Bedtime Classics Library

Ernest Ray is a young boy who sets out to reclaim the inheritance that was unjustly with held from his father and given to a cousin. (Introduction by Abigail Rasmussen).Author: Horatio Alger, Jr. Length: 5 hours 15 minutesGenre: Children's FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 108:17 - Chapter 217:25 - Chapter 325:33 - Chapter 434:50 - Chapter 542:38 - Chapter 651:23 - Chapter 758:31 - Chapter 8...

This is the classic story of William Tell - Swiss patriot and great apple-shooter - as seen through the eyes of English humorist P. G. Wodehouse. Author: P. G. WodehouseLength: 1 hours 44 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Humorous FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 115:59 - Chapter 228:25 - Chapter 340:43 - Chapter 452:40 - Chapter 501:06:01 - Cha...

Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes. Author: J. Walker McSpaddenLength: 5 hours 56 minutesGenre: Action & Adventur...

A comic rendering in verse of well-loved Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, each ending with a moral and full of puns. The titles of the tales themselves make another verse. (Summary by Annise).Author: Guy Wetmore CarrylLength: 1 hours 6 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Humorous Fiction, PoetryChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 102:31 - Chapter 205:30 - Chapter 308:35 - Chapter 411:35...

"Old Ralph Rinkelmann made his living by comic sketches, and all but lost it again by tragic poems. So he was just the man to be chosen king of the fairies. " George MacDonald (December 10, 1824 - September 18, 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Author: George MacDonaldLength: 1 hours 28 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Fantastic FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - C...

A charming fairytale -- with realistic touches -- from the mid-19th Century. (Summary by BellonaTimes).Author: Caroline Snowden GuildLength: 2 hours 22 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 101:09 - Chapter 205:45 - Chapter 311:02 - Chapter 415:00 - Chapter 519:37 - Chapter 623:58 - Chapter 727:42 - Chapter 832:17 - Chapter 936:28 - Chapter 1042:51 - Chapte...

Celtic Fairy Tales is a collection of 25 folk and fairy stories collected from Ireland and Scotland. At what I imagine is the Frontispiece, or the dedication page, is the phrase: _SAY THIS /Three times, with your eyes shut_/ Mothuighim boladh an ireannaigh bhinn bhreugaigh faoi m'fhidn dthaigh. _And you will see/What you will see_ A loose translation of this Gaelic phrase is "I sense the smel...

Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, also the author of Undine, was a German Romantic writer whose stories were filled with knights, damsels in distress, evil enchantments, and the struggle of good against overpowering evil. 'My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. ' Fouque blends the Romantic love for nature and ancient chivalry while telling a powerful story about a young man w...

An Australian children's classic about life on a ranch around the same time of A Little Florida Lady, with a similarly plucky tomboy heroine. Also, like the latter story, expect some racial stereotyping of Asian and Aboriginal characters. (Summary by BellonaTimes).Author: Mary Grant BruceLength: 6 hours 38 minutesGenre: Children's FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 118:59 - Chapter 236:25 - C...

Sample a moment of magic realism from the Red Book of Hergest: On one side of the river he saw a flock of white sheep, and on the other a flock of black sheep. And whenever one of the white sheep bleated, one of the black sheep would cross over, and become white; and when one of the black sheep bleated, one of the white sheep would cross over, and become black. Before passing on to the Mabinogion...

Bud Sloan was an orphan who had been 'sold out' of the orphanage to work on a farm once he'd been old enough to labor. The farm where he was to work was owned by an aging farmer and his wife who had raised a large family and were now left alone. One day, after his chores were done, Bud wandered into the woods nearby and with mouth agape, he noticed a newborn jet black fawn all alone and apparently...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nThe most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales, in fact, of the days when there were tales in nurseries--old wives' fables, which have faded away before the light of gas and the power of steam. (Excerpt from <em>Popular Tales...

Part 1 of 2.\n\nThe most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales, in fact, of the days when there were tales in nurseries--old wives' fables, which have faded away before the light of gas and the power of steam. (Excerpt from <em>Popular Tales...

This is the story of Joyce, an American girl who has been sent abroad to France to study, and of her adventures in France, - the wonderful house with the gate of The Giant Scissors, Jules, her little playmate, Sister Denis, the cruel Brossard, and her dear Aunt Kate. (Summary from an original 1898 copy of book. ).Author: Annie Fellows JohnstonLength: 3 hours 0 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Sch...

Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine).Author: Jennie HallLength: 3 hours 29 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Short StoriesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 105:19 - Chapter 207:38 - Chapter 315:28 - Chapter 425:32 - Chapter 531:27 - Chapter 637:01 - Chapter 747:00 - Chapter 857:14 - Chapter 901:07:55 - Chapter 1001:15:53 - Chapter 1...

To the millions of children and grown-ups who have loved a Rag Doll, the author dedicated these stories. Now listen as eight voices read to you Raggedy Ann's exciting adventures, as gentle and charming today, as they were when first published in 1918. Find out what is written on her candy heart, what was the gift the fairies brought, and all about Raggedy Ann's new sisters. Author: Johnny GruelleL...

The Adventures of Reddy Fox is another in the series of children's stories by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. In this story, Reddy and Granny Fox must outsmart Farmer Brown's Boy who is out to get Reddy for stealing his pet chicken. Author: Thornton W. BurgessLength: 1 hours 38 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Animals & NatureChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 118:58 - Chapter 234:28 - Cha...

Carol Bird was born on Christmas Day. She has spent all of her 11 years putting others above herself, always finding ways to make their lives a little more special. Even when faced with her own illness, the pure goodness of her heart shines through. Author: Kate Douglas WigginLength: 1 hours 12 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, FamilyChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 108:19 - Chapter 214:37 - Chapt...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nParables 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. Author: Margaret GattyLength: 11 hours 13 minutesG...

Part 1 of 2.\n\nParables 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. Author: Margaret GattyLength: 11 hours 13 minutesG...

The second part in the story of Anne Shirley, covering her years of teaching at Avonlea School, before she heads off to college. Other books in this series by this reader: <a href=" http://librivox . org/anne-of-green-gables-by-lucy-maud-montgomery-3/" target="_blank">Anne of Green Gables</a> <a href=" http://librivox. Author : Lucy Maud MontgomeryLength: 7...

Part 2 of 2.\n\n"Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected them originally), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving man...

Part 1 of 2.\n\n"Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected them originally), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving man...

The Tin Woodman of Oz is the twelfth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum and was originally published on May 13, 1918. The Tin Woodman is unexpectedly reunited with his Munchkin sweetheart Nimmie Amee from the days when he was flesh and blood. Author: L. Frank BaumLength: 5 hours 15 minutesGenre: Children's FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 103:28 - Chapter 216:58 - Chapter 329:14 - Cha...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nThat the little boy loved Uncle Remus and his stories was so obvious that the tale-spinning sessions began drawing additional listeners. Daddy Jack, an old "Africa man" visiting from down-state; Sis Tempy, the strong chief of the mansion's servants; and Tildy, a young and pretty servant-girl - all found their way to Uncle Remus' rude cabin when their duties or interests p...