin Cotter
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rainbow Valley, the seventh book in the Anne of Green Gables series explores the world of Anne & Gilbert’s six children along with the e…
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Read by rachelellen
Margaret Sidney
The Five Little Peppers series was created by Margaret Sidney covering the life of five children with the surname Pepper. The Pepper childre…
The Wind in the Willows (version 2)
Read by Mark F. Smith
Kenneth Grahame
This much-loved story follows a group of animal friends in the English countryside as they pursue adventure ... and as adventure pursues the…
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Read by Paul Harvey
L. Frank Baum
The Marvelous Land of Oz is the second of the Oz books. It follows the adventures of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and Tip. The Emerald Ci…
The Lost Princess of Oz
Read by Mark F. Smith
L. Frank Baum
Who is stealing all the magic in Oz? Dorothy and her friends set out to comb all of Oz, not only for magic stolen from Glinda and the Wizard…
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
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Howard Pyle
Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern version…
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
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John Henry Haaren
“THE study of history, like the study of a landscape, should begin with the most conspicuous features. Not until these have been fixed in me…
Little Women (version 2)
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
Louisa May Alcott
This story follows the lives of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Set in the tumultuous days of the American Civil war, readers grow to lo…
The Emerald City of Oz
Read by Judy Bieber
L. Frank Baum
The Emerald City of Oz (1910) was the sixth Oz book written by L. Frank Baum, a title he hoped would be the last. In this book, Dorothy and …
Through the Looking-Glass (version 5 dramatic reading)
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Lewis Carroll
Sequel to Alice in Wonderland, this volume sees Alice travel through a mirror to a dream-world where she meets chess pieces and other curiou…
The Magic City
Read by Ruth Golding
E. Nesbit
Philip and Lucy discover that the city Philip has built using toys, books and household objects, has come alive. This is the account of thei…
The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
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Beatrix Potter
Born in Victorian London on July 28th, 1866, Beatrix Potter created some of the best-loved children’s stories of all time. Starting with Pet…
Understood Betsy
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Understood Betsy is a 1916 novel for children by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The story tells of Elizabeth Ann, a 9-year-old orphan who goes fro…
Black Beauty (version 2)
Read by Cori Samuel
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty is a fictional autobiographical memoir told by a horse, who recounts many tales, both of cruelty and kindness. The title page o…