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Nicholas the Fish
Read by KHand
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
In Mary Anerley
It is 1801, in the wild and rugged country that is northern England. A local Squire has died but his manor, Scargate Hall, is left to two si…
Soaked in Seaweed
Read by Louise J. Belle
Stephen Leacock
In Nonsense Novels (Version 2)
Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was a Canadian writer, teacher, and political scientist. A prolific and popular humorist, he published dozens of…
Little Fishermen
Read by Sarah Brown
Edgar A. Guest
In Rhymes of Childhood
Not nursery rhymes, but poems about different scenes of childhood. Poems about Grandpa, Grandma, story time, castor oil, “Wait till your pa …
The Sense of the Weasel
Read by laurakgibbs
Alphonso Orenzo Stafford
In Animal Fables from the Dark Continent
A. O. Stafford, an African American educator and folklorist, wrote this collection of African and African Diaspora folktales for students in…
Harky Goes Fishing
Read by Siler Weaver
Jim Kjelgaard
In The Duck-Footed Hound
Old Joe was the biggest, fightingest, craftiest coon in the Creeping Hills. No one had ever been able to catch him; not even Precious Sue, a…
The Talking Fish
Read by hearmeout7
Norman Hinsdale Pitman
In A Chinese Wonder Book
The Chinese Wonder Book is a compilation of Chinese folk tales for children full of moral values and insightful stories of China's culture a…
A Big Fish
Read by Kurt
David Cory
In Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe
David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This is the one in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots fo the legend of Pus…
20 - Why the Sea is Salt
Read by Sibella Denton
Ida Coe and Alice Christie, Ida Coe, Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon and Ida Coe And Alice Christie Dillon
In Story Hour Readers: Third Year
Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…
THE EASTER EGG
Read by Peter Yearsley
Saki
In The Chronicles of Clovis
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…
Joshua Divides The Land
Read by Greg Giordano
William James Mcglothlin
In The Bible For Young People Vol. 1
"The Bible for Young People tells the sweet and simple stories of the Bible in the Bible language, omitting only genealogies and doctri…
The Old Man Who Became a Fish
Read by Lauren-Emma Blake
Im Bang
In Korean Folk Tales
"To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which …
George Sand by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Read by Jason in Panama
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1)
The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, con…
Why the Sea is Salt
Read by Julia Claussen
Andrew Lang
In The Blue Fairy Book
Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was f…
WHY THE FISH LAUGHED
Read by ahirdOD
William Patten
In The Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales (version 2)
Oh boy! Fairy Tales and Wonder Tales. This is exactly what you are thinking about but with a twist. Of course the well known tales from F…
The Fisherman
Read by Newgatenovelist
William Butler Yeats
In The Wind Among the Reeds (Version 2)
The Wind Among the Reeds was first published in 1899 and features short, personal lyrics on subjects such as Irish legends and personal rela…
The Fisherman
Read by Hikki
Aesop
In Fables of Aesop and Others
The origins of these fables are perhaps lost in obscurity, but they are so closely identified with the Greek writer Aesop, that we may regar…
Book 02 – Macquarie Harbour. 1833. Chapter 13 – What The Seaweed Suggested
Read by Magdalena
Marcus Clarke
In For the Term of His Natural Life
For the Term of his Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 (as His Natural Li…
The Sea-Gull
Read by Nemo
Various
In Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 5, December 1901
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes…
The Field
Read by David Mack
Lord Dunsany
In A Dreamer's Tales
"A Dreamer's Tales" is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of H. P. Love…
