Educational resources for busy parents
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
This old, classic version of Pilgrim’s Progress stars Liam Neeson as Pilgrim. Parents, please supervise children on You Tube and all video sharing sites. We recommend watching this video on My Audio School or in full screen mode.
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
Summary: Written around the middle of his career, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s great festive comedies. The men are back from the war, and everyone is ready for romance. The dashing young Claudio falls for Hero, the daughter of Leonato, governor of Messina, and his friend Don Pedro helps him secure her affection. These youthful lovers are contrasted with the more experienced (and more cynical) Benedick and Beatrice, who have to be tricked into falling in love. Don Pedro’s brother, Don John, provides the intrigue, and the dimwitted constable Dogberry provides the laughs. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett for Librivox)
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Total running time: 2 hours, 17 minutes
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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
Summary: William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, based on true events, concerns the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, his assassination in 44 BC, and its immediate aftermath. Probably written in 1599 and among the first of Shakespeare’s plays to be performed at the Globe Theater, Julius Caesar is one of his best-known dramas and has received innumerable performances throughout the centuries. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden after Wikipedia)
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Total running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes
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
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Total running time: 1 hour, 18 minutes
Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse romance following a young knight of the Round Table. During Christmas celebrations, a mysterious, entirely green knight presents a challenge to King Arthur’s court: that any may strike the stranger a single blow with his green axe, provided he assent to receiving the same a year later. Gawayne accepts the challenge, and its unexpected outcome leads to a great test of his courage and knighthood. A significant addition to this version is the Lady Elfinhart, whose back-story and romance with Gawayne are tightly interwoven with the plot. (Summary by Jerome Lawsen for Librivox)
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: This book follows the fortunes of the son of a noble Saxon family in Norman England as he woos his lady, disobeys his father, and is loved by another. Set in late 12C England and in Palestine with Richard Cœur-de-Lion at the Crusades, it’s another ripping historical yarn by Scott (summary by annise for Librivox)
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Total running time: 19 hours and 25 minutes
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e-text for Ode to a Grecian Urn
To Sleep
Sonnet on the Sea
The Human Seasons
To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent
e-text for To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent
e-text for Ode to a Nightingale
Ode to Autumn
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer
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# 03 – The Struggle For An Education
# 05 – The Reconstruction Period
# 06 – Black Race And Red Race
# 08 – Teaching School In A Stable And A Hen-House
# 09 – Anxious Days And Sleepless Nights
# 10 – A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw
# 11 – Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them
# 13 – Two Thousand Miles For A Five-Minute Speech
# 14 – The Atlanta Exposition Address
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
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Total running time: 15 hours
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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