Bedtime Classics Library

Part 1 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...

Once on a time there was a poor husbandman who had so many children that he hadn't much of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest was the youngest daughter, who was so lovely there was no end to her loveliness. So one day, 'twas on a Thursday evening late at the fall of the year, the weather was so wild and rough outside, and it was so cruelly dark,...

When Mary Lennox, who has been brought up in India in a spoiled manner, is orphaned she has to move to Yorkshire, England, to live with her uncle in Misselthwaite Manor. Here she is treated much differently than she was in India - she is able to make friends with children her own age, one of these being her sickly cousin, Colin Craven (Introduction by ashleighjane).Author: Frances Hodgson BurnettL...

This book is an early collection of ten well-known fairy tales. It is thought to have begun the genre of fairy tales. (Summary by A.Author: Charles PerraultLength: 2 hours 51 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 118:13 - Chapter 223:42 - Chapter 329:53 - Chapter 442:01 - Chapter 501:06:11 - Chapter 601:18:19 - Chapter 701:34:12 - Chapter 801:51:34 - Chapte...

In writing her 'Drama of Exile', Barrett's subject was 'the new and strange experience of the fallen humanity, as it went forth from Paradise into the wilderness'. The bizarre, lyrical scenes that follow powerfully describe the grief and guilt of Eve, the sorrowful pride of Lucifer, and the redeeming power of love. (summary by Patrick Beverley, quotation from the preface) <b>Cast of Characte...

The continuing story of Katy Carr, recounting the time she spent at boarding school with her sister Clover. (Summary by Karen Savage).Author: Susan CoolidgeLength: 4 hours 20 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, SchoolChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 124:07 - Chapter 243:06 - Chapter 359:10 - Chapter 401:16:54 - Chapter 501:35:11 - Chapter 601:59:05 - Chapter 702:17:43 - Chapter 802:35:15 - Chapter 9...

When fourteen year old Sally Carter shares her secret about When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn't possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them. Augusta Huiell Seaman is the author of over 40 historical fiction and mystery novels for older children most of whi...

The Poor Little Rich Girl is a children's fantasy about a little girl named Gwendolyn who is lonely and longs for a friend. But she is isolated by rich parents who ignore her and left to the care of servants who are indifferent. Her nanny's carelessness with some medicine plunges Gwendolyn into a bewildering world in which metaphors literally come to life. Author: Eleanor GatesLength: 7 hours 14 m...

More William is the second William collection in the much acclaimed Just William series by Richmal Crompton. It is a sequel to the book Just William. The book was first published in 1922, (Summary by Wikipedia).Author: Richmal CromptonLength: 4 hours 48 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, General Fiction, Short StoriesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 125:40 - Chapter 247:22 - Chapter 301:07:58 - Cha...

The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written in 1904 by E. Nesbit. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that began with Five Children and It (1902), and follows the adventures of the same five protagonists - Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb. Author: E. NesbitLength: 6 hours 37 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, General FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 134:07...

<em>Undine</em> is a novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqu concerning Undine, a water spirit who marries a Knight named Huldbrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German romance, which has been translated into English and other languages. The novel served as inspiration for two operas in the romantic style by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann and Albert Lortzing, respectively, and t...

Part 2 of 2.\n\nThis is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found for the collection, but several versions date the collection's genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900.Author: AnonymousLength: 13...

Part 1 of 2.\n\nThis is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found for the collection, but several versions date the collection's genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900.Author: AnonymousLength: 13...

The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a house on a mountain, it is here that she meets her mysterious great-great-grandmother, and her friend the minor boy Curdie. Things are peaceful for Irene until the hideous race of goblins that live beneath the mountain start planning something big... Through his w...

The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for my Children by Charles Kingsley is a collection of three Greek mythology stories: Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The author had a great fondness for Greek fairy tales and believed the adventures of the characters would inspire children to achieve higher goals with integrity. Author: Charles KingsleyLength: 5 hours 24 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Myth...

The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river-bankers saved Toad from his excesses. This book has it all: excitement, sentiment, destruction of private property (plenty of that), paganism, and a happy ending. The prose is beautiful and occasionally requires the use of a dictionary - I had to look up "asperities. Author: Kenneth GrahameLength: 6 hours 55 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction,...

The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, overthrowing the cruel King Krewl of Jinxland. Author: L. Frank BaumLength: 5 hours 3 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Dramatic Readings, Fantastic Fi...

Arthur Ransome is best known for his <i>Swallows and Amazons</i> series of children's books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public domain. These stories are all from Russian folklore, some comparatively well-known, others less so. Author: Arthur RansomeLength: 7 hours 41 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 1...

The timeless story of the young orphan girl sent by accident to a brother and sister who had wanted a boy, Anne, with her vivid imagination and sensitive spirit, has enchanted readers for generations. (Summary by Karen Savage) Other books in this series by this reader: <a href=" http://librivox . org/anne-of-avonlea-by-lucy-maud-montgomery-2/" target="_blank">Anne of Avon...

James Otis wrote a series of books depicting life in the new colonies, written from a child's point of view. Ruth of Boston is the story of 12 year old Ruth, coming from London to live in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It gives accounts of what a girl's daily life might have been like during the beginnings of this colony. Author: James OtisLength: 3 hours 7 minutesGenre: Children's Fiction, Histori...

Little kids sent to stay the night with their Aunt Jane find themselves sharing an enormous bed. So enormous is it, that when they make a tent of the bed sheets and crawl in, they never make it to the foot of the bed, crawling instead into a dreamworld of caves and pirates and adventures. (summary by ohosostrange).Author: Gertrude KnevelsLength: 3 hours 17 minutesGenre: Children's FictionChaptersC...

Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by writer Johnny Gruelle (1880-1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair. The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book <i>Raggedy Ann Stories</i>.Author: Johnny GruelleLength: 1 hours 39 minutesGenre: Children's Fi...

Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman searching for her lost nephew. Her Aunt Polly goes abroad with her new Uncle, Dr. Author: Eleanor H. PorterLength: 8 hours 58 minutesGenre: Children's FictionChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 119:13 - Chapter 244:25 - Chapter 301:05:03 - Chapter 401:21:19 - Chapt...

The poems and stories in this collection were selected with the reader's grandchildren in mind. "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie," both by James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier Poet were favorites of the reader when she was a child on a farm in Indiana. Other favorites were picked up along the way as she read to her own daughter and to her students, while other gems were discovered while lo...

A boy named Photogen, who has never seen the moon, meets a girl named Nycteris, who has never seen the sun. The two of them must escape from the witch Watho. As usual with George MacDonald, this fairy tale has layers of meaning that go deeper than the story on the surface. Author: George MacDonaldLength: 1 hours 37 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChaptersChapters:00:00 - Chapter 114:...