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The Haunted Ship

In Swanhilde, and other Fairy Tales

Read by Zarina Silverman


Wilhelm Hauff


Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist, perhaps best known for his fairy tales (Märchen). Some of his stories, such as the Caliph…

The Hairy Sand-Wasps

In Insect Adventures

Read by Zarina Silverman


Jean-Henri Fabre


This book is composed of selections from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ Translation of Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques,” retold for childre…

Chapter 1

In The Adventures of an Ugly Girl

Read by Zarina Silverman


Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett


“Come, Dora! I shall never be ready, if you don’t make haste. They will be here in ten minutes, and my hair is not half so nice as it ought …

Bessie’s Dream

In Uncollected Short Stories of L.M. Montgomery

Read by Zarina Silverman


Lucy Maud Montgomery


A compilation of 80 short stories by the author of "Anne of Green Gables" that were not previously published in a book or in one o…

The Bunch of Keys - the Ring, Chapter IV, by T.W. Robertson

In A bunch of keys, where they were found and what they might have unlocked - A Ch…

Read by Zarina Silverman


Tom Hood and Variousandtom Hood


This is a little collection of short stories, written by different authors and published in 1865. It is a Christmas book, and the stories wi…

Through All The Years - Read by ZS

In Through All The Years

Read by Zarina Silverman


J. W. Foley and James W. Foley


Here is a sweet little poem to touch your heart and share with your best friends. The words are heartfelt, simple and trip off the tongue in…

The "Little-Cub-Bear-that-Would-Not-Mind-His-Papa" and How He Took an Unexpecte…

In The Bear Family at Home

Read by Zarina Silverman


Curtis D. Wilbur


THE BEAR FAMILY AT HOME -And How the Circus Came to Visit ThemOnce a little cub bear was caught in a big log trap, and taken on a train to a…

The Queen

In The Bee People

Read by Zarina Silverman


Margaret Warner Morley


"The Honey-bees are buzzy-fuzzy little pepper pots" Thus this wonderful nature writer begins to tell us about bees, their habits, …

Lesson IX. Division of Cartilaginous Fishes

In The Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology

Read by Zarina Silverman


William Ruschenberger


This succinct little textbook from 1844 presents an introduction to herpetology and ichthyology. The information, albeit not current, is sti…

Sonnet XXXVII by Arthur Davison Ficke

In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1914

Read by Daniel Silverman


William Stanley Braithwaite


William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…

FMR 44 Questions over alternatives to detention programmes

In Forced Migration Review

Read by Stephanie J Silverman


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