Five Minute Stories
Laura E. Richards and Laura E. Howe Richards
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Another collection of poems and short stories by Laura Richards. Yes, these are all short and mostly all delightfully innocent and sweet. Some have a moral for little children, and some are just funny or poignant or educational, but all are a peek into the way of life of a century ago when children lived a slower and possibly happier life and kids loved to be read a story at bedtime. No cell phones or TV, just a loving connection between parent and child. So if you want to see what it was like to listen to a story or a poem from a simpler time, just pick one from the great variety here, turn down the lamp and settle down to enjoy the warm glow of good old fashioned story tellin'. - Summary by Phil chenevert (5 hr 36 min)
Chapters
| Betty | 2:08 | Read by Roohi |
| Two Calls | 5:09 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| A New Year Song | 1:37 | Read by Roohi |
| New Year | 4:29 | Read by Roohi |
| A Lesson Song | 1:49 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Rubber Baby | 5:03 | Read by Roohi |
| The Red, White and Blue | 3:20 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Totty’s Christmas | 4:57 | Read by Roohi |
| A Certain Boy | 1:42 | Read by Roohi |
| The New Sister | 3:57 | Read by Roohi |
| Buttercup Gold | 9:56 | Read by James K. White |
| One Afternoon | 2:43 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Stove | 2:11 | Read by Zee Martin |
| John’s Sister | 1:26 | Read by Roohi |
| New Year Song | 1:48 | Read by Ezwa |
| What Was Her Name | 6:47 | Read by Josh Creek |
| A Lesson Song | 2:54 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Patient Cat | 3:13 | Read by Aletha |
| Mathematics | 2:32 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| By the Fading Light | 4:54 | Read by Aletha |
| Tobogganing Song | 3:11 | Read by Ezwa |
| Song of the Tilt | 1:53 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Lazy Robin | 5:24 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Boy’s Manners | 6:52 | Read by James K. White |
| Merry Christmas | 1:52 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Rinktum | 1:24 | Read by Ezwa |
| In the Tunnel | 3:10 | Read by Aletha |
| Practising Song | 1:49 | Read by Aletha |
| Queen Elizabeth’s Dance | 2:40 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| A Storming Party | 3:20 | Read by Aletha |
| At the Little Boy’s Home | 1:46 | Read by Aletha |
| Then and Now | 1:49 | Read by Ezwa |
| Pleasant Walk | 5:46 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| A Great Day | 3:06 | Read by Jet |
| A Pastoral | 1:23 | Read by Christie Crews |
| Riches | 3:39 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Poverty | 4:31 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Best of All | 5:03 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| A Study Hour | 1:42 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Young Ladies | 3:27 | Read by Aletha |
| The Weathercock | 1:25 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Ichthyology | 4:00 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| A Happy Morning | 1:41 | Read by Zee Martin |
| Lilies and Cat-Tails | 10:37 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Metals | 3:36 | Read by Ezwa |
| The Howlery Growlery Room | 2:15 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Speckled Hen | 6:33 | Read by James K. White |
| The Money Shop | 10:00 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| A Long Afternoon | 3:12 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Jacket | 1:53 | Read by Ezwa |
| The Fireworks | 4:24 | Read by Sonia |
| Jingle | 1:11 | Read by Christie Crews |
| See-Saw | 3:38 | Read by Zee Martin |
| Nancy’s Nightmare | 2:09 | Read by Roohi |
| Amy’s Valentine | 5:04 | Read by Roohi |
| Once Upon a Time | 2:06 | Read by Sonia |
| The Pathetic Ballad of Clarinthia Jane Louisa | 1:11 | Read by JudyDerby |
| A Day in the Country | 1:01 | Read by Roohi |
| Goosey Lucy | 5:42 | Read by Katrina Jankeviciute |
| Goosey Lucy’s New Year’s Calls | 5:17 | Read by Katrina Jankeviciute |
| Three Little Birds | 1:48 | Read by Ezwa |
| The Quacky Duck | 2:40 | Read by Zee Martin |
| New Year Thoughts | 1:27 | Read by Roohi |
| Nonsense | 1:23 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Singular Chicken | 2:38 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Clever Parson | 2:36 | Read by Sonia |
| The Purple Fish | 4:15 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| Mr. Somebody | 2:23 | Read by Diana Schmidt |
| A Christmas Ride | 4:28 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
| A Funny Fellow | 3:53 | Read by Diana Schmidt |
| Woffsky-Poffsky | 0:39 | Read by Sonia |
| April and the Children | 2:49 | Read by Diana Schmidt |
| The Snowball | 4:38 | Read by Krista |
| A Great Fight | 3:15 | Read by Roohi |
| Hallelujah! | 3:00 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Lullaby | 1:01 | Read by Christie Crews |
| Merry Christmas | 4:03 | Read by Catherine Russell |
| The Little Dog with the Green Tail | 6:04 | Read by Catherine Russell |
| Naughty | 0:53 | Read by Christie Crews |
| Hard Times | 6:52 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| On the Steeple | 0:41 | Read by Jet |
| Naughty Billy | 0:35 | Read by Jet |
| A Lad | 0:36 | Read by Jet |
| Saint Valentine’s House | 4:28 | Read by Christie Crews |
| The Gentleman | 3:18 | Read by Ezwa |
| A Leap Year Boy | 5:23 | Read by Roohi |
| King Pippin | 2:09 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Story of the Crimson Crab | 6:57 | Read by Christie Crews |
| Mother’s Riddle | 0:51 | Read by Abby |
| King John | 1:48 | Read by Diana Schmidt |
| The Spotty Cow | 1:21 | Read by Abby |
| The Button Pie | 1:15 | Read by Christie Crews |
| The Inquisitive Ducks | 4:25 | Read by Zee Martin |
| Queen Matilda | 1:20 | Read by Christie Crews |
| The Two-Shoes Chair | 3:26 | Read by JudyDerby |
| Ethelred the Unready | 0:44 | Read by Zee Martin |
| Poor Bonny | 7:34 | Read by Tanya Goffman |
| The Husking of the Corn | 2:36 | Read by Diana Schmidt |
| The Clever Cheese-Maker | 4:36 | Read by Mark |
| The Spelling Lesson | 2:38 | Read by Christie Crews |
| The Person who Did Not Like Cats | 5:48 | Read by Kam Yau |