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The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

Helen Keller with Anne Sullivan in July 1888

Summary: The Story of My Life is a personal account of Helen Keller’s life, from her early days to those as an adult. It includes how she came to meet her teacher Ann Sullivan, and learned to communicate using the manual alphabet. It then goes on to chronicle her days as a college student. (Summary by Maria for Librivox)

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Running time: 3 hours, 51 minutes

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Chapter 01

Chapter 02

Chapter 03

Chapter 04

Chapter 05

Chapter 06

Chapter 07

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Chapter 08

Chapter 09

Helen Keller with Anne Sullivan in 1898

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Helen Keller

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Helen Keller with President Calvin Coolidge

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

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Norman Rockwell

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Norman Rockwell, an American Icon

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First Moon Landing 1969

Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.  His words, “One small step for man, a giant leap for mankind” became legendary.

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The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit

Train Tracks at Saint Lazare Station by Claude Monet
Train Tracks at Saint Lazare Station by Claude Monet

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Total running time: 5 hours, 1 minute

The Gare Saint-Lazare, Arrival of a Train by Claude Monet
The Gare Saint-Lazare, Arrival of a Train by Claude Monet

Chapter 1  The Beginning of Things

Chapter 2  Peter’s Coal Mine

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn An Old Man in Red
An Old Man in Red by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Chapter 3  The Old Gentleman

Chapter 4  The Engine Burglar

Chapter 5  Prisoners and Captives

Vienna Northwest station, 1875
Vienna Northwest station, 1875

Chapter 6 Saviours of the Train

Chapter 7  For Valour

Chapter 8  The Amateur Firemen

Pleuer Ausfahrender Zug, 1902
Departing Train by Pleuer, 1902

Chapter 9  The Pride of Perks

Chapter 10  The Terrible Secret

Chapter 11  The Hound in the Red Jersey

Chapter 12  What Bobbie Brought Home

Chapter 13  The Hound’s Grandfather

Chapter 14  The End

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The Wouldbegoods, Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit

Artist's children portrait by Jan Matejko

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1 The Jungle

2 The Wouldbegoods

3  Bill’s Tombstone

4  The  Tower of  Mystery

Garden of the artist at Vethueil by Monet
Garden of the artist at Vethueil by Monet

5  The Waterworks

6  The Circus

7  Being Beavers; or, The Young Explorers (Arctic or Otherwise)

Vetheuil in Winter by Monet
Vetheuil in Winter by Monet

8  The High-Born Babe

9  Hunting the Fox

10  The Sale of Antiquities


Red Poppy Field at Giverny by Monet
Red Poppy Field at Giverny by Monet

11  The Benevolent Bar

12 The Canterbury Pilgrims

13  The Dragon’s Teeth; or, Army Seed

14  Albert’s Uncle’s Grandmother; or, The Long-Lost

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The Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit

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1  The Egg

2  The Topless Tower

3  The Queen Cook

Disgruntled Cook

4  Two Bazaars

5  The Temple

6  Doing Good

7  Mews from Persia

8  The Cats, the Cow and the Burglar

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9  The Burglar’s Bride

10  The Hole in the Carpet

11  The Beginning of the End

12  The End of the End

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Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit

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Summary: This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, they discover an ancient and rather grumpy sand-fairy known as the Psammead, who agrees to grant one wish of theirs per day. The children’s wishes send them on adventure after adventure, but rarely turn out as expected. (Summary by Kara)

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Chapter 1: Beautiful As the Day

Chapter 2: Golden Guineas

Chapter 3: Being Wanted

Chapter 4: Wings

Chapter 5: No Wings

The Siege of a Castle, by George Kruger Gray, 1927

Chapter 6: A Castle and No Dinner

Chapter 7: A Siege and Bed

Chapter 8: Bigger Than the Baker’s Boy

Chapter 9: Grown Up

Matô-Tope 1, chief Mandan, by Karl Bodmer

Chapter 10: Scalps

Chapter 11:The Last Wish

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Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter

Peter's Jacket

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Running time 3 hours, 32 minutes

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01 – The Tale of Peter Rabbit

