Mother Stories
Gelesen von Greg Giordano
Maud Lindsay
(4,545 Sterne; 11 Bewertungen)
"I have endeavored to write, for mothers and dear little children, a few simple stories, embodying some of the truths of Froebel's Mother Play...Most of these stories have been told and retold to little children, and are surrounded, in my eyes, by a halo of listening faces" from the Preface to Mother Stories by Maud Lindsay (Summary by Greg Giordano) (2 hr 21 min)
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Good stories for young children
Janelle
(3 Sterne)
There was a great variety of stories in this little book for young children. I enjoyed them, although admittedly I listened to most of them at 3am, so the details are foggy. Many thanks to the narrator for his smooth reading, and contribution to my sleep. As is common in the book's era of writing, most of the stories involved good children and a moral. However, I thought the author was very clever in her presentation. Rather than pushing the moral onto the young reader, she began each story with a motto for the mother. This enabled her to demonstrate the moral of the story, without spoiling the story itself. I would give most of the stories three stars, but I would give one, The Closed Door, five stars. Mind you, I doubt a young reader would rate it so highly, but as a parent it really made me think.