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Sep 29, 2026 · 4:52:37
Sample a moment of magic realism from the Red Book of Hergest: On one side of the river he saw a flock of white sheep, and on the other a flock of black sheep. And whenever one…
Sep 28, 2026 · 5:22:53
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 to work was owned by an aging farmer…
Sep 26, 2026 · 8:41:28
Part 2 of 2.\n\nThe most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his…
Sep 26, 2026 · 8:41:28
Part 1 of 2.\n\nThe most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his…
Sep 25, 2026 · 3:00:54
This is the story of Joyce, an American girl who has been sent abroad to France to study, and of her adventures in France, - the wonderful house with the gate of The Giant…
Sep 24, 2026 · 3:29:45
Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine).Author: Jennie HallLength: 3 hours 29 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction,…
Sep 23, 2026 · 1:50:01
To the millions of children and grown-ups who have loved a Rag Doll, the author dedicated these stories. Now listen as eight voices read to you Raggedy Ann's exciting adventures,…
Sep 22, 2026 · 1:38:25
The Adventures of Reddy Fox is another in the series of children's stories by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this story, Reddy and Granny Fox must outsmart Farmer…
Sep 21, 2026 · 1:12:24
Carol Bird was born on Christmas Day. She has spent all of her 11 years putting others above herself, always finding ways to make their lives a little more special. Even when…
Sep 19, 2026 · 5:37:02
Part 2 of 2.\n\nParables From Nature is a collection of short stories which were originally published as 4 separate volumes. They are inspired from Nature and written for…
Sep 19, 2026 · 5:37:02
Part 1 of 2.\n\nParables From Nature is a collection of short stories which were originally published as 4 separate volumes. They are inspired from Nature and written for…
Sep 18, 2026 · 7:17:34
The second part in the story of Anne Shirley, covering her years of teaching at Avonlea School, before she heads off to college. Other books in this series by this reader: <a…
Sep 16, 2026 · 5:41:58
Part 2 of 2.\n\n"Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the…
Sep 16, 2026 · 5:41:58
Part 1 of 2.\n\n"Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the…
Sep 15, 2026 · 5:15:40
The Tin Woodman of Oz is the twelfth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum and was originally published on May 13, 1918. The Tin Woodman is unexpectedly reunited with his…
Sep 14, 2026 · 6:20:07
Part 2 of 2.\n\nThat the little boy loved Uncle Remus and his stories was so obvious that the tale-spinning sessions began drawing additional listeners. Daddy Jack, an old…
Sep 14, 2026 · 6:20:07
Part 1 of 2.\n\nThat the little boy loved Uncle Remus and his stories was so obvious that the tale-spinning sessions began drawing additional listeners. Daddy Jack, an old…
Sep 12, 2026 · 3:57:18
Once on a time there was a poor husbandman who had so many children that he hadn't much of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest…
Sep 11, 2026 · 7:15:32
When Mary Lennox, who has been brought up in India in a spoiled manner, is orphaned she has to move to Yorkshire, England, to live with her uncle in Misselthwaite Manor. Here she…
Sep 10, 2026 · 2:51:36
This book is an early collection of ten well-known fairy tales. It is thought to have begun the genre of fairy tales. (Summary by A.Author: Charles PerraultLength: 2 hours 51…
Sep 9, 2026 · 2:03:01
In writing her 'Drama of Exile', Barrett's subject was 'the new and strange experience of the fallen humanity, as it went forth from Paradise into the wilderness'. The bizarre,…
Sep 7, 2026 · 4:20:27
The continuing story of Katy Carr, recounting the time she spent at boarding school with her sister Clover. (Summary by Karen Savage).Author: Susan CoolidgeLength: 4 hours 20…
Sep 5, 2026 · 3:13:47
When fourteen year old Sally Carter shares her secret about When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new…
Sep 4, 2026 · 7:14:41
The Poor Little Rich Girl is a children's fantasy about a little girl named Gwendolyn who is lonely and longs for a friend. But she is isolated by rich parents who ignore her and…
Sep 3, 2026 · 4:48:20
More William is the second William collection in the much acclaimed Just William series by Richmal Crompton. It is a sequel to the book Just William. The book was first published…
Sep 2, 2026 · 6:37:11
The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written in 1904 by E. Nesbit. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that began with Five Children and It (1902), and…
Sep 1, 2026 · 3:08:43
<em>Undine</em> is a novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqu concerning Undine, a water spirit who marries a Knight named Huldbrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German…
Aug 27, 2026 · 6:49:48
Part 2 of 2.\n\nThis is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales…
Aug 27, 2026 · 6:49:48
Part 1 of 2.\n\nThis is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales…
Aug 26, 2026 · 5:32:01
The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a house on a mountain, it is here that she…
Aug 25, 2026 · 5:24:22
The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The author had a great…
Aug 24, 2026 · 6:55:28
The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river-bankers saved Toad from his excesses. This book has it all: excitement, sentiment, destruction of private property (plenty…
Aug 23, 2026 · 5:04:24
The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of…
Aug 22, 2026 · 7:42:05
Arthur Ransome is best known for his <i>Swallows and Amazons</i> series of children's books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public domain. These stories are all…
Aug 21, 2026 · 8:37:53
The timeless story of the young orphan girl sent by accident to a brother and sister who had wanted a boy, Anne, with her vivid imagination and sensitive spirit, has enchanted…
