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Wopsy: The Adventures of a Guardian Angel

Read by Maria Therese


Gerard F. Scriven


Wopsy is the story of a very young Guardian Angel, sent to watch over a pagan baby in Africa. Wopsy desperately wants his baby's soul to bec…

That Office Boy

Read by Maria Therese


Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.


A new story by Father Finn! It will be glad news to many to learn that Father Finn has found time from his many duties to write a new story,…

Sunday Morning Storyland

Read by Maria Therese


Rev. Wilfrid J. Diamond


A collection of short sermons for children written by a Catholic priest. Each with a story woven in teaches a moral or virtue for that week.…

His First and Last Appearance

Read by Maria Therese


Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.


The scene of the story is laid partly in Milwaukee, partly in New York. It describes the trials of the orphaned Lachance children. The boy h…

The Adventures of Tommy Blake

Read by Maria Therese


Brother Ernest Ryan


Child of an atheist father and a devoutly Catholic mother, Tommy has been from childhood the object of a battle of love. Tommy’s courage and…

Eddie of Jackson's Gang

Read by Maria Therese


Brother Ernest Ryan


Eddie. That is the only name our young, musically talented hero knew for himself. After being left at a Catholic orphanage as a young child,…

Captain Ted

Read by Maria Therese


Mary T. Waggaman


When tragedy hits his family, in the form of a sudden illness to his father, young Teddy Thornton is forced to leave school and find work to…

Instructions to Light Keepers

Read by Maria Kasper


United States Lighthouse Board


"Office of the Light-House Board, Washington, D.C. July 1, 1881. The following Instructions are published for the guidance of light-kee…

Yankee at Molokai

Read by Maria Therese


Eva K. Betz


As a daring soldier in the Union Army, Ira Dutton earned the respect and affection of the men around him. Handsome and affable, he could hav…

The Passenger Pigeon

Read by Maria Kasper


William B. Mershon


"For the last three years I have spent most of my leisure time in collecting as much material as possible which might help to throw lig…

They Who Knock at Our Gates

Read by Maria Kasper


Mary Antin


In 1914, over one million immigrants arrived in the United States, following in the footsteps of approximately ten million others who had ar…

Killgloom Park

Read by Maria Therese


Neil Boyton, S. J.


Join Angelo Daily and his chums during a fun filled summer at Killgloom Park, a Coney Island, New York amusement park in the 1930's. A runaw…

The Enemies of Books

Read by Maria Kasper


William Blades


The author, an avid book collector, calls for the better protection of books against the "enemies" which lead to their physical de…

The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

Read by Maria Kasper


Various


During the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, newspaper reporters in the stricken city made a heroic effort to keep the public infor…

The Curtiss Aviation Book

Read by Maria Kasper


Glenn Curtiss


Glenn Hammond Curtiss, of Hammondsport, New York, won the Scientific American Trophy for the first pre-announced and officially witnessed ai…

Plato's Definitions and Epigrams / Πλάτωνος Ὅροι καὶ Ἐπιγράμματα

Read by Maria Sozopoulou


Plato


Definitions is a dictionary of 184 terms, originated in Plato’s Academy. Until late antiquity Plato was named as the author of this work, bu…

Fires and Fire-Fighters

Read by Maria Kasper


John Kenlon


John Kenlon became a New York City firefighter in 1887, and was appointed Fire Chief in 1911. In 1913, he wrote this authoritative book surv…

Tin Horns and Calico

Read by Maria Kasper


Henry Esmond Christman


In the early 19th century, in the Hudson Valley of New York State, hundreds of square miles of land were still the feudal domains of large l…

Seven Sages and Delphic Maxims - Ἑπτὰ Σοφοὶ καὶ Δελφικὰ Παραγγέλματα

Read by Maria Sozopoulou


Joannes Stobaeus


The Seven Sages of Hellas were philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers of the early sixth century BCE. They were well known for their wisdom…

The Summer Holidays: A Story for Children

Read by Maria Abrenica


Amerel


Mr. Harvey's two sons Thomas and John were very anxious for their cousin Samuel Reed to spend the August holidays with them. The boys had no…

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