1 AND FOR THE CHILDREN'S OWN READING
7 0:03 2 TO THE STORY-TELLER
604 4:32
THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS
4 THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS: Hans Christian Andersen, Fairy Tales
4 0:02
HE RESCUES THE BIRDS
5 HE RESCUES THE BIRDS: Noah Brooks, Abraham Lincoln
16 0:07
TRAINING FOR THE PRESIDENCY
6 TRAINING FOR THE PRESIDENCY: Orison Swett Matden, Winning Out
54 0:24
THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS
7 THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS: Adapted
21 0:09
SAINT VALENTINE
8 SAINT VALENTINE: Millicent Olmsted
66 0:30
WASHINGTON'S MODESTY
9 WASHINGTON'S MODESTY: Henry Cabot Lodge, George Washington
59 0:27
THE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS
10 THE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS: From the German
24 0:11
THE FAIRY TULIPS
11 THE FAIRY TULIPS: English Folk-Tale
24 0:11
THE CANYON FLOWERS
12 THE CANYON FLOWERS: Ralph Connor, The Sky Pilot
8 0:04
ECHO AND NARCISSUS
13 ECHO AND NARCISSUS: Ovid, Metamorphoses
18 0:08
CORNELIA S JEWELS
14 CORNELIA S JEWELS: James Baldwin, Fifty Famous Stories Retold
12 0:05
15 THE WIDOW AND HER THREE SONS
26 0:12
BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG
16 BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG: Harry Pringle Ford
55 0:25
THE COLONEL OF THE ZOUAVES
17 THE COLONEL OF THE ZOUAVES: Noah Brooks, Abraham Lincoln
19 0:09
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
18 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: Washington Irving, Life of Washington
58 0:26
WASHINGTON AND THE COWARDS
19 WASHINGTON AND THE COWARDS: Washington Irving, Life of Washington
14 0:06
THE NAIL
20 THE NAIL: The Brothers Grimm, German Household Tales
45 0:20
THE CHAMPION STONE CUTTER
21 THE CHAMPION STONE CUTTER: Hugh Miller
61 0:27
THE OLD WITCH
22 THE OLD WITCH: The Brothers Grimm, German Household Tales
10 0:05
HANSEL AND GRETHEL
23 HANSEL AND GRETHEL: The Brothers Grimm, German Household Tales
12 0:05
THE PHANTOM KNIGHT OF THE VANDAL CAMP
24 THE PHANTOM KNIGHT OF THE VANDAL CAMP: Gesta Romanorum
71 0:32
THE NUTCRACKER DWARF
25 THE NUTCRACKER DWARF: Count Franz Pocci, Fur Frohliche Kinder
13 0:06
THE HORN OF PLENTY
26 THE HORN OF PLENTY: Ovid, Metamorphoses
4 0:02
LITTLE PICCOLA
27 LITTLE PICCOLA: Celia Thazter, Stories and Poems for Children
11 0:05
SAINT CHRISTOPHER
28 SAINT CHRISTOPHER: William Caxton, Golden Legend
10 0:05
THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO
29 THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO: Frances Browne, Granny's Wonderful Chair
71 0:32
THE PROUD OAK TREE
31 THE PROUD OAK TREE: Old Fable
11 0:05
THE UNFRUITFUL TREE
32 THE UNFRUITFUL TREE: Friedrich Adolph Krummacher, Parables
65 0:29
THE MAGPIE'S NEST
33 THE MAGPIE'S NEST: Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales
64 0:29
34 BY EMILIE POULSSON (ADAPTED)
597 4:29 35 BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (TRANSLATED)
946 7:06 36 BY ALEXANDER CHODZKO (ADAPTED)
1.9k 14:33 37 BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
1.4k 10:31 38 BY NOAH BROOKS (ADAPTED)
110 0:50 39 BY CHARLES W. MOORES
134 1:00 40 BY ORISON SWETT MARDEN
392 2:56 42 BY CHARLES W. MOORES
234 1:45 43 BY CHARLES W. MOORES
248 1:52 44 BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
377 2:50 45 BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
142 1:04 46 HIS SPRINGFIELD FAREWELL ADDRESS
226 1:42 48 BY MILLICENT OLMSTED (ADAPTED)
116 0:52 49 AS TOLD BY HERSELF
171 1:17 50 MR. PEPYS HIS VALENTINE
180 1:21 51 THE ENCHANTED PALACE
1.6k 11:53
THE TRIAL OF PSYCHE
52 THE TRIAL OF PSYCHE:
1.2k 8:51
53 I. THE CHERRY TREE
263 1:58 54 II. THE APPLE ORCHARD
259 1:57 55 III. THE GARDEN-BED
170 1:17 56 BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
399 3:00 57 BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS E. BALL
299 2:15 58 BY HENRY CABOT LODGE (ADAPTED)
193 1:27 59 BY HENRY CABOT LODGE
264 1:59 60 BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY (ADAPTED)
1.3k 9:41 61 BY CHARLES DICKENS
1.2k 9:13 62 BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
701 5:15 64 BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (ADAPTED)
344 2:35 65 THE THREE LITTLE BUTTERFLY BROTHERS
1.2k 9:03 66 BY HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT (ADAPTED)
505 3:47 67 ENGLISH FOLK-TALE
334 2:30 68 BY MARY AUSTIN (ADAPTED)
1.5k 11:01 69 BY HARRIET MAXWELL CONVERSE (ADAPTED)
572 4:17 70 BY RALPH CONNOR (ADAPTED)
368 2:46 71 BY OVID (ADAPTED)
262 1:58 72 BY OVID (ADAPTED)
396 2:58 73 BY OVID (ADAPTED)
