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Introduction
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L. Frank Baum
In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 9)
In the introduction of L. Frank Baum’s most enduring tale, the author writes that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was “... a modernized fairy tal…
Chapter XVI
Read by Jess0602
E. Nesbit
In The Lark (Version 2)
"The Lark" has all the charm and freshness which have made Miss Nesbit's former novels so justly popular, and yet the story is ent…
Two Ways of Putting It
Read by jlenardon
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 01, Nov. 4, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Preface
Read by Rachel
Louisa May Alcott
In Shawl-Straps: A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag
Unlike the other volumes in this series, which are books of childrens' stories, Shawl-Straps is a novel. It is the story of Amanda, Matilda,…
Preface
Read by Winnifred Assmann
Abbie Farwell Brown
In Surprise House
Our story begins just after Nan Corliss, an eccentric old lady, dies and leaves her strange old house in Crowfield to her nephew, Dr. Owen C…
Chapter 0: Preface
Read by Stacey Malcolm
Margaret Sidney
In Five Little Peppers and Their Friends
From the Preface: "There were so many interesting friends of the Five Little Peppers, whose lives were only the faintest of outlines in…
Preface
Read by Christine Rottger
Jane Eayre Fryer
In The Mary Frances Sewing Book
This enchanting book was first published in 1913 “for all girls who love to make pretty things”. Meet Tommy Pin Cushion, Mr. Silver Thimble,…
Chapter XXIV. Home Again
Read by T. Craft
L. Frank Baum
In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 8)
Dorothy, a farm girl is whisked away from her home by a cyclone. She lands in the marvelous land of Oz, where she finds out she has saved th…
Chapter 14
Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Franklin W. Dixon
In Hunting for Hidden Gold (version 2)
The Hardy boys were sons of a celebrated American detective and from their father learned the particulars of a number of unusual crimes. The…
Chapter 2: The Boys
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Louisa May Alcott
In Little Men (Version 4 Dramatic Reading)
Little Men is the sequel to Louisa May Alcott's bestselling book Little Women. It opens as Jo March and her husband Fritz Bhaer begin a scho…
Preface
Read by Serin
Louisa May Alcott
In An Old-Fashioned Girl (version 2)
Country-girl Polly Milton visits her fashionable cousins in the city, who make fun of her old-fashioned values. Will Polly adapt to city lif…
Chapter 6 - Cambell and Triamond
Read by Bill Boerst
Edmund Spenser
In Stories from the Faerie Queen
A major work by Spenser, The Faerie Queen, was published between 1590 and 1596. As an allegorical work, it can be read on many levels. Accor…
Chapter 1, Part 1
Read by jkennedy20
Maria Edgeworth
In Simple Susan
Set "in a retired hamlet on the borders of Wales, between Oswestry and Shrewsbury," Simple Susan is a juvenile fiction children's …
Fun
Read by Kristin G.
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 02, Nov. 11, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
A Suggestion
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Margaret O. Oliphant
In For Love and Life Vol. II
Edgar faces a crisis and must swallow his pride. Should he ask Lord Newmarch for a job? And what of his planned proposal to his beloved Guss…
Second Childhood
Read by Liam Green
Clifford D. Simak
In Short Science Fiction Collection 068
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Introduction
Read by Larry Wilson
Arthur M. Winfield
In The Rover Boys at Big Bear Lake
This is the seventh book in “The Second Rover Boys Series for Young Americans,” there having been twenty books in the first series. We are…
Child's Play
In X Minus 1 OTR from www stardustotr com
X Minus One aired on NBC from 24 April 55 until 9 January 58 for a total of 124 episodes with one pilot or audition story. There was a reviv…
Foreword
Read by Robin
L. Frank Baum
In Rinkitink in Oz (version 2)
Prince Inga lives a happy life on the island of Pingaree until one day invaders from the north enslave every person on the island, including…
Children's Drama
Read by April6090
Richard Middleton
In The Day Before Yesterday
This is a volume of short stories and essays by Richard Middleton. The British poet and author wrote a large number of short pieces during h…