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Robert Louis Stevenson - Child's Garden of Verses

Beloved by many generations of children, A Child's Garden of Verses is a beautiful collection of children's poetry. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes whimsical, but always fun. (Summary by Arctura)

Arctura 1 hour 15 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Francis P. Church - Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

«Is There A Santa Claus?» was the headline that appeared over an editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun . The editorial, which included the response of «Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa...

Alex Rudinski and 7 more 32 minutes

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Personal Collection of Short Tales compiled by Carmie

Children's Fiction

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm - Personal Collection of Short Tales compiled by Carmie

This is a selection of the fairy tales (in English) written by Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm in the early 19th Century. These stories are fantastical and although aimed squarely at the flexible mind...

Carmie 33 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Frank Gelett Burgess - More Goops and How Not to Be Them

Deep in the heart of every parent is the wish, the desire, to have other adults tell us, in an unsolicited way, just how very polite one’s child is! This perhaps was even more the case in 1903, when Gelett Burgess...

24 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Robert Williams Wood - How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers

How do you tell apart a parrot from a carrot? A plover from a clover? A bay from a jay? Although there are several ways of differentiating, R. W. Wood’s use of pun and rhyme is one of the most entertaining!...

9 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Margery Williams - Velveteen Rabbit (version 2)

This classic story by Margery Williams, published in 1922, imparts the timeless message that toys need not be expensive or modern to be appreciated. Through giving and receiving love, even a commonplace stuffed animal...

22 minutes

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Margery Williams - Velveteen Rabbit

«What is REAL?» asked the Rabbit one day... Written in 1922, The Velveteen Rabbit , or, How Toys Become Real is the tale of a sweet unassuming toy rabbit who questions what it is to live and to love. It was...

28 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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L. Leslie Brooke - Golden Goose Book

A charming little book full of the most gorgeous illustrations which can be viewed along with the Gutenberg text at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15661 . We see a number of stories in which kindness is rewarded...

Kara Shallenberg 31 minutes

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Aesop's Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50)

Children's Fiction

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Aesop - Aesop's Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50)

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question...

Kristin LeMoine and 10 more 33 minutes

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Aesop's Fables, Volume 12 (Fables 276-284)

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Aesop - Aesop's Fables, Volume 12 (Fables 276-284)

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question...

Alex Buie and 4 more 11 minutes

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Aesop's Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275)

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Aesop - Aesop's Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275)

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question...

David Barnes and 4 more 36 minutes

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Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)

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Aesop - Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question...

Maria Celano and 7 more 32 minutes

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