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The
Age of Fable-Part One-Chapters 1-14*
by Thomas Bulfinch
Stories of the best known Gods and Heroes of
Mythology |
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Anne
of Green Gables
by Lucy M. Montgomery
A young orphaned Anne with her head in the clouds
of wonder and imagination is mistakenly sent by
the orphanage to be adopted by the Cuthberts…who
in fact…were looking for a boy to help on the farm.
But Anne’s beguiling personality wins them over,
eventually bringing them endless joy. |
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A Book
of Golden Deeds Volume 1*
by Charlotte Yonge
What is a Golden Deed and Who does them? |
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A Little
Brother to the Bear*
by William J. Long
Stories of the woodland animals in their forest
homes |
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A Wonder
Book*
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
King Midas, Pegasus, Pandora, Hercules and other
Greek heroes come to life in these tales. |
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Alice
in Wonderland*
by Lewis Carrol
Alice, the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, and the gang
on the way to tea. Perennial favorite. |
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Beautiful
Stories from Shakespeare*
Edith Nesbit re-tells sheakespeare's plays in very
short format for children |
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The
Book of Dragons
by Edith Nesbit
Part 1 - Dragons, Princesses share the magic of
these tales. |
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Fifty
Famous Stories Retold*
by James Baldwin
50 Famous Stories of Medieval times are retold
in a short form for all young people, telling
of valor, bravery, and kindness as well as high
adventure. |
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Four
Famous Americans*
by James Baldwin
Short thumbnail biographies of four famous
American heroes…Lincoln, Webster, Franklin
and Washington |
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Gulliver's
Travels*
by Jonathan
Swift
Gulliver's voyages to lands of Midgets, Giants,
and Yahoos |
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Heidi*
by Johanna Spyri
Wonderfully charming story of an orphan girl
who is raised by her grandfather in the Alps
with her pet goats. When she is transplanted
to Frankfurt for an education, she completely
changes the life of the crippled girl of the
family with her love and cheer. |
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Just
So Stories*
by Rudyard Kipling
No child should grow up without being introduced
to Toad of Toad Hall, Rat, Mole and the Badger---the
much beloved denizens of Kenneth Graham's captivating
World of the river bank.. |
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Lad:
a Dog*
by Albert Payson Terhune
The magnificent collie, Lad in Lassie like adventures |
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The
Little Duke*
by Charlotte Yonge
The Childhood History of Richard the Fearless,
Duke of Normandy |
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The
Lost Prince*
Frances Hodgson Burnett's superb adventure story
of two teenagers. Secret messages. Clandestine
meetings. The reinstatement of a Prince
to the throne of imaginary Samavia. |
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The
Merry Adventures of Robin Hood*
by Howard Pyle
Howard Pyle's fun tales of Robin Hood and his
merry band of Outlaws who reigned over Sherwood
Forest doing many good deeds for the poor and
deserved misdeeds for the pompous and haughty
rich. The MP3 format is also available. |
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Our Island Story*
by Henrietta Marshall
A five part series that tells The Story of Great Britain
from its earliest beginnings to World War I. |
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Volume 1: Early
History of Great Britain |
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Volume 2 - Part 1: Ruling
Monarchs from 1066 to 1509 A.D. |
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Volume 2 - Part 2 |
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Volume 3: The next 250
years from Henry VIII(1509 A.D.) to George
II (d. 1759 A.D.)
Volume 4: The Loss of
the American Colonies and the beginning
of the Industrial Revolution |
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Volume 5: The French Revolution
(1789 A.D.) to the conclusion of World
War I (1919 A.D.) |
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The
Patchwork Girl of Oz
by L. Frank
Baum
A full cast of 23 bring this Wizard
of Oz adventure to life. |
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The
Peterkin Papers*
by Lucretia P. Hale
A delightful tale of family life gone completely
awry. |
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Selections
from Flower Fables
by Louisa Mae Alcott
Charming stories of flora and fauna depicted as
little people. |
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The
Story of Dr. Dolittle*
by Hugh Lofting
A doctor who learns to speak the language of
the animals!!! And he loves taking them on an
adventurous trip from their English home to Africa! |
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The
Story of King Arthur and His Knights*
by Howard Pyle
The legendary story of King Arthur and his knights. |
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The
Story of Napoleon*
by
Henrietta E. Marshall
Henrietta Marshall’s entertaining biography of
this larger-than-life personality |
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The
Tanglewood Tales*
by
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Heroes of Greek Mythology in action. |
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Parables
from Nature -
Volume I*
by Margaret Gatty
Entertaining stories of nature with a moral lesson
thrown in for good measure are fun as well as thought
provoking |
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Parables
from Nature -
Volume II*
by Margaret Gatty
Entertaining stories of nature with a moral lesson
thrown in for good measure are fun as well as thought
provoking |
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Parables
from Nature -
Volume III*
by Margaret Gatty
Entertaining stories of nature with a moral lesson
thrown in for good measure are fun as well as thought
provoking |
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This
Country of Ours*
by Henrietta E. Marshall
This Series, in seven parts, tells
the story of America from the earliest founding
through the days of Woodrow Wilson The Great
War (World War I) |
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Part I: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers |
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Part
II: Settlement of the Virginia Colony |
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Part III: Settlement of the New England Colonies |
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Part
IV: Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies |
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Part
V: Stories of the French in America
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Part
VI: Stories of the Struggle for Liberty |
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Part VII
Section A
: Stories of the
United States Under the Constitution |
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Part VII
Section B
: Stories of the United
States Under the Constitution |
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Understood
Betsy*
by Dorothy Canfield
Orphaned as a little girl, Betsy is adopted by
rich but overly “proper” relatives, later to
be sent to a cousin's farm where she lives happily
ever after.
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Wild
Animals I Have Known*>
by Ernest T. Seton
Unromanticized observations of animal life in the
early days of rough and ready rural America. |
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The
Wind in the Willows*
by Kenneth Grahame
Rat, Toad, Badger at home on the Riverbank |
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