The Pearl Story Book: Stories and Legends of Winter, Christmas, and New Year's …
Ada M. Skinner
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A collection of Christmas, Winter, and New Year tales and poems compiled by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner (Summary by RomaSingh) (7 hr 38 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 2:33 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
Winter (selection) | 1:58 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Ice King (Indian legend) | 8:24 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
A Song of the Snow (poem) | 2:39 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
King Frost and King Winter (adapted) | 11:31 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Snowstorm (poem) | 2:32 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The First Winter (Iroquois legend) | 5:22 | Read by LibraryWitch |
Snow Song (poem) | 1:43 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Snow Maiden (Russian legend. Translated from the French) | 6:22 | Read by Jenn Broda |
The Frost King (poem) | 2:24 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
King Winter’s Harvest | 3:42 | Read by njipark123 |
Old King Winter (poem) | 1:31 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
Sheltering Wings | 5:33 | Read by Penny Witt |
Snowflakes (selection) | 1:14 | Read by Penny Witt |
The Snow-Image | 26:15 | Read by Penny Witt |
The First Snow-Fall | 1:01 | Read by njipark123 |
The Voice of the Pine Trees (Japanese legend) | 4:32 | Read by njipark123 |
The Pine Tree Maiden (Indian legend) | 7:07 | Read by LibraryWitch |
The Holly | 7:15 | Read by jenno |
The Fable of the Three Elms (poem) | 3:02 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Pine and the Willow | 4:22 | Read by njipark123 |
Why the Wild Rabbits Are White in Winter (Algonquin legend retold) | 8:57 | Read by jenno |
The Yew | 2:31 | Read by jenno |
How the Pine Tree Did Some Good | 13:30 | Read by littlemissclumsy |
A Wonderful Weaver (poem) | 1:23 | Read by njipark123 |
The Pine and the Flax | 3:59 | Read by LibraryWitch |
The Fir Tree (poem) | 1:38 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
Why Bruin Has a Stumpy Tail (Norwegian legend) | 6:17 | Read by Andrea Atwood |
Pines and Firs | 15:18 | Read by helensears |
Who Loves the Trees Best? (poem) | 1:10 | Read by njipark123 |
A Christmas Song | 1:36 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Shepherd Maiden’s Gift (Eastern legend) | 9:48 | Read by mleigh |
Christmas Gifts | 4:56 | Read by njipark123 |
Silver Bells (poem) | 1:28 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Animals’ Christmas Tree | 18:17 | Read by LibraryWitch |
A Christmas Carol | 2:07 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
Holly | 13:04 | Read by December Ink |
The Willow Man (poem) | 3:25 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Ivy Green (selection) | 1:30 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
Legend of St. Nicholas | 20:14 | Read by Katharina21 |
Christmas Bells (selection) | 1:07 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
A Night With Santa Claus | 12:55 | Read by Katharina21 |
A Child’s Thought About Santa Claus (poem) | 3:12 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
Charity in a Cottage | 14:27 | Read by amshanahan |
The Waits (poem) | 1:59 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
Where Love Is There God Is Also (adapted) | 10:22 | Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt |
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen | 1:36 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Glad New Year (poem) | 1:26 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Bad Little Goblin’s New Year | 13:38 | Read by amshanahan |
Selection | 1:02 | Read by amshanahan |
The Queen of the Year (poem) | 1:36 | Read by amshanahan |
The New Year’s Bell | 7:40 | Read by amshanahan |
The New Year | 1:19 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Child and the Year (poem) | 1:38 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
A Masque of the Days | 5:12 | Read by Bill Mosley |
Ring Out, Wild Bells (poem) | 1:25 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Bells (selection) | 1:41 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
A January Thaw | 13:55 | Read by jenno |
The Snow Man | 10:56 | Read by Penny Witt |
The Happy Prince | 24:35 | Read by Penny Witt |
The Legend of King Wenceslaus (adapted) | 7:54 | Read by Tanya Bessler |
Midwinter (poem) | 3:18 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Old Winter (poem) | 1:54 | Read by Lynda Marie Neilson |
The Snowball That Didn’t Melt | 17:04 | Read by Alan Lord |
Gau-wi-di-ne and Go-hay (Iroquois legend retold) | 12:31 | Read by LibraryWitch |
Naming the Winds (Indian legend retold) | 5:20 | Read by December Ink |
North Wind’s Frolic (translated) | 3:48 | Read by jenno |
The Months: A Pageant (adapted) | 19:23 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Prince Winter | 11:23 | Read by jenno |
How Spring and Winter Met (poem) | 2:20 | Read by Alan Mapstone |