Our Little Cousin Series
Children’s Life in Other Countries
Category: Children’s literature
Uncle Wiggily's Travels - audiobook
Howard R. GARIS (1873 - 1962)
This is the second of 79 Uncle Wiggily books published and contains another selection of bedtime stories from those originally published in the Newark Evening News every day except Saturday for over 40 years. Uncle Wiggily Longears is a loveable rabbit who suffers from rheumatism and has many woodland friends and innocent adventures. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)
Genre(s): Animals & Nature
Language: English
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The Old Year - audiobook
John CLARE (1793 - 1864)
John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. His biographer Jonathan Bate states that Clare was "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self". (Summary from Wikipedia )
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Folk Tales Every Child Should Know - audiobook
Hamilton Wright MABIE (1846 - 1916)
We have always loved stories. people have always entertained each other by telling tales around the campfire; traveling storytellers were huge crowd-pullers. Many of these stories were passed down through the generations, largely unchanged. "The stories made by the people, and told before evening fires, or in public places and at the gates of inns in the Orient, belong to the ages when books were few and knowledge Read more [...]
Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril - audiobook
G. A. HENTY (1832 - 1902)
G. A . Henty was a prolific writer of historical fiction for young adults. In this collection of shorter stories we visit Malay pirates, have a couple of tales of India, a shipwreck off the Channel Islands and a bursting dam in California, and finish off escaping from captivity in China (Summary by annise)
Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction
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Cat Tales - audiobook
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Cat Tales is the first of a series of kid-friendly collections of animal stories and non-fiction. There'll be one or two grade-school-level texts on the animal, with eight-nine fiction works. Source for these is Project Gutenberg. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Genre(s): Children's Fiction, *Non-fiction, Animals
Language: English (FULL Audiobook)
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The Magic World
E. NESBIT (1858 - 1924)
Talking cats, birds, fish and bells, wicked fairies, uglified princesses - adventure, magic, and more magic. A delightful collection of stories for children of all ages.
The Magic World is an influential collection of twelve short stories by E. Nesbit. It was first published in book form in 1912 by Macmillan and Co. Ltd., with illustrations by H. R. Millar and Gerald Spencer Pryse. The stories, previously printed in magazines (like Blackie's Children's Read more [...]
The Goody-Naughty Book - audiobook
Sarah Cory RIPPEY ( - )
The Goody-Naughty Book was originally published as two books back to back. Opening the book from one end, the reader experiences "The Goody Side" where the children are polite and thoughtful. However, turning the book over and beginning from the other side, one reads "The Naughty Side" where the children are lazy and irritable. These short, moral stories teach children the proper way to behave and that there are consequences if they don't.
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David and the Phoenix audiobook
Edward ORMONDROYD (1925 - living)
David knew that one should be prepared for anything when one climbs a mountain, but he never dreamed what he would find that June morning on the mountain ledge. There stood an enormous bird, with a head like an eagle, a neck like a swan, and a scarlet crest. The most astonishing thing was that the bird had an open book on the ground and was reading from it!
This was David's first sight of the fabulous Phoenix and the beginning Read more [...]
Pollyanna Grows Up audiobook
Eleanor H. PORTER (1868 - 1920)
Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman searching for her lost nephew. Her Aunt Polly goes abroad with her new Uncle, Dr. Chilton. While in Boston, Pollyanna meets new friends and has several interesting adventures...
A startling change in Aunt Polly's and Pollyanna's circumstances require Pollyanna to come up with a workable solution. Read more [...]
Discoverers and Explorers audiobook
Edward R. SHAW (1855 - 1903)
Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry gods lived. They dared to sail near the equator which was thought to have such intense heat that it would boil the ocean water. It was also commonly thought at the time that the world was flat, and the ships would fall off the face of the earth. These men overcame these fears to explore and discover new Read more [...]
Letters from a Cat audiobook
Helen Hunt JACKSON (1830 - 1885)
Letters from a Cat: published by her mistress for the benefit of all cats and the amusement of little children is a collection of letters that a little girl receives from her pet while she is away from home. They tell of her pet's adventures and misadventures. The book includes a preface which gives a little biography of the cat including its sad demise.
H.H. was the alias of Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (1830 --1885) who is better known Read more [...]
The Magic City audiobook
E. NESBIT (1858 - 1924)
Philip and Lucy discover that the city Philip has built using toys, books and household objects, has come alive. This is the account of their incredible adventures in those magical lands, where they meet characters from books and history, mythical beasts, and many other nice (and not so nice) people and creatures.
As with all Edith Nesbit's tales, The Magic City has generous helpings of humour, imagination and interesting ideas, as well as the Read more [...]
Little Bear audiobook
Laura Rountree SMITH (1876 – 1924)
A story for children about a little bear with no name, “there were not enough names to go round,” and his adventures in finding one. (Summary by Carolyn Frances)
Genre(s): Children’s Fiction, General Fiction, *Non-fiction
Language: English (FULL Audiobook)
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
George MACDONALD (1824 - 1905)
George MacDonald is mainly known for his fantasy works and fairy tales such as At the Back of the North Wind and the Princess and the Goblin. However, during his life he was more famous for many more realistic novels. . . among them the somewhat autobiographical Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood.
This story of a young motherless boy growing up with his brothers in a Scottish manse is full of delightful characters. There is Kirsty, an enchanting Read more [...]
A Child’s Garden of Verses
Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850 – 1894)
Beloved by many generations of children, A Child’s Garden of Verses is a beautiful collection of children’s poetry. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes whimsical, but always fun. (Summary by Arctura)
Genre(s): Children’s Fiction, Poetry
Language: English (FULL Audiobook)
The Children of the New Forest
Frederick MARRYAT (1792 - 1848)
The children of Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby are believed to have died in the flames when their house, Arnwood, is burned by Roundhead soldiers. However, they escape and are raised by Joseph Armitage, a gamekeeper in his cottage in the New Forest. The story describes how the children adapt from an aristocratic lifestyle to that of simple cottagers. The children are concealed as the grandchildren Read more [...]
Further Chronicles of Avonlea audiobook
Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY (1874 - 1942)
Further Chronicles of Avonlea is a collection of short stories by L.M. Montgomery and is a sequel to Chronicles of Avonlea. Published in 1920, it includes a number of stories relating to the inhabitants of the fictional Canadian village of Avonlea and its region, located on Prince Edward Island.
(Summary from Wikipedia)
Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Short Stories
Language: English
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Anne of Avonlea (dramatic reading)
Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY (1874 - 1942)
Following Anne of Green Gables (1908), the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. This book follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. It includes many of the characters from Anne of Green Gables, as well as new ones like Mr. Harrison, Miss Lavendar Lewis, Paul Irving, and the twins Dora and Davy. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Cast:
Anne/Narrator: Arielle Lipshaw
Mrs. Read more [...]
The Dragon's Secret audiobook
Augusta Huiell SEAMAN (1879 - 1950)
Sixteen year old Leslie Crane has come to the New Jersey shore as a companion to ailing Aunt Marcia, whose doctor has sent her there for a some quiet rest and recuperation. While the beach is lovely in October, Leslie quickly finds herself getting lonely with no one her own age to talk to. Little does she realize that she will not only soon make a new friend, but that they will both end up in the midst of a puzzling mystery centered Read more [...]