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Heinrich Hoffmann - Slovenly Betsy

Hienrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist and doctor. He had written poetry and sketches for his son, and was persuaded to have a collection of these printed. The stories were not perceived as cruel or overly...

fshort and 9 more 25 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hamilton Wright Mabie - Myths That Every Child Should Know

A selection of famous and timeless myths, adapted for a junior audience. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)

Lynne T and 16 more 11 hours 23 minutes

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Peggy Raymond's Vacation (or Friendly Terrace Transplanted)

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Harriet Lummis Smith - Peggy Raymond's Vacation (or Friendly Terrace Transplanted)

Sequel to The Girls of Friendly Terrace (or Peggy Raymond's Success). As the summer opens the girls fan themselves on the porch, wishing for a get away. As it happens, opportunity knocks, leading them into a country...

Daryl Wor 6 hours 7 minutes

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Blanche McManus - Our Little Hindu Cousin

This book is one of a series that aims at describing other cultures to children in an entertaining way that honors the culture, educates the child and keeps their minds open to the possibility of other people living...

Phil Chenevert and 5 more 1 hour 37 minutes Our Little Cousin Series

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Action & Adventure

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Margaret Penrose - Dorothy Dale In The City

The series continues. Dorothy Dale and the girls of Glenwood enjoy a break from school, with adventures over the Christmas holidays.(Summary by Lynne Thompson )

Lynne T 5 hours 2 minutes Dorothy Dale Series

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Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables (version 6)

Matthew and Marilla make plans to adopt a boy to help with farm chores but because of a mistake, Matthew finds a girl waiting at the train station to come home with him. Anne Shirley is a bold, tempered, imaginative...

Woolly Bee 11 hours 7 minutes Anne of Green Gables and related works

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Edward Lear - Nonsense Verses

This is a collection of some of the delightful nonsense verses and stories by Edward Lear. A lot of them are also my favorites. The Jumblies, The Owl and the Pussy-cat; the Broom, the Shovel, The Poker and the Tongs;...

Phil Chenevert 43 minutes

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L. Frank Baum - Aunt Jane's Nieces In Society

Written under pseudonym of Edith Van Dyne. The story continues the adventures of three cousins, Louise, Patsy and Beth,with their debuts in society and the appearance of suitors, one of whom is rejected and kidnaps...

Lynne T 4 hours 42 minutes Aunt Jane's Nieces series

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Kurt Becker. S. J. - Countdown

The first flight to outer space became an actual fact – Mars would be the first stop. But before the spaceship took off, two insane enemies almost succeeded in preventing the departure. This science fiction story for...

Maria Therese 3 hours 52 minutes

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L. Frank Baum - Emerald City of Oz (Version 2)

Oh My Goodness! What a lot of incredible adventures are packed into this epic. The evil gnome king plots to destroy Oz and enslave it's people; evil creatures from many places are enlisted in this dastardly plan that...

Phil Chenevert 5 hours 55 minutes Oz books

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Historical

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Mary Ella Lyng - History Plays for the Grammar Grades

A charming collection of 14 short American history plays for the very young — ranging from Christopher Columbus to George Washington to Susan B Anthony. (Summary by Maria Therese) Cast: Narrator; First Maid of...

1 hour 31 minutes

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Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories

She had not been brought up in America at all. She had been born in France, in a beautiful château, and she had been born heiress to a great fortune, but, nevertheless, just now she felt as if she was very poor,...

ashleighjane and 2 more 2 hours 36 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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