Children's Fiction

Emily Climbs

by Lucy Maud Montgomery and Rudyard Kipling 4.6
Teenage orphan Emily Starr of New Moon has always wanted to be a great writer. But her old-fashioned aunt, who has never liked Emily’s writi…

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame Read by Mark F. Smith 4.8
This much-loved story follows a group of animal friends in the English countryside as they pursue adventure ... and as adventure pursues the…

The Story Girl

by Lucy Maud Montgomery Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Story Girl, by Anne of Green Gables author L.M. Montgomery, tells about the summer Felix and Beverly King visit their cousins in Carlise…

Under the Lilacs

by Louisa May Alcott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
When two young girls decide to have a tea party with their dolls and a mysterious dog comes and eats their prized cake, they end up finding …

Penrod

by Booth Tarkington Read by Jonathan Burchard 4.5
Join Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke, in a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis, chronicling his life, loves, a…

Fame and Fortune

by Horatio Alger, Jr. Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Richard Hunter, formerly Ragged Dick, continues to advance in the world through luck and excellent morals. He, along with his friend Henry, …

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum Read by Phil Chenevert 4.8
The story chronicles the adventures of a girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz. As Baum says in the introduction "It aspires to bei…

Shoes and Stockings

by Louisa May Alcott Read by Carolyn Frances 4.5
Shoes and Stockings is a captivating collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott, exploring the intricate dance between societal expect…

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

by Hugh Lofting Read by Phil Chenevert 4.7
This is the original book about the amazing Dr. Dolittle who "Besides the gold-fish in the pond at the bottom of his garden, he had rab…

The Moving Picture Girls

by Laura Lee Hope Read by Cori Samuel 4.5
Ruth and Alice DeVere and their father Hosmer struggle to make ends meet in New York City - times are hard, even for a talented actor like M…

Little Lord Fauntleroy

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This story is about an American lad of 7 years old who lives with his young widowed mother in New York. He spends his days with his friend t…

Nutcracker and Mouse King

by E. T. A. Hoffmann Read by Sandra Cullum 4.5
The original story of the Nutcracker, weird and wonderful by one of the masters of horror and weirdness. Summary by Sandra Cullum.

The Black Fawn

by Jim Kjelgaard Read by Roger Melin 4.7
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 Book of Dragons

by E. Nesbit Read by Laurie Anne Walden 4.6
A dragon who flies out of a magical book; one whose purr quiets a fussy baby; another who eats an entire pack of tame hunting-hippopotomuses…

Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories

by Thornton W. Burgess Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Thornton W. Burgess was a conservationist and prolific author of children's books. His gently humorous stories about the animals of the mead…

The Blue Lagoon

by H. De Vere Stacpoole Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.7
Two shipwrecked children grow up on a South Pacific island. This beautiful story of adventure and innocent love was H.D. Stacpoole’s most po…

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.8
The novel tells of the troubles of a wealthy young girl, Sara Crewe, who is sent to an oppressive London boarding school during her father’s…

The Five Jars

by M. R. James Read by Peter Yearsley 4.6
The Five Jars is the only novel written by James, who is best known for his ghost stories. It is a peculiarly surreal fantasy apparently wri…

The Heroes

by Charles Kingsley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonaut…

A Little Servant

by Grace Livingston Hill Read by Esther 4.7
A Little Servant tells the touching story of a young girl devoted to serving Jesus and the impact of her faith on those around her. Through …

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