Aug 20, 2026 · 3:07:04
James Otis wrote a series of books depicting life in the new colonies, written from a child's point of view. Ruth of Boston is the story of 12 year old Ruth, coming from London…
Aug 19, 2026 · 3:18:10
Little kids sent to stay the night with their Aunt Jane find themselves sharing an enormous bed. So enormous is it, that when they make a tent of the bed sheets and crawl in,…
Aug 18, 2026 · 1:39:35
Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by writer Johnny Gruelle (1880-1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with…
Aug 17, 2026 · 8:58:39
Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman searching for her lost nephew. Her Aunt…
Aug 15, 2026 · 1:18:18
The poems and stories in this collection were selected with the reader's grandchildren in mind. "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie," both by James Whitcomb Riley, the…
Aug 14, 2026 · 1:37:53
A boy named Photogen, who has never seen the moon, meets a girl named Nycteris, who has never seen the sun. The two of them must escape from the witch Watho. As usual with George…
Aug 13, 2026 · 4:36:06
Understood Betsy is a 1916 novel for children by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The story tells of Elizabeth Ann, a 9-year-old orphan who goes from a sheltered existence with her…
Aug 12, 2026 · 7:35:51
First published in 1908, this is a book of "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan" that were collected, translated and retold by the author, Yei Theodora Ozaki, who states:…
Aug 11, 2026 · 3:28:34
Some have a slight historical value; some are useful as giving point to certain great moral truths; others are products solely of the fancy, and are intended only to amuse. Some…
Aug 10, 2026 · 1:17:50
Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse romance following a young knight of the…
Aug 9, 2026 · 1:26:49
A collection of silly poetry and limericks for children.Author: Carolyn WellsLength: 1 hours 26 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, PoetryChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 122:57 -…
Aug 8, 2026 · 5:02:22
Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works. She set about to retell his plays in…
Aug 7, 2026 · 6:23:13
This book tells further stories from the period of Rebecca's sojourn in Riverboro.Author: Kate Douglas WigginLength: 6 hours 23 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Family…
Aug 7, 2026 · 2:50:38
Fourteen Old Indian Legends by Native American (Dakota) Author Zitkala-sa. These Legends feature the exploits of Iktomi the Native American Trickster god. (summary by Robert…
Aug 6, 2026 · 8:59:19
This excellent book contains many great stories from the various mythologies of man throughout the ages.Author: Logan MarshallLength: 8 hours 58 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends &…
Aug 5, 2026 · 3:12:21
The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So Stories were illustrated with woodcuts…
Aug 5, 2026 · 1:28:14
A story for children about a little bear with no name, "there were not enough names to go round," and his adventures in finding one. (Summary by Carolyn Frances).Author: Laura…
Aug 3, 2026 · 7:36:32
Mysterious Phileas Fogg is a cool customer. A man of the most repetitious and punctual habit - with no apparent sense of adventure whatsoever - he gambles his considerable…
Aug 3, 2026 · 1:49:16
This is the book that started it all. Johnny Gruelle gave his daughter Marcella a rag doll, on which he had drawn an eternally smiling face. Marcella and Raggedy Ann became…
Jul 31, 2026 · 52:27
A collection of children's alphabet rhymes including Footsteps On the Road to Learning - a short text from 1850 which teaches children the English alphabet in rime--so that a…
Jul 30, 2026 · 2:22:35
Katharine E. Dopp was well-known as a teacher and writer of children's textbooks at the turn of the 20th Century.Author: Katharine Elizabeth DoppLength: 2 hours 22 minutesGenre:…
Jul 30, 2026 · 3:35:12
George Sand (the pen name of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin 1804-1876) is famous for flaunting the conventions of behavior expected of women of her standing in France at the time…
Jul 30, 2026 · 5:20:54
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The second of Crompton's series of 39 books about William Brown, our cheeky 11 year-old protagonist. A hero to some, a dastardly…
Jul 28, 2026 · 8:09:24
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <i>Anne's House of Dreams</i> is book five in the series, and chronicles Anne's early married life, as she and her childhood…
Jul 25, 2026 · 1:03:31
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com E. Nesbit (Edith Bland) was a prodigious 19th century children's writer who produced over 60 books of fiction for children. Author:…
Jul 23, 2026 · 20:42
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The sweetest songs the world has ever heard are the lullabies that have been crooned above its cradles. The music of Beethoven and…
Jul 21, 2026 · 1:53:56
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Adventures of a Brownie follows the life of a brownie who lives in a family's coal cellar and the adventures he gets into with the…
Jul 18, 2026 · 5:17:58
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Betsy Bobbin encounters many strange and exciting adventures and people in the land of Oz; a side-plot is Queen Ann of Oogaboo's…
Jul 13, 2026 · 14:07:43
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic.…
Jul 12, 2026 · 7:16:28
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the…
Jul 11, 2026 · 1:32:06
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Charlton Miner Lewis' version of <i>Gawayne and the Green Knight</i>, a late 14th century alliterative romance, is written in modern…
Jul 10, 2026 · 4:24:14
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Peterkins were a lovable but comically inept family that possess ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy--but not common…
