Children
My School Days
Read by Cori Samuel
E. Nesbit
A short memoir about the author's school days, serialised in The Girl's Own Paper from October 1896 to September 1897. It includes stories a…
Wings and the Child
Read by Cori Samuel
E. Nesbit
"When this book first came to my mind it came as a history and theory of the building of Magic Cities on tables, with bricks and toys a…
Floor Games
Read by Mark F. Smith
H. G. Wells
H.G. Wells had so much fun playing with his children on the floor of their playroom, he decided to write a jovial little book to inspire oth…
The Scouts of Stonewall
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Joseph A. Altsheler
In this third book of Joseph Altsheler's Civil War series, Harry Kenton, a lieutenant in the Southern Army, is on scout patrol in the Shenan…
The Velveteen Rabbit (version 2)
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Margery Williams
This classic story by Margery Williams, published in 1922, imparts the timeless message that toys need not be expensive or modern to be appr…
Personal Collection of Short Tales compiled by Carmie
Read by Carmie
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
This is a selection of the fairy tales (in English) written by Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm in the early 19th Century. The…
The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book
Read by Carol Box
Constance Cary Harrison
"And now, mamma, until your tea is ready, we know what you must do," said the children, in a breath. "Tell us a story—a 'real…
Planet Man - Single Episodes
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
PLANET MAN This is the fascinating story of Dantro, The Planet Man, troubleshooter for the League of Planets organization, the law enforcem…
West African Folk Tales
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William H. Barker
A collection of folk tales mostly centered around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often depicted as …
A Book of Nonsense
Read by Phil Chenevert
Edward Lear
In 1846 Lear published A Book of Nonsense, a volume of limericks that went through three editions and helped popularize the form. This book …
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
Read by Tom Weiss
Victor Appleton
Tom Swift enters an upcoming race with his specially-designed prototype electric race car. But as he makes the final preparations and adjust…
Holidays at Roselands
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Martha Finley
This is the second book of the much loved Elsie Dinsmore series and starts where the first book left off. Elsie is still recuperating from h…
American History Stories, Volume 2
Read by Laura Caldwell
Mara L. Pratt
History is brought to life in the second volume of American History Stories by Mara L. Pratt. It is a wonderful introduction for children to…
By Pond and River
Read by Laura Caldwell
Arabella B. Buckley
In By Pond and River, another of Arabella Buckley's wonderful science books for children, she explains the habitats of ponds and rivers, exp…
In the Closed Room
Read by Linda Andrus
Frances Hodgson Burnett
This is a short story about a shy, quiet little girl living in a big city. When her parents are offered the opportunity to take care of a ho…
The Bobbsey Twins or Merry Days Indoors and Out
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Laura Lee Hope
The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the Stratemeyer Syndicate's longest-running series of children's…
More William
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Richmal Crompton
The second of Crompton's series of 39 books about William Brown, our cheeky 11 year-old protagonist. A hero to some, a dastardly villain to …
The Black Fawn
Read by Roger Melin
Jim Kjelgaard
Bud Sloan was an orphan who had been 'sold out' of the orphanage to work on a farm once he'd been old enough to labor. The farm where he was…
The Little House in the Fairy Wood
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Ethel Cook Eliot
A lonely boy is taken in by the friendly inhabitants of a little house in the woods. Through this adventure, he finds the fairy folk, nature…
Old Peter's Russian Tales
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Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public …