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Chapter XII. From Behind A Counter
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Eleanor H. Porter
In Pollyanna Grows Up (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)
Pollyanna visits Boston for the summer and stays with the grumpy, miserable, yet very wealthy Ruth Carew. Lonely in a big city away from her…
The Paradise of Children
Read by Mickey Lee Rich
Unknown
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 029
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 029: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Preface
Read by Lynette Caulkins
Horatio Alger, Jr.
In Rufus and Rose, or The Fortunes of Rough and Ready
Here are the adventures of Rufus, an older brother caring for his sister after leaving their drunk stepfather - captured by counterfeiters -…
Preface: To My Young Readers
Read by David Wales
W. S. Gilbert
In The Pinafore Picture Book: The Story Of H.M.S. Pinafore (Version 2)
Pinafore’s sublimely silly story is made even sillier by this (ostensibly for children) 1908 story version of the 1878 Gilbert and Sullivan …
The Tournament
Read by Mickey T.
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 03, Nov. 18, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Preface
Read by Jill Engle
Clara Dillingham Pierson
In Among the Pond People
Lovely book for children written by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People" series ex…
Chapter X. Road Courtesy
Read by Marie Christian
Alice B. Emerson
In Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm
Betty Gordon found herself an orphan at age twelve. She became the ward of her uncle, Richard Gordon. She immediately came to love her uncle…
Preface
Read by Evan Smith
James Hiram Fassett
In The Beacon Second Reader
In the "Beacon Second Reader" the author has chosen for his stories only those of recognized literary merit; and while it has been…
Chapter 14: The Boys
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Charles N. Queen
In Why Are So Few Men in the Churches? And Remedies
The strength of the book is in its facts and suggestions considered in a matter of fact and suggestive way. It offers criticism in the spiri…
Being Editors
Read by MaybeCordelia
E. Nesbit
In The Story of the Treasure Seekers (version 3)
This story follows the six Bastable Children; Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius, on their adventures to help their widowe…
Ch 2
Read by Keith Salis
Frank Tousey
In Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 5: Hard to Beat
Bob Brooks is a young messenger boy on Wall Street, who uses his business sagacity to take advantage of some serendipitous tips to get a car…
Ch 2
Read by Keith Salis
Frank Tousey
In Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 4: A Game of Chance
Will Sommers is a talented young man who currently works in the Engine Room of a factory, but who is quickly becoming an Engineer. He uses h…
Children's Short Works, Vol. 003
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Various
LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 003: a collection of 10 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The Fourth Guardian
Read by Gary J. Conover
H. G. Wells
In Joan and Peter
This is satirical look at the English educational system and society in the early twentieth century and the effect of World War I on them by…
A Clue
Read by Tom Penn
Roy J. Snell
In On the Yukon Trail
Curlie Carson and Joe Marion are chasing a radio outlaw across the frozen Alaska territory. It should be a simple dogsled trip, especially w…
CHAPTER XXIX: MORE ABOUT THE CHILDREN
Read by Marie Christian
Magaretta Eagar
In Six Years at the Russian Court
From 1898 to 1904, Irish born Margaretta Eagar was the nanny to Olga (Ольга), Tatiana (Татьяна), Maria (Мария) and Anastasia (Анастасия) Nik…
MUSCADEL
Read by GidNewell
E. Nesbit
In Oswald Bastable and Others
This book is a collection of short stories about different children. Four of the stories feature the Bastable children.(Summary by Natalia )
An Unexpected Development
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Angela Brazil
In The Manor House School
An entertaining story of life in the closed society of a temporarily displaced girls' school. Mystery, intrigue, and humor make this a book …
Introduction
Read by Christine Rottger
Henry Wysham Lanier
In A Book of Giants
Tales of very tall men of myth, legend, history, and science (Subtitle of Book) - Summary by Henry Wysham Lanier
Selected excerpts from Children of the World by Paul Heyse
Read by Rita Boutros
Paul Heyse
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 18
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…