1k 7:32 74 BY P. V. RAMASWAMI RAJU (ADAPTED)
191 1:26 75 CORNELIA'S JEWELS
507 3:48 76 BY ALBERT F. BLAISDELL (ADAPTED)
643 4:49 77 BY CHARLES MORRIS (ADAPTED)
1.4k 10:22 78 BY HARRY PRINGLE FORD (ADAPTED)
323 2:25 79 BY EVA MARCH TAPPAN (ADAPTED)
629 4:43 80 BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART (ADAPTED)
1.1k 8:18 81 BY M. M. THOMAS (ADAPTED)
286 2:09 82 I. BRAVERY HONORED BY A FOE
472 3:32 83 II. THE BRAVERY OF RICHARD KIRTLAND
397 2:59 84 BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)
324 2:26 85 BY NOAH BROOKS (ADAPTED)
417 3:08 86 BY E. D. TOWNSEND (ADAPTED)
227 1:42 87 BY WASHINGTON IRVING
301 2:15 88 THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
129 0:58 90 THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY
614 4:36 91 BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE (ADAPTED)
900 6:45 92 BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
630 4:44 93 BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
312 2:20 94 BY P. V. RAMASWAMI RAJU (ADAPTED)
78 0:35 96 BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
660 4:57 97 BY JULIANA HORATIA EWING (ADAPTED)
517 3:53 98 FROM THE RIVERSIDE THIRD READER (ADAPTED)
685 5:08 99 BY JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY
1.6k 11:49 100 BY XENOPHON (ADAPTED)
936 7:01 101 FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
760 5:42 103 BY CLEVELAND MOFFETT
606 4:33 104 COLUMBUS AND THE EGG
232 1:44 105 BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
1.4k 10:13 106 BY A. DE LAMARTINE (ADAPTED)
1.7k 13:07 107 BY WASHINGTON IRVING (ADAPTED)
347 2:36 108 BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED)
310 2:20
A JAPANESE FOLK-TALE
109 A JAPANESE FOLK-TALE:
1k 7:48
110 BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (ADAPTED)
2.7k 19:53 111 BY ELIZABETH W. GRIERSON (ADAPTED)
1.3k 9:29 113 BY JOSEPH JACOBS
511 3:50 114 FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
265 1:59 115 FROM GESTA ROMANORUM (ADAPTED)
541 4:03 116 BY W. DE LOSS LOVE, JR (ADAPTED)
607 4:33 117 BY MRS. ALFRED GATTY (ADAPTED)
1.4k 10:24 118 BY THE VENERABLE BEDE (ADAPED)
315 2:22 119 BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED)
216 1:37 120 BY HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT (ADAPTED)
1.1k 7:53 121 BY COUNT FRANZ POCCI (TRANSLATED)
498 3:44 122 BY ALFRED J. CHURCH (ADAPTED)
553 4:09 123 BY HARRIET MAXWELL CONVERSE (ADAPTED)
502 3:46 124 BY OVID (ADAPTED)
765 5:44 125 AFTER CELIA THAXTER
570 4:17 126 BY COUNT FRANZ POCCI (TRANSLATED)
547 4:06 127 night I will leave with you my blessing.”
137 1:02 128 ENGLISHED BY WILLIAM CAXTON (ADAPTED)
1.1k 8:04 129 BY LIZZIE DEAS (ADAPTED)
164 1:14 130 BY FRANCOIS COPPEE (ADAPTED)
1.4k 10:52 131 I. WHEN IT WAS LITTLE
587 4:24 132 II. CHRISTMAS IN THE WOODS
815 6:07 133 III. CHRISTMAS IN THE HOUSE
564 4:14 134 IV. IN THE ATTIC
850 6:23 135 V. OUT OF DOORS AGAIN
455 3:25 136 BY FRANCES BROWNE (ADAPTED)
2.6k 19:44 137 BY J. STIRLING COYNE (ADAPTED)
1k 7:52 138 BY WILLIAM S. WALSH (ADAPTED)
421 3:09 139 WILLIAM S. WALSH AND OTHER SOURCES
542 4:04 140 ADAPTED FROM WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY AND OTHER SOURCES
573 4:18 143 HOW THEY CAME TO COLOGNE
417 3:08 144 BY FRIEDRICH RUCHERT (TRANSLATED)
502 3:46 145 BY FLORENCE HOLBROOK
677 5:05 147 BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER (ADAPTED)
604 4:32 148 ADAPTED FROM H. P. MASKEL'S RENDERING OF THE GREEK MYTH
784 5:53 149 BY FRIEDRICH ADOLPH KRUMMACHER
344 2:35 150 BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (ADAPTED)
687 5:09 151 BY OVID (ADAPTED)
656 4:55 152 BY PHOEBE CARY (ADAPTED)
347 2:36 153 BY HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT (ADAPTED)
689 5:10 154 BY A. B. MITFORD (ADAPTED)
732 5:29 155 FROM THE RIVERSIDE FOURTH READER
420 3:09 156 BY JOSEPH JACOBS
383 2:52 157 FROM IL LIBRO D'ORO (ADAPTED)
710 5:20 158 BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM (TRANSLATED)
683 5:07 159 BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
894 6:42 160 BY OLIVE THORNE MILLER (ADAPTED)
784 5:53 162 BY JOHN BURROUGHS
1k 7:45 163 BY HARRY M. KIEFFER (ADAPTED)
578 4:20 164 BY DALLAS LORE SHARP
1.2k 8:47 165 REFERENCE LISTS FOR STORY-TELLING AND COLLATERAL READING
22 0:10 167 LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
168 1:16 168 SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY
157 1:11 169 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
155 1:10 170 RESURRECTION DAY (EASTER)
83 0:37 173 MEMORIAL AND FLAG DAYS
160 1:12 174 INDEPENDENCE DAY
233 1:45 178 THANKSGIVING DAY
179 1:21