Educational resources for busy parents
Summary: This book is a collection of stories and histories about the Ancient Greeks, including many of their famous myths! – (Summary by Ann Boulais for Librivox)
Running time: 7:35
The Found of Many Important Cities
Blindness and Death of Oedipus
The Death of Hector and Achilles
Destruction of the Persian Host
The Advance of the Second Host
The Battles of Salamis and Plataea
Beginning of the Peloponnesian War
The Overthrow of the Thirty Tyrants
The Retreat of the Ten Thousand
Summary: Parables From Nature is a collection of short stories which were originally published as 4 separate volumes. They are inspired from Nature and written for children. Nevertheless, Gatty uses children’s literature because she knows that in doing so, she can reach a wider group of readers and point out problems from the Victorian Age. (Summary by sailormoon for Librivox)
Total running time: 11 hours, 14 minutes
The Law of Authority and Obedience
Knowledge Not the Limit of Belief
Summary: When three brothers mortally offend Mr. Southwest Wind, Esquire, their farm is laid waste and their riches lost. Desperate for money, the brothers become goldsmiths and melt down their remaining treasures . . . only to find that the spirit of the King of the Golden River resides with a molded tankard, and knows the secret of the riches of the Golden River. (Introduction by Xenutia for Librivox)
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Running time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Total running time: 6 hours, 4 minutes
05 – The Pageant of the Table Round
22 – Coloured Troops in Action
Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book has all the answers (at least all the ones that were known in 1869) and gives them in a pedagogical way. Listed on the Ambleside homeschooling list. (Summary by Nadine)
Chapter 5 ?The Transformation of a Grain of Soil
Chapter 7 ?The True Fairy Tale
Chapter 9 ?Madam How’s Two Grandsons
Chapter 11 ?Field and Wild: Part 1
Chapter 12 ?Field and Wild: Part 2
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Total running time: 12 hours, 22 minutes
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01 ? The Twelve Dancing Princesses
04 ? The Death of Koshchei the Deathless
05 ? The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen
15 ? The Three Princesses of Whiteland
21 ? The True History of Little Goldenhood
This is Part 6: Stories of the Struggle for Liberty, from chapter 51 (The Boston Tea-Party) to chapter 63 (A Turning Point in the World’s History). There is a 7th volume but the recording of it has not been completed yet.
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Internet archive page for Part 6
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53 The First Thrust – The Battle of Bunker Hill
55 The Birth of a Great Nation
56 The Darkest Hour – Trenton and Princeton
57 Burgoyne’s Campaign – Bennington and Oriskany
58 Burgoyne’s Campaign – Bemis Heights, Saratoga
59 Brandywine – Germantown – Valley Forge
63 A Turning Point in the World’s History
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Summary: The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley, first published in its entirety in 1863. Though some of the author’s opinions are very dated now, the journey of a little chimney-sweep water-baby through rivers and storms, under sea and over iceberg, is still a classic, wonderful children’s adventure.
Summary by Cori Samuel for Librivox. Music from Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture at musopen.com.
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Total running time: 7 hours, 6 minutes
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Summary: Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine)
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Total running time:? 3 hours, 30 minutes
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04 – Part I, Olaf’s fight with Havard
08 – Part I, Gyda’s Saucy Message
10 – Part I, King Harald’s Wedding
11 – Part I, King Harald Goes West-Over-Seas
12 – Part II, Homes in Iceland
14 – Part II, Leif and His New Land
15 – Part II, Wineland the Good
Summary: All mythology and/or Hawthorne lovers unite!
Here is a delightful collection of charming stories from Greek Mythology. This collection features some very popular characters like our beloved Jason, Ulysses, King Pluto and Theseus (and of course, our favorite, Mr. Minotaur, too). Written in Hawthorne’s interesting and beautiful style, these stories will be a great delight to read AND listen to. (Summary by Neeru Iyer for Librivox)
Total running time:? 6 hours, 28 minutes
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00 – The Wayside. Introductory.
06 – The Dragon’s Teeth (Part 1)
07 – The Dragon’s Teeth (Part 2)
08 – The Dragon’s Teeth (Part 3)
12 – The Pomegranate Seed (Part 1)
13 – The Pomegranate Seed (Part 2)
14 – The Pomegranate Seed (Part 3)
Summary: The Peterkins were a lovable but comically inept family that possess ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy — but not common sense. The general formula is that the family tries to solve some problem in an appealingly roundabout way, fails, and is eventually rescued by “the wise old lady from Philadelphia” who always cuts the Gordian knot with some effective but prosaic solution. The charm of the story is not in the plot, but in the telling, with the building up of layers of complication, and the affectionate fun poked at the not-quite-cartoonish characters. The “wise old lady’s” solution is usually obvious to the reader, or even the young listener, from the start. (From Wikipedia)
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Total running time: 4 hours, 24 minutes
Chapter 00-01 – Preface/The Lady Who Put Salt in Her Coffee
Chapter 05-06 – The Peterkins at Home/Why the Peterkins Had a Late Dinner
Chapter 07-08 – The Peterkin’s Summer Journey/The Peterkins Snowed Up
Chapter 09-10 – The Peterkins Decide to Keep a Cow / The Peterkins’ Christmas-Tree
Chapter 11-12 – The Peterkins’ Tea Party / The Peterkins Too Late For the Exhibition
Chapter 13-14 13 The Peterkins Celebrate the “Fourth” / The Peterkins’ Picnic
Chapter 15-16 The Peterkins’ Charades / The Peterkins are Obliged to Move
Chapter 17-18 The Peterkins Decide to Learn the Languages / Modern
Chapter 19-20 Agamemnon’s Career / The Educational Breakfast
Chapter 21 – The Peterkins at the Carnival of Authors in Boston
Summary: Understood Betsy is a 1916 novel for children by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The story tells of Elizabeth Ann, a 9-year-old orphan who goes from a sheltered existence with her father’s aunt Harriet and cousin Frances in the city, to living on a Vermont farm with her mother’s family, the Putneys, whose child-rearing practices had always seemed suspect to Harriet and her daughter. In her new rural life, Elizabeth Ann comes to be nicknamed “Betsy,” and to find that many activities that Frances had always thought too demanding for a little girl are considered, by the Putney family, ordinary expectations for a child: walking to school alone, cooking, and having household duties to perform.
