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The Secret Garden
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary Lennox is a spoiled, middle-class, self-centered child who has been recently orphaned. She is accepted into the quiet and remote countr…
Poems Every Child Should Know
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Variousandmary E. Burt
This anthology of poetry, published in 1904, contains such favorites as The Raven, My Shadow, and The Village Blacksmith, as well as many lo…
Caedmon's Hymn
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Caedmon
Cædmon was an Anglo-Saxon herdsman attached to the double monastery of Streonæshalch (657–681). Originally ignorant of the art o…
A Little Princess
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The novel tells of the troubles of a wealthy young girl, Sara Crewe, who is sent to an oppressive London boarding school during her father’s…
Der Struwwelpeter
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Heinrich Hoffmann
Der Struwwelpeter, zuerst erschienen als “Lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder mit 15 schön kolorierten Tafeln für Kinder von 3…
Johnny Crow's Garden
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
L. Leslie Brooke
A beautifully illustrated children's picture book featuring Johnny Crow who made a garden in which a variety of animals do bizarre things in…
Our Island Story, Part 1
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles…
Our Island Story, Part 2
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles…
The Golden Goose Book
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
L. Leslie Brooke
A charming little book full of the most gorgeous illustrations which can be viewed along with the Gutenberg text at http://www.gutenberg.org…
The Road to Oz
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
L. Frank Baum
The Road to Oz takes Dorothy and her friends on an adventure in Oz to a grand party in honor of Ozma's birthday. It all starts near her home…
Heidi
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Johanna Spyri
Hear Heidi if you’ve ever longed to see the Swiss mountain slopes. This story transports the listener from the fine air and freedom of the m…
Johnny Crow’s Party
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
L. Leslie Brooke
A beautifully illustrated children’s picture book. Listen to the narration while you view (on gutenberg.org) a variety of delightful animals…
The Story of the Middle Ages
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Samuel B. Harding
Intended for a youthful audience, The Story of the Middle Ages, published in 1906, tells the history of the Middle Ages in simple and entert…
More William
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Richmal Crompton
The second of Crompton's series of 39 books about William Brown, our cheeky 11 year-old protagonist. A hero to some, a dastardly villain to …
A Room with a View
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
E. M. Forster
When Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her cousin, she meets George Emerson, a bohemian and an atheist who falls in love with her. Upon…
Just So Stories (version 2)
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Rudyard Kipling
The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So S…
Helen's Babies
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
John Habberton
In this hilarious novel, Harry Burton, a bachelor white-goods salesman, goes to take care of his sister Helen's two little boys for ten days…
This Country of Ours, Part 1
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with acco…
The Book of Art for Young People
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Agnes Ethel Conway
This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in th…
When Mother Lets Us Cook
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Constance Johnson
A book of simple receipts for little folk with important cooking rules in rhyme together with handy lists of the materials and utensils need…