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Sparrow's Search for the Rain

In Canadian Fairy Tales

Read by Jacqui Castle


Cyrus Macmillan


Professor Macmillan has placed all lovers of fairy tales under a deep debt of obligation to him. The fairy tale makes a universal appeal bot…

The Water Thrush

In Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 5, May 1899

Read by Jacqui Castle


Various


"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…

HOW THE CYMRY LAND BECAME INHABITED

In Welsh Fairy Tales

Read by Jacqui Castle


William Elliot Griffis


This is a collection of delightful tales that explore the uniqueness of the Welsh people, Welsh heroes, Welsh countryside, Welsh animals and…

Recipe for a Happy Day

In Friendly Fairies

Read by Jacqui Castle


Johnny Gruelle


Friendly Fairies is a popular book by Johnny Gruelle who is known as the creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. Listen to fifteen captivat…

Twilight

In Love Songs

Read by Jacqui Castle


Sara Teasdale


"Sara Teasdale sings about love better than any other contemporary American poet."—'The Boston Transcript', 1918.As the title alre…

Part 1, Chapter II. The Human Body

In A Guide to Health

Read by Jacqui Castle


Mahatma Gandhi


Mahatma Gandhi, known today as a fascinating political leader and pacifist, also considered himself "something of an authority on matte…

Introduction

In The Life of Harriot Stuart

Read by Luke Castle


Charlotte Lennox


The Life of Harriot Stuart, Written by Herself presents a complex and problematic view of self-creation in the eighteenth century. Within th…

Chapter III

In Ben, The Luggage Boy; Or, Among the Wharves

Read by Luke Castle


Horatio Alger, Jr.


Ben, after running away from home, must find a way to survive on the streets. According to the preface, the book was based on a true story t…

Chapter 12

In The Lost Princess

Read by Jacqueline (Jacqui) Grady


George MacDonald


Also known as "A Double Story" or "The Wise Woman."The story of two very spoiled girls, a princess and a peasant, who ar…