Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty

Summary: Parables From Nature is a collection of short stories which were originally published as 4 separate volumes. They are inspired from Nature and written for children. Nevertheless, Gatty uses children’s literature because she knows that in doing so, she can reach a wider group of readers and point out problems from the Victorian Age. (Summary by sailormoon for Librivox)

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Total running time: 11 hours, 14 minutes

Preface

A Lesson of Faith

The Law of Authority and Obedience

The Unknown Land

Knowledge Not the Limit of Belief

 

Training and Restraining

The Light of Truth

Waiting

A Lesson of Hope

A Circle of Blessing

The Law of the Wood

Active and Passive

Daily Bread

Not Lost but Gone Before

Mates in the Sunbeam

Red Snow

Whereunto?

Purring When You’re Pleased

The Voices of the Earth

The Master of the Harvest

The Deliverer

Inferior Animals

The General Thaw

The Light of Life

Gifts

Night and Day

Kicking

Imperfect Instruments

Cobwebs

Birds in the Nest

 

 

The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

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Total running time: 12 hours, 22 minutes

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00 ? Preface

01 ? The Twelve Dancing Princesses

02 ? The Princess Mayblossom

03 ? Soria Moria Castle

04 ? The Death of Koshchei the Deathless

05 ? The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen

06 ? The Master Thief

07 ? Brother and Sister

08 ? Princess Rosette

09 ? The Enchanted Pig

10 ? The Norka

11 ? The Wonderful Birch

12 ? Jack and the Beanstalk

13 ? The Little Good Mouse

14 ? Graciosa and Percinet

15 ? The Three Princesses of Whiteland

16 ? The Voice of Death

17 ? The Six Sillies

18 ? Kari Woodengown

19 ? Drakestail

20 ? The Ratcatcher

21 ? The True History of Little Goldenhood

22 ? The Golden Branch

23 ? The Three Dwarfs

24 ? Dapplegrim

25 ? The Enchanted Canary

26 ? The Twelve Brothers

27 ? Rapunzel

28 ? The Nettle Spinner

29 ? Farmer Weatherbeard

30 ? Mother Holle

31 ? Minnikin

32 ? Bushy Bride

33 ? Snowdrop

34 ? The Golden Goose

35 ? The Seven Foals

36 ? The Marvellous Musician

37 ? The Story of Sigurd

This Country of Ours part 6: Stories of the Struggle for Liberty, by H. E. Marshall

This is Part 6: Stories of the Struggle for Liberty, from chapter 51 (The Boston Tea-Party) to chapter 63 (A Turning Point in the World’s History). There is a 7th volume but the recording of it has not been completed yet.

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51 The Boston Tea Party

52 Paul Revere’s Ride

53 The First Thrust – The Battle of Bunker Hill

54 The War in Canada

55 The Birth of a Great Nation

56 The Darkest Hour – Trenton and Princeton

57 Burgoyne’s Campaign – Bennington and Oriskany

58 Burgoyne’s Campaign – Bemis Heights, Saratoga

59 Brandywine – Germantown – Valley Forge

60 War on the Sea

61 The Battle of Monmouth

62 The Story of a Great Crime

63 A Turning Point in the World’s History

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Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Summary: All mythology and/or Hawthorne lovers unite!

Here is a delightful collection of charming stories from Greek Mythology. This collection features some very popular characters like our beloved Jason, Ulysses, King Pluto and Theseus (and of course, our favorite, Mr. Minotaur, too). Written in Hawthorne’s interesting and beautiful style, these stories will be a great delight to read AND listen to. (Summary by Neeru Iyer for Librivox)

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00 – The Wayside. Introductory.

