Birdie and His Fairy Friends
Margaret T. Canby
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This book contains 13 stories for little children, about a little boy named Birdie and his adventures out in nature with the fairies. The stories include "The Frost Fairies", made famous by a very similar short story entitled "The Frost King", penned by deaf/blind Helen Keller when she was a young girl. Helen's story was so similar to Margaret Canby's tale, that Keller was accused of plagerizing. Her teacher Anne Sullivan finally pieced together that a friend had read Margaret’s story to Helen years before, and she had internalized many details without remembering the story having been read to her. This episode helped reveal what Mrs. Canby described as Helen's "wonderfully active and retentive mind", and she was honored for her story to be so well remembered (and made so famous). (Summary by Michele Fry) (3 hr 50 min)
Chapters
| Dedication, Birdie's Introduction | 6:18 | Read by Michele Fry |
| I. The Rose Fairies | 11:59 | Read by Michele Fry |
| II. The Sunbeam Fairies | 20:00 | Read by TR Love |
| III. Part Second - "Little Crosspatch." | 5:55 | Read by TR Love |
| IV. Birdie's Garden | 18:15 | Read by Jo Beth McKee |
| V. The Dew Fairies | 12:53 | Read by Michele Fry |
| VI. The Fruit Fairies | 28:50 | Read by zsofiawallandt |
| VII. Birdie's Search for a Fairy | 19:20 | Read by Melinda Fogle |
| VIII. The Frost Fairies | 15:59 | Read by TR Love |
| IX. The Fountain Fairies | 23:02 | Read by Chelsea Cabico |
| X. Birdie's Birthday Party | 19:27 | Read by Dawn Sutton |
| XI. Part Second - "A Ride with Santa Claus" | 8:33 | Read by Ashley Strickland |
| XII. The Winter Fairies | 17:57 | Read by Cheree Buesing |
| XIII. The Christmas Fairies | 21:36 | Read by karlabee |