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The Cliff-Swallow
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Elizabeth Grinnell and Joseph Grinnell
In Our Western Birds
This mother and son team, each distinguished in their field, collaborate to give charming portraits of common birds of the western United St…
Old Granny Fox Investigates
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
In The Adventures of Prickly Porky (Version 2)
There's a mystery that's scaring folks on the hill where Prickly Porky the Porcupine lives. What could this strange creature be without head…
A Fiend in Need
Read by Ben Tucker
Milton K. Ozaki
There were no tell-tale traces of blood, no traces of struggle, no clues that Lieutenant Phelan could put his fingers on-yet someone had plu…
The Message of a Mocking-bird
Read by Sue Gill
Elizabeth Grinnell
In Our Feathered Friends
This volume displays the romance of birds in beautiful prose and dialog in simple language for children and adults alike. Written by a moth…
The Third Customer and the Jade Idol
Read by Grant Hurlock
Fergus Hume
In Hagar of the Pawn-Shop
Hagar Stanley, a beautiful young Gypsy, is driven by sexual harassment to leave her tribe and seek refuge with her uncle Jacob, a miserly Lo…
A Voice from the Town
Read by Rhonda Federman
A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson, Andrew Barton Paterson and Banjo Paterson
In The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses
A collection of poems by Australian poet Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson, picturesque glimpses into life in the Bush. From the preface: "…
Why Mr. Snake Cannot Wink
Read by Nancy Gorgen
Thornton W. Burgess
In Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories (Version 2)
Cute little animal stories for children. - Summary by Victoria Bell
Read, And You Will Know
Read by Jacqueline Burrell Walton
James Baldwin
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…
Chapter X. The Face By The Window
Read by Ben Tucker
Carroll John Daly
In The Snarl of the Beast
Carroll John Daly, enormously popular in his day but has since faded into obscurity, is often credited with penning the first hard-boiled cr…
True and Untrue
Read by Sue Gill
Sir George Webbe Dasent
In A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children
This is a collection of Norse folktales selected as being appropriate for children. They range from short pieces such as, "How One Wen…
Chapter 10 - Mr. Gillingham Talks Nonsense
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
In The Red House Mystery (Version 2)
Author A. A. Milne is best known to the world as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Yet Milne was versatile, having written dozens of plays, h…
The Bearded Stranger
Read by Amanda Leung
Mildred A. Wirt Benson
In Voice From the Cave
Penny Parker and her father go on vacation accompanied by a mysterious woman and end up engrossed in a hunt for foreign spies! (Summary by A…
Chapter 20 – The Argus Gives its Opinion
Read by DOLZ
Fergus Hume
In The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)
Who killed the man in the hansom cab? -- Who is Sal Rawlins? -- What will happen to Madge and Brian? -- Murder and family secrets create the…
Three Curious Characters
Read by Shasta
Thomas Mayne Reid
In No Quarter!
There is no page in England’s history so bright, nor of which Englishmen have such reason to be proud, as that covering the period between 1…
The Swallows
Read by Jennifer Dallman
Jenny H. Stickney
In Bird World: A Bird Book for Children
Bird World is a children's guide to New England Birds. It explores the characteristics, habitat, and songs of native birds. - Summary by Jen…
Chapter VIII: I Go Fishing
Read by Ben Tucker
Margery Williams
In The Thing in the Woods
Dr. Haverill is asked to fill in as local physician for the skittish Dr. Lennox in a small Pennsylvania town. The locals seem to be a supers…
Gillette
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
In The Unknown Masterpiece
“The Unknown Masterpiece” (“Le Chef-d’œuvre inconnu”) is a novella by Honoré de Balzac, published with revisions in 1845, after earli…
The Mocking-Bird
Read by Owlivia
Elizabeth Grinnell
In Birds of Song and Story
This mother and son team, each distinguished in their field, collaborate to give charming portraits of a dozen of our favorite song birds. …
Addy Gill
Read by Jerome Ware
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…