01 – The Minotaur (Part 1)

02 – The Minotaur (Part 2)

03 – The Minotaur (Part 3)

04 – The Pygmies (Part 1)

05 – The Pygmies (Part 2)

06 – The Dragon’s Teeth (Part 1)

07 – The Dragon’s Teeth (Part 2)

08 – The Dragon’s Teeth (Part 3)

09 – Circe’s Palace (Part 1)

10 – Circe’s Palace (Part 2)

11 – Circe’s Palace (Part 3

12 – The Pomegranate Seed (Part 1)

13 – The Pomegranate Seed (Part 2)

14 – The Pomegranate Seed (Part 3)

15 – Golden Fleece (Part 1)

16 – Golden Fleece (Part 2)

17 – The Golden Fleece (Part 3)

18 – The Golden Fleece (Part 4)

Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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Summary: 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 father’s aunt Harriet and cousin Frances in the city, to living on a Vermont farm with her mother’s family, the Putneys, whose child-rearing practices had always seemed suspect to Harriet and her daughter. In her new rural life, Elizabeth Ann comes to be nicknamed “Betsy,” and to find that many activities that Frances had always thought too demanding for a little girl are considered, by the Putney family, ordinary expectations for a child: walking to school alone, cooking, and having household duties to perform.

The child thrives in her new environment, learning to make butter, boil maple syrup, and tend the animals. When Frances announces she is to be married and has come to “save” Elizabeth Ann from the dreaded Putney cousins, she is amazed to discover that the little girl is quite content to stay. The story ends after Frances has returned home, with Betsy, her aunt Abigail, uncle Henry, and cousin Ann sitting quietly and happily around the fireplace enjoying the knowledge they will now be a family for good. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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Total running time:  4 hours, 36 minutes

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01 – Aunt Harriet Has a Cough

02 – Betsy Holds the Reins

03 – A Short Morning

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04 – Betsy Goes to School

05 – What Grade is Betsy?

06 – If You Don’t Like Conversation in a Book Skip this Chapter!

07 – Elizabeth Ann Fails in an Examination

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08 – Betsy Starts a Sewing Society

09 – The New Clothes Fail

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10 – Betsy Has a Birthday

11 – “Understood Aunt Frances”

Robert Browning, selected poetry

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This Country of Ours part 5: Stories of the French in America by H. E. Marshall

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This is Part 5: Stories of the French in America, from chapter 45 (How the Mississippi was Discovered) to chapter 50 (The Rebellion of Pontiac).

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45 How the Mississippi was Discovered – 00:13:14

46 King William’s War and Queen Anne’s War – 00:10:54

47 The Mississippi Bubble – 00:15:37

48 How a Terrible Disaster Befell the British Army – 00:17:38

49 The End of French Rule in America – 00:12:07

50 The Rebellion of Pontiac – 00:12:20

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The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Edward Cross by Jacques Laurent Agasse, public domain

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Book summary from Librivox: In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up treating people after Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal languages. His fame in the animal kingdom spreads throughout the world and soon he sets off to cure a monkey epidemic in Africa, finding all sorts of exciting adventures on the way.

This recording is of the original edition, which is in the public domain. Later editions, which are still under copyright, changed some language and plot elements that are considered racially derogatory.
(Summary adapted from wikipedia.org by Annie Coleman)

Author’s Note and Dedication ; Introduction – 00:08:55

The First Chapter – Puddleby – 00:06:10

The Second Chapter – Animal Language – 00:13:08

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The Third Chapter – More Money Troubles – 00:07:28

The Fourth Chapter – A Message From Africa – 00:06:19

The Fifth Chapter – The Great Journey – 00:06:24

The Sixth Chapter – Polynesia and the King – 00:06:07

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The Seventh Chapter – The Bridge of Apes – 00:11:04

The Eighth Chapter – The Leader of the Lions – 00:07:07

The Ninth Chapter – The Monkeys’ Council – 00:06:20

The Tenth Chapter – The Rarest Animal of All – 00:09:13

The Eleventh Chapter – The Black Prince – 00:10:33

The Twelfth Chapter – Medicine and Magic – 00:15:07

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The Thirteenth Chapter – Red Sails and Blue Wings – 00:07:27

