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A Place of Memories

In The Camp Fire Girls' Careers

Read by Melissa Griffin


Margaret Vandercook


The next volume in the Camp Fire Series shall be known as "The Camp Fire Girls' Careers." The group of girls who first came togeth…

Staking out a Fortune

In The Young Ice Whalers

Read by Melissa Griffin


Winthrop Packard


Noted American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given such enchanting nature books as Wildwood Ways, White Mountain Trails, and Woodland W…

08 - A Tribute to Mrs. Ida Whiting Knowles

In The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 12 - Tributes

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Robert G. Ingersoll


Col. Ingersoll, a renowned trial lawyer and known as "the Great Agnostic", was one of the most sought after Toastmasters of his da…

Chapter 3, Why Peter Rabbit's Ears are Long

In Mother West Wind's Children (Version 2)

Read by Melissa Griffin


Thornton W. Burgess


Little stories about animals. - Summary by Henrietta Strauss

Mrs. Ladybug's Plan

In The Tale of Daddy Longlegs (Version 2)

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Arthur Scott Bailey


Arthur Scott Bailey, famous for his children's animal series, adds another fun tale of the critter that we call a Daddy Longlegs. His life a…

Treatment of Vegetables, Part 1

In A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House

Read by Melissa Griffin


Jessie Conrad


This book of British recipes and cooking advice was compiled by Jessie Conrad, wife of celebrated author Joseph Conrad (Lord Jim, Heart of D…

A White Face in the Moonlight

In Danny the Detective

Read by Melissa Griffin


Vera Charlesworth Barclay


Danny is a mystery enthusiast, who is teased by bigger boys for his interest. But then, after moving to the country with his mother, he find…

Canoeing in the Wilderness

Read by Melissa Green


Henry David Thoreau


A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America's beloved nature writers, this short piece shows well Thoreau's great love o…

Stories from the History of Rome

Read by Melissa Jane


Emily Beesly


Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…

Teaching of Numeration: Introduction to Arithmetic

In The Montessori Method

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Maria Montessori


In the early 1900's Dr. Maria Montessori began to reform educational methods with her work the 'Case dei Bambini' in Rome, Italy. Montessori…

Ode to Autumn - Read by ML

In Ode to Autumn

Read by Melissa


John Keats


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of Ode to Autumn by John Keats. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of Nov…

A World-Hunt For Filament Material

In Edison, His Life and Inventions

Read by Melissa


Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin and Frank Lewis Dyer


A detailed biography of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of such things as the telephone, the microphone, the electric motor, the storage batter…