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Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion
Read by Betsie Bush
Imogen Clark
In addition to being amusing, recipes written in a poetic form were easy to remember and used as learning tools for the young housekeeper. M…
The Jingle Book
Read by Betsie Bush
Carolyn Wells
A collection of silly poetry and limericks for children.
The Bush Debate
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Henry Lawson
In 1892, two of Australia's best poets came up with a scheme to make some money. They arranged to have an argument in the Weekly Bulletin, a…
Girl Scout Collection
Read by Betsie Bush
Various
These articles, pamphlets, and stories relating to the Girls Scouts of America touch on the history, activities, ideals, and traditions of t…
Cornhuskers
Read by Betsie Bush
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg's collection of 103 poems that earned a Pulitzer Prize Special Letters Award in 1919.
Deephaven
Read by Betsie Bush
Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common-place daily events to something remar…
Bush Studies
Read by Kirsty Leishman
Barbara Baynton
Bush Studies is a short story collection published in London in 1902. Baynton presents a grimly realist view of bush life in Australia for w…
Fishing with a Worm
Read by Betsie Bush
Bliss Perry
Fishing with a Worm by Bliss Perry includes the poignant and philosophical observations of a fly fisherman lured by the worm. Bliss Perry wa…
Recollections of Bush Life in Australia
Read by KirksVoice
Henry William Haygarth
This was written in the mid 1800’s at time when Australia saw an influx of immigration from Europe and when England was sending some prisone…
The Cinder Pond
Read by Betsie Bush
Carroll Watson Rankin
Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and then turning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The facto…
Komische Lyrik von Busch und Morgenstern
Read by bettine
Christian Morgenstern
Dies ist eine Auswahl von deutschen Gedichten komischer Lyrik von Wilhelm Busch und Christian Morgenstern. This is a selection of German com…
Betsey and I Are Out
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Will Carleton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Betsey and I Are Out by Will Carleton. This was the fortnightly poetry project for March 22nd…
The Gift of the Magi
Read by Betsie Bush
O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi is an O. Henry short story in which a young couple are very much in love with each other but can barely afford their on…
The Short Line War
Read by Betsie Bush
Samuel Merwin and Samuel Merwin, Sr.
"The Short Line War is a story that will appeal more particularly to the sterner sex, and we take it that the hyphenated name, Merwin-W…
Tale of Brownie Beaver
Read by Betsie Bush
Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey was the author of more than forty children's books, centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weavin…
Penrod and Sam
Read by Jonathan Burchard
Booth Tarkington
Follow more of the hilarious life of the boy Penrod Schofield, his friends Sam Williams, Herman, Verman, Georgie, Maurice, and the love of h…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 088
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
"With opinions, possession is more than nine points of the law. It is next to impossible to dislodge them." Woodrow Wilson's Study…
The Free Press
Read by Sean McClain
Hilaire Belloc
I propose to discuss in what follows the evil of the great modern Capitalist Press, its function in vitiating and misinforming opinion and i…
Human Toll
Read by Kirsty Leishman
Barbara Baynton
Ursula (Ursie) Ewart, orphaned as a young child, is sent away from her home in the Australian bush. While Ursie was previously doted on by s…
Rootabaga Stories
Read by Betsie Bush
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg is beloved by generations of children for his Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons (which is not in the public domain), a s…