Zauberlinda, the Wise Witch


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(4.4 stars; 17 reviews)

Annie Elfrida McLane lives in a little brown house of the South Dakota prairie, within sight of the Black Hills. Her father is a widower and prospects for gold there; Annie lives at home with her grandmother and the servants, Marthy Stubbs and Pete Pumpernickle. Annie has no neighbours, no other children to play with, and no school to attend; she is sometimes lonely and despondent. She is dependent for company on her black cat Silvertip, the farm animals around her, and creatures of the surrounding fields and meadows that she sometimes makes her pets. In the summer when she turns six years old, Annie rescues a wounded prairie dog from a trap. It is a strange little animal, and the other creatures of Annie's world are afraid of it. Annie makes a little house for the prairie dog, but the animal soon escapes back to the wild. Follow their adventures. ( Michele Eaton ) (2 hr 30 min)

Chapters

Introduction 1:30 Read by Miriam Esther Goldman (1991-2017)
Chapter 1 - Annie's Home 7:34 Read by Miriam Esther Goldman (1991-2017)
Chapter 2 - Annie's Friends and Pets 6:02 Read by Miriam Esther Goldman (1991-2017)
Chapter 3 - The Rescue of the Young Prairie Dog 9:53 Read by Miriam Esther Goldman (1991-2017)
Chapter 4 - Pete Pumpernickel Tells about the Fairies 12:05 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
Chapter 5 - Annie's Seventh Birthday 9:55 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
Chapter 6 - The Prairie Dog Sings a Funny Song 12:09 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
Chapter 7 - Annie is Taken to the Gnome King's Palace 6:16 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
Chapter 8 - Annie Meets King Goldemar 11:48 Read by Carol Fullerton-Samsel
Chapter 9 - Annie is Shown the Magic Crystal 8:55 Read by Joan Lewis
Chapter 10 - Annie Sees the Court Goblin 7:55 Read by Natalie Paula
Chapter 11 - The Gnome King's Smithy 11:34 Read by Lynne T
Chapter 12 - Annie's Escape and the Fat-Heads 10:52 Read by Lynne T
Chapter 13 - Annie Wanders Through the Valley of the Yubbs 3:52 Read by WoodWalker
Chapter 14 -The Craw-Fish and the Crow 9:17 Read by Mike Pelton
Chapter 15 - Annie Meets Zauberlinda 12:50 Read by Mike Pelton
Chapter 16 - The Lost Child is Carried Home 8:19 Read by Mike Pelton

Reviews

Well Narrated and Entertaining


(4 stars)

A nicely read story, with a theme that seems to be all the rage, in children’s books of that era. While not exactly original, it is still entertaining.