Mother Stories


Lu par Greg Giordano

(4.6 stars; 13 reviews)

"I have endeavored to write, for mothers and dear little children, a few simple stories, embodying some of the truths of Froebel's Mother Play...Most of these stories have been told and retold to little children, and are surrounded, in my eyes, by a halo of listening faces" from the Preface to Mother Stories by Maud Lindsay (Summary by Greg Giordano) (2 hr 21 min)

Chapitres

Preface 2:09 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Wind's Work 6:13 Lu par Greg Giordano
Mrs. Tabby Gray 4:48 Lu par Greg Giordano
Fleet Wind and Sweet Voice 7:45 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Little Girl with the Light 7:35 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Little Gray Pony 6:26 Lu par Greg Giordano
How the Home was Built 7:24 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Little Traveler 7:29 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Open Gate 7:18 Lu par Greg Giordano
Inside the Garden Gate 20:40 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Journey 7:25 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Giant Energy & The Fairy Skill 8:47 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Search for a Good Child 12:13 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Closing Door 6:16 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Minstrel's Song 6:50 Lu par Greg Giordano
Dust Under the Rug 8:23 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Story of Gretchen 7:47 Lu par Greg Giordano
The King's Birthday 6:02 Lu par Greg Giordano

Critiques

Good stories for young children


(3 stars)

There was a great variety of stories in this little book for young children. I enjoyed them, although admittedly I listened to most of them at 3am, so the details are foggy. Many thanks to the narrator for his smooth reading, and contribution to my sleep. As is common in the book's era of writing, most of the stories involved good children and a moral. However, I thought the author was very clever in her presentation. Rather than pushing the moral onto the young reader, she began each story with a motto for the mother. This enabled her to demonstrate the moral of the story, without spoiling the story itself. I would give most of the stories three stars, but I would give one, The Closed Door, five stars. Mind you, I doubt a young reader would rate it so highly, but as a parent it really made me think.