Black-Eyed Susan
Ethel Calvert Phillips
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Susan has black eyes and that's why her grandfather calls her his little black-eyed Susan. Her pink cheeks and merry smile remind her grandmother to bake cinnamon cookies for the little girl who has no real memory of her mother and father. When she asks how it was that she came to live with them her grandparents tell her. She likes those talks and knows her story well. She loves her grandparents and her dog and the chickens she tends and the cozy home they all share on Featherbed Lane outside the village of Green Valley. Sometimes Susan wishes for nearby friends of her own age to play with. It's funny how wishes sometimes come true in unexpected ways. Let's find out how Susan's are fulfilled and why it is that grandfather declares her the best little girl in Putnam County!
Ethel Calvert Phillips wrote dozens of children's books mainly about girlhood. - Summary by Brian Fullen (3 hr 15 min)
Chapters
Black-Eyed Susan of Featherbed Lane | 19:22 | Read by Kari Burns |
Over the Garden Wall | 17:19 | Read by Kari Burns |
Madame Bonnet’s Shop | 16:10 | Read by Brian Fullen |
The Squash Baby | 13:03 | Read by Annie Hendren |
Down at Miss Liza’s | 15:50 | Read by Annie Hendren |
The Gypsies | 15:52 | Read by Annie Hendren |
In the Schoolhouse | 15:53 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Susan’s Present | 14:33 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Hickory Dickory Dock | 17:02 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
The Visit | 18:34 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
How the Money Was Spent | 16:51 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Thanksgiving in Featherbed Lane | 15:14 | Read by Nancy Gorgen |
Reviews
Nothing Happens
Linda in PNW
I perhaps should have read the description better or the reviews. Although a sweet story, it doesn't do much for me as there is only one chapter when any action occurs.