The Fourteenth Chapter – The Rats’ Warning – 00:08:21

The Fifteenth Chapter – The Barbary Dragon – 00:10:37

The Sixteenth Chapter – Too-Too the Listener – 00:07:58

The Seventeenth Chapter – The Ocean Gossips – 00:07:28

The Eighteenth Chapter – Smells – 00:12:19

The Nineteenth Chapter – The Rock – 00:08:29

The Twentieth Chapter – The Fisherman – 00:07:09

The Last Chapter – Home Again – 00:05:02

This Country of Ours, Part 4: Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies, by H. E. Marshall

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Chapter 35 The Founding of Maryland  00:08:55

Chapter 36 How New Amsterdam became New York   00:16:35

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Chapter 37 How a German Ruled New York  00:07:29

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Chapter 38 Pirates!  00:09:28

Chapter 39 The Founding of New Jersey  00:03:40

Chapter 40 The Founding of Pennsylvania   00:13:24

Chapter 41 How Benjamin Franklin came to Philadelphia  00:04:29

Chapter 42 The Founding of North and South Carolina   00:07:11

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Chapter 43 War with the Indians in North and South Carolina   00:10:19

Chapter 44 The Founding of Georgia  00:18:04

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This Country of Ours part 1, chapters 1-12

This Country of Ours part 2, Chapters 13-21

This Country of Ours, part 3, chapters 22-34

This Country of Ours, part 5, chapters 45-50

This Country of Ours, part 6, chapters 51-63

The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge

King Edward VI.  There were no pictures of Richard, Duke of Normandy available, so this image of King Henry VI as a boy has been substituted for this book's illustration.

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The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Yonge is historical fiction based on the the life of Richard, Duke of Normandy. He assumes the title of Duke at only 8 years of age, after his father is murdered. The story first appeared in her magazine, The Monthly Packet, as a serial. (summary by Laura Caldwell on Librivox)

Running time: 3 hours 57 minutes

Chapter 01  00:19:41

Chapter 02  00:23:32

Chapter 03 00:17:20

Chapter 04 00:17:34

Chapter 05 00:32:41

Chapter 06  00:20:23

Chapter 07  00:23:03

Chapter 08  00:27:41

Chapter 09  00:16:05

Chapter 10  00:12:55

Chapter 11  00:09:32

Chapter 12 00:09:50

Chapter 13  00:05:56

The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon

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Summary: Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose the achievements of mankind in the areas of art and discovery, as well as the political forces leading to the modern nation-states. Richly illustrated with drawings by the author. Winner of the first Newbery Award in 1922, The Story of Mankind has introduced generations of children to the pageant of world history. (Summary from mainlesson.com)

Running time:  13 hours

Note to parent:  I am including this book on My Audio School, as it is used by Ambleside Online curriculum.  They recommend it for older children (middle school through high school).

My Audio School is being used by so many children whose families hold varying perspectives on creation and evolution.  I have not provided links for the first 3 chapters of this book, (30 minutes of material), which are full of evolutionary content.  Should you need to refer to these chapters, you can use the links provided above for reading or downloading this book at its Internet Archive page in its entirety.  I have not pre-read the majority of this book, but found evolutionary references in the two additional chapters that I listened to (The Age of Science and The New World).  Please be aware there may be evolutionary content in other chapters, as well.  Should you have further questions about the suitability of this book please read this review from Cathy Duffy.

