Children's Fiction
Tales from Shakespeare
Read by Karen Savage
Charles Lamb
The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his word…
Our Island Story
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles…
Fifty Famous Stories Retold
Read by Laura Caldwell
James Baldwin
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…
Little Men
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Louisa May Alcott
Little Men (published 1871) is considered the second book of the Little Women trilogy written by Louisa May Alcott. (The book Good Wives (18…
Anne of Avonlea
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Following Anne of Green Gables (1908), the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. This book follows Anne from the age o…
The Princess and the Goblin
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
George MacDonald
George MacDonald's fairy stories and fantasy have inspired a number of writers including C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and of this popular f…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Lewis Carroll
This classic tale by Lewis Carroll has delighted children for generations. Alice falls down a rabbit hole and encounters a wide variety of s…
The Secret Garden
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel is about orphaned Mary Lennox, who is sent to live with her uncle at Misslethwaite Manor …
The Wind in the Willows
Read by Mark F. Smith
Kenneth Grahame
This much-loved story follows a group of animal friends in the English countryside as they pursue adventure ... and as adventure pursues the…
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Read by Rachel Ellen
Margaret Sidney
The Five Little Peppers series was created by Margaret Sidney covering the life of five children with the surname Pepper. The Pepper childre…
Rainbow Valley
Read by Robin Cotter
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rainbow Valley, the seventh book in the Anne of Green Gables series explores the world of Anne & Gilbert’s six children along with the e…
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Read by Paul Harvey
L. Frank Baum
The Marvelous Land of Oz is the second of the Oz books. It follows the adventures of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and Tip. The Emerald Ci…
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
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Howard Pyle
Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern version…
Little Women
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
Louisa May Alcott
This story follows the lives of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Set in the tumultuous days of the American Civil war, readers grow to lo…
Understood Betsy
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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 fro…
The Magic City
Read by Ruth Golding
E. Nesbit
Philip and Lucy discover that the city Philip has built using toys, books and household objects, has come alive. This is the account of thei…
The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
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Beatrix Potter
Born in Victorian London on July 28th, 1866, Beatrix Potter created some of the best-loved children’s stories of all time. Starting with Pet…
King Arthur's Knights
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Henry Gilbert
This book is an attempt to tell some of the stories of King Arthur and his Knights in a way which will be interesting to every boy and girl …
What Katy Did
Read by Karen Savage
Susan Coolidge
Follow the adventures of Katy Carr and her family, through good times and bad. (Summary by Karen Savage)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Read by Mark F. Smith
Carlo Collodi
Do today's children still learn what a "marionette" is? The beloved story of Pinocchio may represent a last lingering picture of a…