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February 22 George Washington, The Father of his Country Part 1

In Good Stories for Great Birthdays

Read by Sarah Jump

Frances Jenkins Olcott

"Here are over 200 stories celebrating 23 great birthdays of patriot-founders and upbuilders of the Republics of both North and South A…

DECEMBER 31 - by S.E. Kiser

In It Can Be Done

Read by Sarah Jump

Various

This book contains many poems of inspiration, joy and hope. Just the thing to encourage our spirits and strengthen our backbone when troubl…

THERE ARE SUCH WOMEN

In Folk-Lore and Legends: Scandinavian

Read by Sarah Jump

Charles John Tibbits

Thanks to Thiele, to Hylten-Cavallius and Stephens, and to Asbjörnsen and Moe, Scandinavian Folklore is well to the front. Its treasure…

The Blazing World

Read by Sarah Terry

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess Of Newcastle and Margaret Lucas Cavendish

The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish is, all at once, a satire, a treatise on natural philosophy, a work of proto-science fiction, and a …

How to Camp Out

Read by Sarah Jennings

John Mead Gould

Advice on camp gear, clothing, cooking, hiking, and other topics. Much of the book remains good and sensible advice today, but modern reader…

A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children

Read by Sarah Jennings

E. Louise Smythe

This is a book of simple, classic stories for beginning readers. It is included in Year 1 of the Ambleside reading list. There are short lis…

The Story of the Treasure Seekers (version 3)

Read by Sarah Hill

E. Nesbit

This story follows the six Bastable Children; Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius, on their adventures to help their widowe…

The Spirit of the Curé of Ars

Read by Sarah Cain

Alfred Monnin

St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney (known in English as St. John Vianney), was a French priest that lived from 1786-1859. He would later become…

The Pearl Necklace, part 2

In Deeds of Daring done by Girls

Read by Sarah

Hannah Hudson Moore

Do not think, dear girls, that because you are girls you may not have as much courage as your brothers. I believe that quite as stout hearts…

The Burghers' Gathering

In The Poetry of South Africa

Read by Sarah

Alexander Wilmot

Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1…