04 Hieroglyphics

05 The Nile Valley

06 The Story of Egypt

07 Mesopotamia

08 The Sumerians

09 Moses

10 The Phoenicians

11 The Indo-Europeans

12 The Aegean Sea

13 The Greeks

14 The Greek Cities

15 Greek Self-Government

16 Greek Life

17 The Greek Theatre

18 The Persian Wars

19 Athens vs. Sparta

20 Alexander the Great

21 A Summary

22 Rome and Carthage

23 The Rise of Rome

24 The Roman Empire

25 Joshua of Nazareth

26 The Fall of Rome

27 Rise of the Church

28 Mohammed

29 Charlemagne

30 The Norsemen

31 Feudalism

32 Chivalry

33 Pope vs. Emperor

34 The Crusades

35 The Medieval City

36 Medieval Self-Government

37 The Medieval World

38 Medieval Trade

39 The Renaissance

40 The Age of Expression

41 The Great Discoveries

42 Buddha and Confucius

43 The Reformation

44 Religious Warfare

45 The English Revolution

46 The Balance of Power

47 The Rise of Russia

48 Russia vs Sweden

49 The Rise of Prussia

50 The Mercantile System

51 The American Revolution

52 The French Revolution

53 Napoleon

54 The Holy Alliance

55 The Great Reaction

56 National Independence

57 The Age of the Engine

58 The Social Revolution

59 Emancipation

60 The Age of Science

61 Art

62 Colonial Expansion and War

63 A New World

64 As It Shall Ever Be

The Wind in the Willows

Wind in the Willows, Rat, Mole, Toad, and Badger

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The River Bank

The Open Road

The Wild Wood

Mr. Badger

Dulce Domum

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Mr. Toad

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

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Toad’s Adventures

Wayfarers All

The Further Adventures of Toad

Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears

The Return of Ulysses

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children by Edith Nesbit

Titania by Henry Meynell Rheam

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Preface and a Brief Life of Shakespeare

Chapter 1 A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Chapter 2 The Tempest

Chapter 3 As you Like it

Chapter 4 The Winter’s Tale

Chapter 5 King Lear

Cordelia by William Frederick Yeames

Chapter 6 Twelfth Night

Chapter 7 Much Ado about Nothing

Chapter 8 Romeo and Juliet

Juliet by Philip_H._Calderon

Chapter 9 Pericles

Chapter 10 Hamlet

Chapter 11 Cymbeline

Chapter 12 Macbeth

"Macbeth seeing the ghost of Banquo" by Théodore Chassériau

Chapter 13 Comedy of Errors

Chapter 14 Merchant of Venice

Chapter 15 Timon of Athens

Shakespeare Death_of_Desdemona Othello

Chapter 16 Othello

Chapter 17 The Taming of the Shrew

William Hunt's Claudio and Isabella from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure

Chapter 18 Measure for Measure

Chapter 19 Two Gentlemen of Verona

Chapter 20 All’s Well that Ends Well

The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge

Burning of Rome by Robert Hubert

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Total running time: 5 hours, 22 minutes
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01 – The Roman World

02 – A Great World Power

03 – Voyage and Shipwreck

04 – The Tragedy of Nero

05 – The Great Fire in Rome

06 – The Destruction of Pompeii

07 – Marcus Aurelius

Rome, Franz Theodor Aerni

08 – Decline of the Roman Empire

09 – Christians to the Lions

The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer by Gerome

10 – A New Rome

11 – The Armies of the North

12 – The Dark Ages

13 – King Arthur and His Knights

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14 – The Hero of Two Nations

15 – The Hardy Northmen

16 – How the Northmen Conquered England

17 – A Spanish Hero

18 – The First Crusade

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19 – Frederick Barbarossa

20 – The Third Crusade

21 – The Days of Chivalry

22 – Queen of the Adratic

23 – The Story of Marco Polo

24 – Dante’s Great Poem

25 – The Maid of Orleans

Joan of arc interrogation

26 – The Sea of Darkness

27 – Prince Henry, the Sailor

28 – A Famous Voyage

29 – The Invention of Printing

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30 – The Stormy Cape

31 – Vasco Da Gama’s Great Voyage

32 – India at Last

33 – The New Trade-Route

34 – Golden Goa

The Landing of Columbus by Bierstadt

35 – Christopher Columbus

36 – The Last of the Moors

37 – Discovery of the New World

38 – The West Indies

39 – Columbus in Chains

40 – A Great Mistake

41 – Follow the Leader

42 – Discovery of the Pacific

43 – Magellan’s Great Plan

First map of the straits of Magellan, by Antonio Pigafetta, 1520

44 – Magellan’s Straits

45 – Round the World

46 – The Finding of Mexico

The Meeting of Cortés and Montezuma

47 – Montezuma

48 – Siege and Fall of Mexico

49 – Conquest of Peru

50 – A Great Awakening

Our Island Story Part 1 by H. E. Marshall

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Our Island Story: Introduction

