Bedtime Classics Library

The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So Stories were illustrated with woodcuts by Kipling himself. Read along online and see the illustrations at <a href=" http://www. Author : Rudyard KiplingLength: 3 hours 12 minutesGenre: Animals & NatureChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 107:17 - Chapte...

A story for children about a little bear with no name, "there were not enough names to go round," and his adventures in finding one. (Summary by Carolyn Frances).Author: Laura Rountree SmithLength: 1 hours 28 minutesGenre: Animals & NatureChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 105:05 - Chapter 210:37 - Chapter 316:52 - Chapter 422:33 - Chapter 528:45 - Chapter 634:52 - Chapter 741:45 - Chapter 847:3...

Mysterious Phileas Fogg is a cool customer. A man of the most repetitious and punctual habit - with no apparent sense of adventure whatsoever - he gambles his considerable fortune that he can complete a journey around the world in just 80 days. immediately after a newspaper calculates the feat as just barely possible. Author: Jules VerneLength: 7 hours 35 minutesGenre: Action & Adventure Ficti...

This is the book that started it all. Johnny Gruelle gave his daughter Marcella a rag doll, on which he had drawn an eternally smiling face. Marcella and Raggedy Ann became inseparable, and inspired Gruelle to write Raggedy Ann Stories, which was sold with its very own Raggedy Ann doll. Author: Johnny GruelleLength: 1 hours 49 minutesGenre: GeneralChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 105:26 - Chapter...

A collection of children's alphabet rhymes including Footsteps On the Road to Learning - a short text from 1850 which teaches children the English alphabet in rime--so that a child may not become a dunce. The Anti Slavery Alphabet - a book prepared to encourage young children to speak against the institution of slavery in 19th century United States. The method used is an alphabetical listing of th...

Katharine E. Dopp was well-known as a teacher and writer of children's textbooks at the turn of the 20th Century. Author: Katharine Elizabeth DoppLength: 2 hours 22 minutesGenre: SchoolChapters:00:00 - Chapter 108:18 - Chapter 210:01 - Chapter 311:33 - Chapter 413:54 - Chapter 517:00 - Chapter 618:58 - Chapter 720:50 - Chapter 823:41 - Chapter 925:54 - Chapter 1028:50 - Chapter 1130:53 - Chapter 1...

George Sand (the pen name of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin 1804-1876) is famous for flaunting the conventions of behavior expected of women of her standing in France at the time and for her numerous romantic liaisons including her long standing affair with Frederic Chopin. The Devil's Pool (published in 1846 as La Mare au Diable) is one of several short pastoral novels drawn from her childhood expe...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The second of Crompton's series of 39 books about William Brown, our cheeky 11 year-old protagonist. A hero to some, a dastardly villain to others, this book is structured round a year in his life. Author: Richmal Crompton Length: 5 hours 20 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction, General Fiction, Humorous Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 31:29 - Chapter...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <i>Anne's House of Dreams</i> is book five in the series, and chronicles Anne's early married life, as she and her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe begin to build their life together. (Summary from Wikipedia). Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery Length: 8 hours 6 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction, General Fiction, Romance Chapters: 00:00 - Chapt...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com E. Nesbit (Edith Bland) was a prodigious 19th century children's writer who produced over 60 books of fiction for children. Author: E. Nesbit Length: 1 hours 3 minutes Genre: Poetry #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #FreeAudiobook #PublicDomain This audiobook recording is from LibriVox.org. All LibriVox recordings are in the public dom...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The sweetest songs the world has ever heard are the lullabies that have been crooned above its cradles. The music of Beethoven and Mozart, of Mendelssohn and Schumann may perish, but so long as mothers sing their babies to sleep the melody of cradle lullabies will remain. Author: Eugene Field Length: 20 minutes Genre: Poetry Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Adventures of a Brownie follows the life of a brownie who lives in a family's coal cellar and the adventures he gets into with the members of the household. Written by Ancilla. Author: Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Length: 1 hours 53 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction, Fantastic Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 16:01 - Chapter 2 26:05 - Chapter 3 54:09 - C...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Betsy Bobbin encounters many strange and exciting adventures and people in the land of Oz; a side-plot is Queen Ann of Oogaboo's mission to take over Oz. (Summary by Ryan T. Author: L. Frank Baum Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 02:44 - Chapter 2 14:12 - Chapter 3 17:01 - Chapter 4 35:06 - Chapter 5 40:20...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. Author: Andrew Lang Length: 13 hours 52 minutes Genre: Animals & Nature, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales Chapte...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fictional world of Fairyland. While the latter plot is a fairy tale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll's most famous children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the story set in Victorian Britain i...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Charlton Miner Lewis' version of <i>Gawayne and the Green Knight</i>, a late 14th century alliterative romance, is written in modern language telling the story of the Green Knight's challenge to Gawayne, and the romance between Sir Gawayne and Lady Elfinheart. The name Gawayne is often also spelled Gawain. Author: The Gawain Poet Length: 1 h...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com 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...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com "Because she used to herd Goats in the high places and the rocky places, she went by the name of Girl-go-with-the-Goats. But that was not the name that she herself called herself. Author: Pdraic Colum Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 07:34 - Chapter 2 14:25 - Chapter 3 22:3...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Little Men (published 1871) is considered the second book of the Little Women trilogy written by Louisa May Alcott. (The book Good Wives (1869) was originally the sequel to the novel Little Women (1868), however those two novels are now usually published as a single volume. Author: Louisa May Alcott Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction C...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A collection of three short stories about fairies, complete with good moral lessons (as every fairy tale should be). (Summary by Claire Goget). Author: Edith Howes Length: 23 minutes Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 05:31 - Chapter 2 15:36 - Chapter 3 #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Alfred J. Church wrote many books looking at classical literature, but is especially well known for his re-telling of classic books in a style so that younger readers may follow the story. Author: Alfred John Church Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Historical Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 02:38 - Chap...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com <i>Little Lord Fauntleroy</i> is a sentimental children's novel by American (English-born) author Frances Hodgson Burnett, serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1885. Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Genre: Children's Fiction, General Fiction Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 22:20 - Chapter 2 01:15:17 - Chapter 3 01:27:...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com The Rocket Book can be listened to while viewing a beautiful facsimile edition at the International Children's Digital Libarary (ICDL): <a href="http://www. childrenslibrary. Author: Peter Newell Length: 11 minutes Genre: Poetry #FullAudiobook #ClassicAudiobook #ClassicLiterature #ScienceFictionAudiobook #PublicDomain This audiobook recording is from...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Beloved by many generations of children, A Child's Garden of Verses is a beautiful collection of children's poetry. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes whimsical, but always fun. Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Length: 1 hours 15 minutes Genre: Poetry Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 41:01 - Chapter 2 55:44 - Chapter 3 01:07:14 - Chapter 4 #FullAudiobook #Classic...

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com A collection of folk tales mostly centered around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often depicted as either a spider, a human or a combination of both. Author: William H. Barker Length: 2 hours 35 minutes Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales Chapters: 00:00 - Chapter 1 03:39 - Chapter 2 06:34 - Chapter 3 10:52 -...