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    15/06/2024
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    Child of the Moat

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    Chapter: 30 | Listen: 3

    Ian Holborn (professor of archaeology and a writer) was on board the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed, and as it sank he rescued a 12 year old girl named Avis Dolphin. She later complained that books for girls were not very interesting, so he decided to write one for her “as thrilling as any book written for boys!” This book is dedicated to her. From the Preface: This story is not written for grown-ups, and if they want to know why it begins with such a gruesome first chapter, let them ask the children. Children like the horrors first and the end all bright. Many grown-ups like the tragedy at the end. But perhaps the children are right and the grown-ups are standing on their heads. – Summary by Beth Thomas     [chương_files]  

    15/06/2024
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    Boy Scouts on the Trail

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    Chapter: 27 | Listen: 1

    The Silver Fox Patrol is up in the Maine Woods, hiking and hunting for big game. The boys find out that guns, and other explosives, can be fun, and dangerous, too! But all the fun comes to an end when some fugitives enter the woods nearby. Herbert Carter is one of many pseudonyms used by St George Rathborne. (Summary by Ann Boulais)     [chương_files]  

    15/06/2024
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    When Shadows Die

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    A sequel to “Her Mothers Secret” and “Love’s Bitterest Cup” (Bridget Gaige)     [chương_files]  

    15/06/2024
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    Nursery ”Alice”

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    Chapter: 15 | Listen: 2

    A shortened version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland . . . adapted by the author himself for children “from nought to five”. . . . It is written as though the story is being read aloud by someone who is also talking to the child listener, with many interpolations by the author, pointing out details in the pictures and asking questions, such as “Which would you have liked the best, do you think, to be a little tiny Alice, no larger than a kitten, or a great tall Alice, with your head always knocking against the ceiling?” There are also additions, such as an anecdote about a puppy called Dash, and an explanation of the word “foxglove”. – Summary by Wikipedia     [chương_files]  

    14/06/2024
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    Secret Pact

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    Chapter: 25 | Listen: 3

    PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only daughter of widower Anthony Parker, publisher of the “Riverview Star,” Penny has been raised to be self-sufficient, outspoken, innovative, and extraordinarily tenacious. Her cheerful, chatty manner belies a shrewd and keenly observant mind. Penny was the creation of Mildred A. Wirt, who was also the author of the original Nancy Drew series (under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene). Wirt became frustrated when she was pushed to “tone down” Nancy Drew and make her less independent and daring. With Penny Parker, Wirt had a freer hand and received full credit. Wirt once said, ” ‘I always thought Penny Parker was a better Nancy Drew than Nancy is.” In THE SECRET PACT, Penny sees a man savagely pushed off a bridge into the river one foggy night. The man is rescued, but his stubborn denial of the attack, combined with the grotesque octopus tattoo he bears on his back, alerts Penny to the possibility of a deeper mystery. When her editor father, reporter friends, and even the highschool newspaper all reject her story about the incident, she takes matters into her own hands. With her friend Louise’s help, Penny starts her own local paper, operating out of a formerly abandoned newspaper plant. As new clues emerge to the “Octopus tattoo” mystery, she enlists the help of anyone willing, even persuading Mrs. Weems to go “under cover.” Nothing, not even threats […]

    14/06/2024
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    Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel (Dramatic Reading)

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    Chapter: 23 | Listen: 2

    Author and editor of numerous children’s books, Thornton W. Burgess was also a noted conservationist. In writing for youngsters he combined a gift for storytelling with his love of the outdoors, creating an entertaining menagerie of animals whose adventures he skillfully recounted in a series of charming fables. In them, he taught young readers about nature and encouraged them to love the “lesser folk in fur and feathers.” In this delightfully told tale, Burgess chronicles the escapades of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, who’s known throughout the Green Forest as a mischief maker. Narrowly escaping the clutches of Shadow the Weasel and Redtail the Hawk, the bushy-tailed little fellow decides to leave the forest for a new home, only to learn that curiosity, carelessness, and mistrust can lead to a heap of troubles. First published in 1915, this engaging story will charm readers of all ages — as well as young listeners. Recorded by students of Houghton College in Houghton, NY Characters: Mercedes Miller: Narrator Joe Miner: Chatterer Hannah Messerschmidt: Reddy, Pussy, Boy, Voices Kaitlyn McKinney: Sammy, Mom, Porky, Tommy Robert Kuchar: Peter, Farmer, Shadow     [chương_files]  

    14/06/2024
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    Lion Ben of Elm Island

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    Chapter: 23 | Listen: 2

    An adventure story for boys, in which the author aims to “impart pleasure, and, at the same time, inspire respect for labor, integrity and every noble sentiment”. There is a sense of nostalgia, as Kellogg sets his story in bygone days, when the grandfathers of his readers were mere boys, facing the challenges and perils of frontier life and developing the character needed to transform the wilderness in to the land of freedom and plenty. – Summary by Lynne Thompson     [chương_files]  

    14/06/2024
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    Dreamer of Dreams

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    Chapter: 30 | Listen: 3

    Eric, artist for the king, has created a marvelous painting of a royal wedding. It is finished except for the face of the queen, which appeared to him in a dream. When he awoke, he had forgotten the form of the features. Obsessed with recapturing this vision, he goes on a quest to find the woman because he cannot paint another stroke until he sees those eyes again. During his journey, he discovers much more, perhaps even the true meaning of his dream and of his life. – Summary by Amy Gramour     [chương_files]  

    14/06/2024
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    Dark Frigate

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    Chapter: 24 | Listen: 3

    The frigate Rose of Devon rescues from a wreck in mid-ocean twelve men who show their gratitude by seizing the Rose, killing her captain and sailing toward the Caribbean where they hope to plunder Spanish towns and galleons. Mistaking an English man-of-war for a merchantman, they are captured and brought back to England for trial. Only one, an English lad, Philip Marsham, a member of the original crew of the Rose, is acquitted; and he, after adventures in the forces of King Charles, tires of Cromwell’s England and sails for Barbados once more on the Rose of Devon. The Dark Frigate has long been a favorite story for boys and in 1924 was awarded the John Newbery Medal, given annually “for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.” When The Dark Frigate was first published F. F. Van deWater in The New York Tribune said: “No one, we think, has written so perfect a pirate tale since Treasure Island.” (from the dustjacket of the first edition)     [chương_files]  

    14/06/2024
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    Strange Story Book (version 2)

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    Chapter: 34 | Listen: 1

    This is the last book in the The Andrew Lang “Color” Fairy Books series published after his death by his wife. She wrote the stories and he had edited them before his demise. It is a collection of stories that are a bit different than the Fairy Books: still colorful and well written but telling tales about decidedly odd topics. A word of Caution: please read the stories before your children do, some of them contain some violent imagery. – Summary by Linda Andrus     [chương_files]