02 – The Tailor of Gloucester

03 – The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

04 – The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

Beatrix Potter Benjamin Bunny

05 – The Tale of Two Bad Mice

06 – The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle

07 – The Pie and the Patty-Pan

08 – The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher

09 – The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

10 – The Story of Miss Moppet

Beatrix Potter age 15

11 – The Tale of Tom Kitten

12 – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

13 – The Roly-Poly Pudding

14 – The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

15 – The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse

16 – The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

17 – The Tale of Mr Tod

The Tale of Mr. Tod

18 – The Tale of Pigling Bland

19 – Ginger and Pickles

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Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Rainbow (NASA image), public domain

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Breakfast under the big Birch tree Carl Larsson 1896

I. Home Again

II. Sheer Gossip

III. The Ingleside Children

In the punishment corner by Carl Larsson

IV. The Manse Children
V. The Advent of Mary Vanse

VI. Mary Stays at the Manse
VII. A Fishy Episode
Pacific saury dried overnight, photo by Tomomarusan, licensed under GNU Free Documentation license, Version 1.2

VIII. Miss Cornelia Intervenes

IX. Una Intervenes

X. The Manse Girls Clean House

XI. A Dreadful Discovery
XII. An Explanation and a Dare

XIII. The House on the Hill

XIV. Mrs. Alec Davis Makes a Call




Village Gossip in Dalmatien by Emil Orlik
Village Gossip in Dalmatien by Emil Orlik


XV. More Gossip

XVI. Tit for Tat

XVII. A Double Victory

XVIII. Mary Brings Evil Tidings

XIX. Poor Adam!

XX. Faith Makes a Friend

XXI. The Impossible Word

XXII. St. George Knows All About It

XXIII. The Good-Conduct Club
Anderson, Sophie, The Time Of The Lilacs

XXIV. A Charitable Impulse

XXV. Another Scandal and Another "Explanation"

XXVI. Miss Cornelia Gets a New Point of View

XXVII. A Sacred Concert

XXVIII. A Fast Day

XXIX. A Weird Tale

XXX. The Ghost on the Dyke

XXXI. Carl Does Penance

XXXII. Two Stubborn People

XXXIII. Carl Is--not--whipped

XXXIV. Una Visits the Hill

XXXV. "Let the Piper Come"
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Anne’s House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Rustico Beach on Prince Edward Island

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1  In the Garret of Green Gables

2  The House of Dreams

3  The Land of Dreams Among

4 The First Bride of Green Gables

Wedding rings, author Jeff Belmonte from Cuiabá, Brazil, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license

5 The Home Coming

6  Captain Jim

7  The Schoolmaster’s Bride

8Miss Cornelia Bryant Comes to Call

9  An Evening at Four Winds Point

Harrowby Hall, photo released to public domain by its author Chris Needham

10 Leslie Moore

11 The Story of Leslie Moore

12 Leslie Comes Over

13 A Ghostly Evening

14 November Days

15 Christmas at Four Winds

16 New Year’s Eve at the Light

17 A Four Winds Winter

Las Golczewski zima, photo by Radoslaw Drozdzewski (Zwiadowca21), licensed under GNU Free Documentation License

18 Spring Days

19 Dawn and Dusk

20 Lost Margaret

21 Barriers Swept Away

22 Miss Cornelia Arranges Matters

23 Owen Ford Comes

24 The Life-Book of Captain Jim

25 The Writing of the Book

26 Owen Ford’s Confession

27 On the Sand Bar

28 Odds and Ends

29 Gilbert and Anne Disagree

30 Leslie Decides

31 The Truth Makes Free

32 Miss Cornelia Discusses the Affair

33 Leslie Returns

34 The Ship O’Dreams Comes to Harbor

35 Politics at Four Winds

36 Beauty For Ashes

37 Miss Cornelia Makes a Startling Announcement

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38 Red Roses

39 Captain Jim Crosses the Bar

40 Farewell to the House of Dreams

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Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Arthur Ambrose McEvoy, Official Portrait of Filip Konowal

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Berthe Morisot, The Cradle

Chapter 1 – Glen Notes and Other Matters

Chapter 2 – Dew of Morning

Chapter 3 – Moonlit Mirth

Chapter 4 – The Piper Pipes

Chapter 5 – The Sound of a Going

RI Portrait of a little dog

Chapter 6 – Susan, Rilla, and Dog Monday Make a Resolution

Chapter 7 – A War-baby and a Soup Tureen

Baby (Cradle) by Gustave Klimt
Baby (Cradle) by Gustave Klimt

Chapter 8 – Rilla Decide

Chapter 9 – Doc Has a Misadventure

Chapter 10 – The Troubles of Rilla

Chapter 11 – Dark and Bright

Chapter 12 – In the Days of Langemark

Chapter 13 – A Slice of Humble Pie

Chapter 14 – The Valley of Decision

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Chapter 15 – Until the Daybreak

