Children's Fiction
Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Jean de la Fontaine
Several of La Fontaine's fables, translated into English by W. T. Larned. (Summary by bge1234)
Kees de Jongen
Read by Bart de Leeuw
Theo Thijssen
"Vele mensen schijnen Kees Bakels niet eens te hebben gekend, en dat is eigenlik niet goed te begrijpen. Is hij niet zowat de belangrij…
A Christmas Miscellany 2018
Read by David Wales
Various
Sixteen Christmas stories or essays. (David Wales)
The Peterkin Papers (version 2)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Lucretia P. Hale
The Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The Peterkins are …
The Story of H.M.S. Pinafore
Read by NoelBadrian
W. S. Gilbert
H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbe…
Grandma Janice's Poems and Stories
Read by Janice Green
Various
The poems and stories in this collection were selected with the reader’s grandchildren in mind. “The Raggedy Man” and “Little Orphant Annie,…
Gabriel and the Hour Book
Read by Laura Victoria
Evaleen Stein
Brother Stephen has the heart of an artist and wishes to leave the abbey to travel and see the world. However, King Louis has decreed that a…
The House with the Twisting Passage (Version 2)
Read by Caro Davy
Marion St. John Webb
When her parents go to India for two years, 9 year old Jenny is cared for by her aunts. Aunt Abby is caretaker in a large many-roomed house…
The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Margaret Burnham
Teenagers Peggy Prescott and her brother Roy share a love of aviation that they inherited from their late father. Mr. Prescott had always dr…
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Charlotte Mary Yonge
Travel with Little Lucy around the globe and learn a little geography and small bits about other cultures.(Summary by Laura Caldwell)
Uncle Wiggily's Automobile
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Howard R. Garis
The irrepressible Uncle Wiggily falls ill and Dr. Possum prescribes "an automobile drive before every meal". thus Uncle Wiggly bu…
Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Daniel Defoe
Mary Godolphin was the pseudonym of Lucy Aikin who undertook translating great literature into single-syllable words so that young readers c…
Kittens and Cats: A Book of Tales
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Eulalie Osgood Grover
This book consists of fifty-two very short fictitious stories about cats and kittens, which have been written for children. Many of the stor…
Squinty the Comical Pig
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Richard Barnum
"This comical children's tale about the funny adventures of a funny pig written by an unknown author. The publisher has hired authors t…
Denslow's Three Bears
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
W. W. Denslow
This version of the classic tale of the three bears has a heroine named Golden Hair. The jolly bears, instead of chasing her away from their…
Merry Clappum Junction
Read by Ruth Golding
Arnold Kennedy
This is a jolly little book about a little boy, a dog, a train and a house. But not an ordinary train, oh no, and not an ordinary house eith…
The Gate of the Giant Scissors
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Annie Fellows Johnston
This is the story of Joyce, an American girl who has been sent abroad to France to study, and of her adventures in France, - the wonderful h…
Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation (Selectio…
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William James McGlothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of A Selection from Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by Anon…
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Annie Fellows Johnston
Because of the illness of her grandfather, Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, finds herself being sent off to boarding school from her home …