1000 Good Books Podcast - Young Listeners

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org The Velveteen rabbit was written in 1921 by British author Margery Williams. Williams, who became a professional writer at 19, wrote the Velveteen Rabbit (her first children’s book) at the age of 41. It has remained her most famous book. Its themes of sorrow, loss, and “becoming real” have resonated with generations ev...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Old Fashioned Fairy tales was written by British author Juliana Horatia Ewing. Ewing was born in 1843 and she was the second oldest of a family with 10 children. Her father was a Vicar in the church of England and her Mother was an author of children’s books. She and her siblings were educated primarily at home where t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of woodland animals. The Adventures of Old Man Coyote was published in 1916. If you enjoy this audiobook and want a copy of your own or just prefer re...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of woodland animals. The Adventures of Prickly Porky was published in 1916. If you enjoy this audiobook and want a copy of your own or just prefer rea...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org English Fairy Tales is a collection of stories gathered and edited by Australian author Joseph Jacobs. It was published in 1890. Born to a Jewish family in Sydney Australia, Jacobs went on to leave Australia at the age of 18 to study at Cambridge in England, furthering his studies in Germany and Spain, and eventually s...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org The Princess and the Goblin was written by Scottish author, George MacDonald and was published in 1872. MacDonald and his wife Louisa had 11 children. George MacDonald is considered one of the fathers of modern fantasy literature, having published many fantasy novels and fairy tales. He had a tremendous impact on futur...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org The Just So Stories were published in 1902. Rudyard Kipling was born in India to British parents. Although he only lived in India as a young child, this experience was the inspiration for much of his writing, especially his most well known book, The Jungle Book as well as for the Just so Stories you are about to listen...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Aesop’s fables are a collection of short stories handed down through tradition from ancient Greece. None of Aesop’s writings survive, and little is know about him, although Aristotle, Herodotus and Plutarch all have stories about his life. Ancient sources suggest that he was born around 600 BC. His fables, many using a...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of woodland animals. The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad was published in 1916.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of woodland animals. The Adventures of Buster Bear was published in 1916.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of woodland animals. The Adventures of Sammy Jay was published in 1915.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of woodland animals. The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel was published in 1915.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of woodland animals. The Adventures of Danny Meadowmouse was published in 1915.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of woodland animals. The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat was published in 1914.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of woodland animals. The Adventures of Peter Cottontail was published in 1914.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of woodland animals. The Adventures of Johnny Chuck was published in 1913.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Thornton Waldo Burgess was an American nature conservationist and writer. He was the author of more than 170 books, including his “bed time stories” about the adventures of animals. His wife died a year into their marriage, leaving him to raise his young son alone, and these bedtime stories began as his son’s evening e...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org AA Milne primarily wrote plays in the early 1900s in England, but the success of the Winnie the Pooh books has overshadowed his other creative endeavors, something Milne resented. His son, Christopher Robin Milne, had a stuffed bear, first named Edward, then renamed Winnie after a tame bear at the zoo. The other charac...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit 1000goodbooks.org Alan Alexander Milne, better known as AA Milne, was an English playwright and author. He wrote the Winnie the Pooh stories for his son, Christopher Robin Milne. The stories were inspired by a visit to the London Zoo, where they saw and loved a small black bear named Winnipeg. Winnie the Pooh was published in 1926.