Children
Jabberwocky
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Lewis Carroll
LibriVox volunteers bring you 34 different recordings of Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of J…
The Book of Art for Young People
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Agnes Ethel Conway
This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in th…
The Book of Nature Myths
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Florence Holbrook
This is a book of myths told by the Indians of North America to their children. They could be compared to present day Fairy Tales. (Summary …
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Rebecca goes to live with her two stern aunts in a village in Maine. Her joy for life ends up inspiring them. (summary from Wikipedia)
The Orange Fairy Book
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Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Altho…
The Crimson Fairy Book
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Andrew Lang
The Crimson Fairy Book contains thirty-six stories collected from around the world and edited by Andrew Lang. Many tales in this book are tr…
Five Children and It (Version 2)
Read by Jenny Lundak
E. Nesbit
This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon…
The Violet Fairy Book
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Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang’s Violet Fairy Book (1901) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was…
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
This is a collection of well known fairy tales by various authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and many others. (Summary …
Tik-Tok of Oz
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L. Frank Baum
Betsy Bobbin encounters many strange and exciting adventures and people in the land of Oz; a side-plot is Queen Ann of Oogaboo's mission to …
At the Back of the North Wind
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George MacDonald
Diamond the little boy sleeps in the hayloft above the stall of Diamond the horse. The loft is snug but drafty, and after plugging a hole in…
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
Read by Phil Chenevert
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus' stories feature a trickster hero called Br'er Rabbit ("Brother" Rabbit), who uses his wits to slide out of trouble an…
This Country of Ours, Part 4
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with acco…
Old Mother West Wind
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Thornton W. Burgess
Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. He loved the beauty of natu…
Mother West Wind's Children
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Thornton W. Burgess
"You can't fool old Mother Nature. No, Sir, you can't fool old Mother Nature, and it's of no use to try." The animals of the Gree…
Madam How and Lady Why
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Charles Kingsley
Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book ha…
Philosophy and Fun of Algebra
Read by Patricia Oakley
Mary Everest Boole
Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was born Mary Everest in England and spent her early years in France. She married mathematician George Boole.…
Ozma of Oz (version 3)
Read by Phil Chenevert
L. Frank Baum
Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lio…
Indian Fairy Tales
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Joseph Jacobs
This book is a fine collection of Indian fairy tales, some are folklore, some are from the Jataka tales, and some from panchatantra. (Summar…
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
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Andrew Lang
The Arabian Nights is a collection of Perso-Arabic folk tales and other stories. The collection, or at least certain stories drawn from it (…