Chapter 1: The Stories of Albion and Brutus

Chapter 2: The Coming of the Romans

Chapter 3: The Romans Come Again

Caligula depositing the ashes of his mother and brother in the tomb of his ancestors

Chapter 4: How Caligula Conquered Britain

Chapter 5: The Story of a Warrior Queen

Chapter 6: The Last of the Romans

Chapter 7: The Story of St. Alban

OIS 1 Merlin reads his prophecies to King Vortigern by Cotton Claudius

Chapter 8: Vortigern and King Constans

Chapter 9: The Coming of Hengist and Horsa

Chapter 10: Hengist’s Treachery

OIS 1 Hengist of Kent by John Speed, 1611

Chapter 11: How the Giant’s Dance was Brought to Britain

Chapter 12: The Coming of Arthur

King Arthur Holy Grail Tapestry, The Arming and Departure of the Knights

Chapter 13: The Founding of the Round Table

Chapter 14: Gregory and the Pretty Children

Chapter 15: How King Alfred Learned to Read

Chapter 16: King Alfred in the Cowherd’s Cottage

Chapter 17: More About Alfred the Great

King Alfred (The Great)

Chapter 18: Ethelred the Unready

Chapter 19: How Edmund Ironside Fought for the Crown

Chapter 20: Canute and the Waves

Chapter 21: Edward the Confessor

Chapter 22: Harold

Chapter 23: The Battle of Stamford Bridge

Battle of Stamford bridge

Chapter 24: The Battle of Hastings

Chapter 25: William the Conqueror

Chapter 26: Death of the King

Chapter 27: William the Red

Chapter 28: The Story of the White Ship

Chapter 29: The Story of King Stephen

Chapter 30: Gilbert and Rohesia

Chapter 31: Thomas a Becket

Earliest known portrayal of Thomas Becket's murder in Canterbury Cathedral

Chapter 32: Conquest of Ireland

Chapter 33: Richard Coer de Lion

Chapter 34: How Blondel found the King

Chapter 35: Prince Arthur

John of England signs Magna Carta from Cassell's history of England

Chapter 36: The Great Charter

Chapter 37: Hubert de Burgh

Chapter 38: Simon de Montfort

Chapter 39: The Story of the Poisoned Dagger

Chapter 40: The Little War of Chalons

Chapter 41: The First Prince of Wales

The Trial of William Wallace at Westminster by Maclise

Chapter 42: The Hammer of the Scots

Chapter 43: Robert the Bruce and Bohun

Chapter 44: The Battle of Bannockburn

Chapter 45: The Battle of Sluys

Battle of Crecy

Chapter 46: The Battle of Crecy

Chapter 47: The Siege of Calais

The Siege of Calais

Chapter 48: The Battle of Poitiers

Chapter 49: Wat Tyler’s Rebellion

Death of Wat Tyler by Froissart

Chapter 50: How King Richard II Lost His Throne

Chapter 51: The Battle of Shrewsbury

Chapter 52: How Prince Hal was Sent to Prison

Chapter 53:  The Battle of Agincourt

Chapter 54: The Maid of Orleans

This Country of Ours, part 3:Stories of New England, by H. E. Marshall

Arresting a Witch by Pyle

This is Part 3: Stories of New England, from chapter 22 (The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers) to chapter 34 (The Witches of Salem).