The child thrives in her new environment, learning to make butter, boil maple syrup, and tend the animals. When Frances announces she is to be married and has come to “save” Elizabeth Ann from the dreaded Putney cousins, she is amazed to discover that the little girl is quite content to stay. The story ends after Frances has returned home, with Betsy, her aunt Abigail, uncle Henry, and cousin Ann sitting quietly and happily around the fireplace enjoying the knowledge they will now be a family for good. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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Total running time: 4 hours, 36 minutes
06 – If You Don’t Like Conversation in a Book Skip this Chapter!
07 – Elizabeth Ann Fails in an Examination
08 – Betsy Starts a Sewing Society
Summary: Jack and Jill went up a hill
To coast with fun and laughter.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after. – Louisa May AlcottWhen Jack and Jill tumble off of their sled on the first good snow of the season, their injuries cause them to be bedridden for many months putting an end to their fun and frolics. Their parents and friends fill their long days with the joys of a theatrical production, their own personal mail system and many other imaginative events to make their convalescence time fly by. Both Jack and Jill learn how to become better friend’s to each other and their other school mates through their many trials. This is sure to become a family favorite! Summary by Mary Anderson for Librivox
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Total running time: 9 hours, 40 minutes
Chapter 12-The Twenty-second of February
Chapter 14-And Jill Finds It Out
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This is Part 5: Stories of the French in America, from chapter 45 (How the Mississippi was Discovered) to chapter 50 (The Rebellion of Pontiac).
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45 How the Mississippi was Discovered – 00:13:14
46 King William’s War and Queen Anne’s War – 00:10:54
47 The Mississippi Bubble – 00:15:37
48 How a Terrible Disaster Befell the British Army – 00:17:38
49 The End of French Rule in America – 00:12:07
50 The Rebellion of Pontiac – 00:12:20
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Book summary from Librivox: In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up treating people after Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal languages. His fame in the animal kingdom spreads throughout the world and soon he sets off to cure a monkey epidemic in Africa, finding all sorts of exciting adventures on the way.
This recording is of the original edition, which is in the public domain. Later editions, which are still under copyright, changed some language and plot elements that are considered racially derogatory.
(Summary adapted from wikipedia.org by Annie Coleman)
Author’s Note and Dedication ; Introduction – 00:08:55
The First Chapter – Puddleby – 00:06:10
The Second Chapter – Animal Language – 00:13:08
The Third Chapter – More Money Troubles – 00:07:28
The Fourth Chapter – A Message From Africa – 00:06:19
The Fifth Chapter – The Great Journey – 00:06:24
The Sixth Chapter – Polynesia and the King – 00:06:07
The Seventh Chapter – The Bridge of Apes – 00:11:04
The Eighth Chapter – The Leader of the Lions – 00:07:07
The Ninth Chapter – The Monkeys’ Council – 00:06:20
The Tenth Chapter – The Rarest Animal of All – 00:09:13
The Eleventh Chapter – The Black Prince – 00:10:33
The Twelfth Chapter – Medicine and Magic – 00:15:07
The Thirteenth Chapter – Red Sails and Blue Wings – 00:07:27
The Fourteenth Chapter – The Rats’ Warning – 00:08:21
The Fifteenth Chapter – The Barbary Dragon – 00:10:37
The Sixteenth Chapter – Too-Too the Listener – 00:07:58
The Seventeenth Chapter – The Ocean Gossips – 00:07:28
The Eighteenth Chapter – Smells – 00:12:19
The Nineteenth Chapter – The Rock – 00:08:29
This is Part 4: Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies, from chapter 35 (The Founding of Maryland) to chapter 44 (The Founding of Georgia).
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Chapter 35 The Founding of Maryland 00:08:55
Chapter 36 How New Amsterdam became New York 00:16:35
Chapter 37 How a German Ruled New York 00:07:29
Chapter 39 The Founding of New Jersey 00:03:40
Chapter 40 The Founding of Pennsylvania 00:13:24
Chapter 41 How Benjamin Franklin came to Philadelphia 00:04:29
Chapter 42 The Founding of North and South Carolina 00:07:11
Chapter 43 War with the Indians in North and South Carolina 00:10:19
Chapter 44 The Founding of Georgia 00:18:04
There are 5 other parts to this book:
This Country of Ours part 1, chapters 1-12
This Country of Ours part 2, Chapters 13-21
This Country of Ours, part 3, chapters 22-34
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Running time: 3 hours, 57 minutes
The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Yonge is historical fiction based on the the life of Richard, Duke of Normandy. He assumes the title of Duke at only 8 years of age, after his father is murdered. The story first appeared in her magazine, The Monthly Packet, as a serial. (summary by Laura Caldwell on Librivox)
Running time: 3 hours 57 minutes
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