Chapter 16 – Realism and Romance

Chapter 17 – The Weeks Wear By

Chapter 18 – A War-Wedding

Chapter 19 – They Shall Not Pass

Chapter 20 – Norman Douglas Speaks Out in Meeting

Chapter 21 – Love Affairs Are Horrible

RI Emily Maltese, photo author Ann, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 license

Chapter 22 – Little Dog Monday Knows

Chapter 23 – And So, Goodnight

RI Romagne sous Montfaucon crosses. The author of this photo, Dujheroen, has released it into the public domain.

Chapter 24 – Mary Is Just in Time

Chapter 25 – Shirley Goes

Chapter 26 – Susan Has a Proposal of Marriage

Chapter 27 – Waiting

Gassed by John Singer Sargent

Ch 28 – Black Sunday; Ch 29 – Wounded and Missing; Ch 30 – The Turning of the Tide

Chapter 31 – Mrs Matilda Pitman

Chapter 32 – News From Jem

Ch 33 – Victory!; Ch 34 – Mr Hyde Goes to His Own Place and Susan Takes a Honeymoon

Chapter 35 – Rilla-my-Rilla

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Pollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor H. Porter

John William Waterhouse, Windflowers

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Mary Cassatt, Lilacs in a window, 1880

Chapter 1 Della Speaks her Mind

Chapter 2 Some Old Friends

Chapter 3 A Dose of Pollyanna

Chapter 4 The Game and Mrs. Carew

Chapter 5 Pollyanna Takes a Walk

Monet, Walk

Chapter 6 Jerry to the Rescue

Chapter 7 A New Acquaintance

Chapter 8 Jamie

Chapter 9 Plans and Plottings

Monet, Yellow Irises

Chapter 10 In Murphy’s Alley

Chapter 11 A Surprise for Mrs. Carew

Chapter 12 From Behind the Counter

Chapter 13 A Waiting and a Winning

Chapter 14 Jimmy and the Green-Eyed Monster

Chapter 15 Aunt Polly Takes Alarm

Knibb-Dial clock, image released into the public domain by copyright holder, Zanyjazz

Chapter 16 When Pollyanna Was Expected

Chapter 17 When Pollyanna Came

Chapter 18 A Matter of Adjustment

Chapter 19 Two Letters

Chapter 20 The Paying Guests

John Singer Sargent, Carnation Lily Lily Rose

Chapter 21 Summer Days

Chapter 22 Comrades

Chapter 23 ‘Tied to Two Sticks’

Chapter 24 Jimmy Wakes Up

Chapter 25 The Game and Pollyanna

Bouquet of Mallows, Claude Monet

Chapter 26 John Pendleton

Chapter 27 The Day Pollyanna Would Not Play

Chapter 28 Jimmy and Jamie

Chapter 29 Jimmy and John

Chapter 30 John Pendleton Turns the Key

Chapter 31 After Long Years

Chapter 32 A New Aladdin

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Great Speeches in History podcast

Kids Learn Out Loud has gathered several famous speeches in this free podcast. This podcast includes Ronald Reagan’s inaugural address, John F. Kennedy’s acceptance of the democratic party nomination, Robert F. Kennedy marking the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Daniel Webster’s Plymouth oration, President Obama’s 2004 DNC keynote address and Eisenhower’s farewell address.

Great Speeches in History Podcast

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The Sinking of the Lusitania

The Sinking of the Lusitania, released in 1918, is an animated short film by American artist Winsor McCay. It features a short 12 minute explanation of the sinking of RMS Lusitania after it was struck by two torpedoes fired from a German U-boat. The film was one of many animated silent films published to create anti-German sentiment during World War I. McCay illustrated some 25,000 drawings for the production. The film is stylized as a documentary, informing viewers on details from the actual event, including a moment by moment recap, casualty list, and a list of prominent figures who were killed. Summary taken from this silent film’s Internet Archive page.