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How the Goblin came

In Davy and the Goblin

Read by Frances Brown


Charles Edward Carryl


Eight-year-old Davy reads Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and begins to get very sleepy. Suddenly a goblin appears in…

Fables 9-12: Hercules and the Wagoner; The Kid and the Wolf; The Town Mouse and…

In The Aesop for Children

Read by Frances Brown


Aesop


A collection of Aesop's fables for children from the classic American book illustrated by Milo Winter. Read along and see the illustrations …

Uncle Wiggily and Wonderland Alice

In Uncle Wiggily in Wonderland

Read by Frances Brown


Howard R. Garis


Howard Garis, one of the most prolific children's writers of the 20th century, is credited with writing over 1500 Uncle Wiggily stories. In …

01 - The Six

In The Story Book of Science

Read by Frances Brown


Jean-Henri Fabre


The famed French naturalist Fabre covers a large variety of subjects in these 70 short but fascinating essays about insects, animals and nat…

22 - Tommy Tit Makes Good His Boast

In The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel

Read by Frances Brown


Thornton W. Burgess


Chatterer the Red Squirrel finds himself in trouble again and is forced to abandon his old home. As the search for a new home begins, Chatte…

A Child's Elegy

In The Comet and Other Verses

Read by Frances Brown


Irving Sydney Dix


A few years ago, while recovering from an illness, I conceived the idea of writing some reminiscent lines on country life in the Wayne Highl…

17 - Sammy Jay Arrives

In The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer

Read by Frances Brown


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…

To the Gnat - Read by FB

In To the Gnat

Read by Frances Brown


Samuel Rogers


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of To The Gnat by Samuel Rogers. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 19, 2013.Some commen…

02 - Mrs. Quack is Distrustful

In The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack

Read by Frances Brown


Thornton W. Burgess


"Hello, Jerry Muskrat! We'd forgotten all about you," said Mrs. Quack. "What was that you said?" Jerry good-naturedly re…

14 - Caught

In The Box-Car Children

Read by Frances Brown


Gertrude Chandler Warner


Four children: Henry, Jess Violet and Bennie. They are living alone in a stranded boxcar. They find items they need from the dump and a stra…

Fairy Song

In Short Poetry Collection 119

Read by Frances Brown


Lousia May Alcott (1832-1888) and Louisa May Alcott


This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2013.

How the Rhinocerous Got his Skin

In Children's Short Works, Vol. 018

Read by Frances Brown


Rudyard Kipling


LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 018: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

The Story of the Talking Bird

In The Treasure Chest of My Bookhouse

Read by Frances Brown


Olive Beaupre Miller and Variousandolive Beaupre Miller


Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fourth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for li…

Wassail! Wassail All Over the Town! (Gloucestershire Wassail)

In Christmas Carol Collection 2013

Read by Frances Brown


Traditional English Carol


This year's LibriVox selection of traditional Christmas carols, hymns and songs in English, French, German, Greek, Italian and Ukrainian. We…