Jul 9, 2026 · 2:05:59
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "Because she used to herd Goats in the high places and the rocky places, she went by the name of Girl-go-with-the-Goats. But that was…
Jul 8, 2026 · 9:44:33
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Little Men (published 1871) is considered the second book of the Little Women trilogy written by Louisa May Alcott. (The book Good…
Jul 8, 2026 · 23:52
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A collection of three short stories about fairies, complete with good moral lessons (as every fairy tale should be). (Summary by…
Jul 7, 2026 · 4:23:07
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Alfred J. Church wrote many books looking at classical literature, but is especially well known for his re-telling of classic books…
Jul 7, 2026 · 6:26:00
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <i>Little Lord Fauntleroy</i> is a sentimental children's novel by American (English-born) author Frances Hodgson Burnett, serialized…
Jul 6, 2026 · 11:59
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Rocket Book can be listened to while viewing a beautiful facsimile edition at the International Children's Digital Libarary…
Jul 6, 2026 · 1:15:52
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Beloved by many generations of children, A Child's Garden of Verses is a beautiful collection of children's poetry. Sometimes…
Jul 6, 2026 · 2:36:10
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A collection of folk tales mostly centered around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often…
Jul 6, 2026 · 5:35:50
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A collection of traditional English fairy tales. (description by Joy Chan). Author: Joseph Jacobs Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Genre:…
Jul 5, 2026 · 5:04:15
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Peter Pan is the well-loved story of three children and their adventures in Neverland with the boy who refuses to grow up.…
Jul 5, 2026 · 2:12:41
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "Being a collection of some of the OLD TALES told in those Western Parts of Britain served by the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, now retold…
Jul 4, 2026 · 9:57
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This recording of Peter Newell's The Slant Book (1910) kicks off voiced renderings by LibriVox of public domain books in the…
Jun 20, 2026 · 7:50:06
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for…
Jun 7, 2026 · 9:47:46
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew…
Jun 7, 2026 · 5:38:51
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel…
Jun 3, 2026 · 7:42:43
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human…
May 30, 2026 · 5:01:13
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Edith Nesbit's classic story, in which three children, pulled suddenly from their comfortable suburban life, move to the country with…
May 30, 2026 · 3:33:24
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The <i>Just So Stories for Little Children</i>, first published in 1902, were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. They are a…
May 27, 2026 · 4:09:15
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This is the story of the Bastable children and their attempts to help the family finances by searching for treasure. (Summary by…
May 27, 2026 · 12:48:23
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays…
May 23, 2026 · 7:03:53
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <i>The Five Little Peppers</i> series was created by Margaret Sidney covering the life of five children with the surname Pepper. The…
May 23, 2026 · 10:52:41
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality…
May 23, 2026 · 4:42:24
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A fairy has become bored with her life, and convinces some young girls to transform her into a human boy so she can go on adventures.…
May 23, 2026 · 8:31:56
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Story Girl, by Anne of Green Gables author L. M. Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery Length: 8 hours 31 minutes Genre: Family Chapters:…
May 23, 2026 · 3:08:56
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com In <em>The Story of Doctor Dolittle</em> (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good…
May 19, 2026 · 9:35:00
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's novel, <em>Anne of Green Gables</em> tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a…
May 19, 2026 · 10:32:35
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this…
May 19, 2026 · 4:45:54
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Road to Oz takes Dorothy and her friends on an adventure in Oz to a grand party in honor of Ozma's birthday. It all starts near…
May 13, 2026 · 1:44:11
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Plenty of princesses have been cursed by wicked witches, but the curse placed on this princess by her evil aunt is an unusual one: it…
May 13, 2026 · 5:41:03
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Sky Island (1912) was the second of three titles written by Baum featuring a spunky girl from California, Trot, and her companion,…
May 12, 2026 · 3:44:56
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The timeless story of the Wizard Of Oz. Follow Dorothy as she leaves Kansas for Oz on a cyclone. Author: L. Frank Baum Length: 3…
May 10, 2026 · 7:15
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com This version of the classic tale of the three bears has a heroine named Golden Hair. The jolly bears, instead of chasing her away…
May 10, 2026 · 4:46:34
https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Whether Mother Goose was a real person or a myth, the songs that are attributed to her name are what we remember from our childhood.…
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