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George Henry Boughton, Pilgrims Going To Church

The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers

The Founding of Massachusetts

The Story of Harry Vane

Anne Hutchinson on Trial

The Story of Anne Hutchinson and the Founding of Rhode Island

The Founding of Harvard

How the Quakers First Came to New England

Edward Hicks, Peaceable Kingdom

How Maine and New Hampshire were Founded

The Founding of Connecticut and War with the Indians

The Founding of New Haven

The Hunt for the Regicides

King Philip's War- Capture of Brookfield, Connecticut

King Phillip’s War

How the Charter of Connecticut was Saved

The Witches of Salem

Salem

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This Country of Ours, part 6, chapters 51-63

Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle

Monastery, The Green Cloister in Santa Maria Novella, Italy by Frank Fox

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00 – Forward

01 – The Dragon’s House

02 – How the Baron Went Forth to Shear
03 – How the Baron Came Home Shorn

04 – The White Cross on the Hill

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05 – How Otto Dwelt at St. Michaelsburg

06 – How Otto Lived in the Dragon’s House

07 – The Red Cock Crows on Drachenhausen

08 – In the House of the Dragon Scorner

09 – How One-Eyed Hans Came to Trutz-Drachen

10 – How Hans Brought Terror to the Kitchen

Monastery, Italy by Frank Fox

11 – How Otto was Saved

12 – A Ride for Life

13 – How Baron Conrad Held the Bridge

14 – How Otto Saw the Great Emperor


The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess

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Summary: Peter Rabbit goes to school, with Mother Nature as his teacher. In this zoology book for children, Thornton W. Burgess describes the mammals of North America in the form of an entertaining story, including plenty of detail but omitting long scientific names. There is an emphasis on conservation. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden for Librivox)

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Preface

Jenny Wren Gives Peter Rabbit an Idea

Peter and Jumper Go to School

More of Peter’s Long-Legged Cousins

Chatterer and Happy Jack Join

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The Squirrels of the Trees

Striped Chipmunk and his Cousins

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Johnny Chuck Joins the Class

Whistler and Yap Yap

Two Queer Little Haymakers

Porcupine

Prickly Porky and Grubby Gopher

A Fellow with a Thousand Spears

A Lumberman and Engineer

A Worker and a Robber

A Trader and a Handsome Fellow

Opossum Philadelphia

Two Unlike Little Cousins

Danny’s Northern Cousins and Nimbleheels

Three Little Redcoats and Some Others

Mice with Pockets, and Others

Teeny Weeny and his Cousin

Four Busy Little Miners

bat

Flitter the Bat and his Family

An Independent Family

Digger and his Cousin Glutton

Shadow and his Family

Two Famous Swimmers
BAB Beech Marten photo by Franco Atirador from Wikimedia Commons

Spite the Marten and Pekan the Fisher

red fox Vulpes vulpes

Reddy Fox Joins the School

Old Man Coyote and Howler the Wolf

Coyote

Yowler and his cousin Tufty

Some Big and Little Cat Cousins
Raccoon climbing in tree

Bobby Coon Arrives

Buster Bear Nearly Breaks Up School

Buster Bear’s Big Cousins

Unc’ Billy and Old Mrs. Possum

Lightfoot, Blacktail and Forkhorn

Bugler, Flathorns and Wanderhoof

Thunderfoot, Fleetfoot and Longcoat

Two Wonderful Mountain Climbers

Piggy and Hardshell

The Mammals of the Sea

The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Pinocchio and the author of his story, Carlo Collodi, drawing by Andre Koehne, GNU Free Documentation license

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Pinocchio by Enrico Mazzanti, the first illustrator (1883) of Le avventure di Pinocchio, Storia di un burattino

Chapter 01

Chapter 02

Chapter 03

Chapter 04

Chapter 05

Chapter 06

Chapter 07

Chapter 08

Chapter 09

Pinocchio

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15


Chapter 16

Pinocchio, The Talking Cricket

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Pinocchio meets the fox and the cat

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36