Tag: Children’s Literature
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 27: The Vision Splendid
A year had elapsed since Adam Ladd’s prize had been discussed over the teacups in Riverboro. The months had come and gone, and at length the great day had dawned for Rebecca, the day to which she had been looking forward for five years, as the first goal to be reached on her little journey…
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Heidi Chapter 1 – Part 3
Going Up To The Alm Uncle The child, feeling free and comfortable, started to converse with Peter, and he had to answer many questions. She asked him how many goats he had, and where he led them, what he did with them when he got there, and so forth. At last the children reached the…
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Heidi Chapter 1 Part -2
Going Up To The Alm Uncle continued… “I cannot tell you whether he always did, and that for a very good reason. He being sixty years old, and I only twenty-six, you can’t expect me to give you an account of his early youth. But if you’ll promise to keep it to yourself and not…
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Heidi by Johanna Spyri
“Heidi” by Johanna Spyri follows a young girl adapting to life in the Swiss Alps with her grandfather, highlighting themes of family, love, and the power of nature.
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad Chapter 18 Jimmy Skunk Is Just in Time
Jimmy Skunk Is Just in Time Audio Jimmy Skunk ambled slowly along, chuckling as he thought of what a hurry Mr. Toad had been in, when he had heard that Mr. Blacksnake had asked after him. It had been funny, very funny indeed, to see Mr. Toad try to hurry. Suddenly Jimmy stopped chuckling. Then…
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The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter XIII THE LUCKY GUEST
Chapter XIII THE LUCKY GUEST In the middle of the day Solomon Owl happened to awake. He was sorry that he hadn’t slept until sunset, because he was very hungry. Knowing that it was light outside his hollow tree, he didn’t want to leave home to find something to eat. Then, suddenly, he remembered that…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 26: Over the Teacups
The summer term at Wareham had ended, and Huldah Meserve, Dick Carter, and Living Perkins had finished school, leaving Rebecca and Emma Jane to represent Riverboro in the year to come. Delia Weeks was at home from Lewiston on a brief visit, and Mrs. Robinson was celebrating the occasion by a small and select party,…
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad Chapter 17 Old Mr. Toad’s Mistake
Old Mr. Toad’s Mistake Audio If is a very little word to look at, but the biggest word you have ever seen doesn’t begin to have so much meaning as little “if.” If Jimmy Skunk hadn’t ambled down the Crooked Little Path just when he did; if he hadn’t been looking for fat beetles; if he hadn’t seen that big piece…
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The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter XII BENJAMIN BAT
Chapter XII BENJAMIN BAT Solomon Owl was by no means the only night-prowler in Pleasant Valley. He had neighbors that chose to sleep in the daytime, so they might roam through the woods and fields after dark. One of these was Benjamin Bat. And furthermore, he was the color of night itself. Now, Benjamin Bat…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 25: Roses of Joy
The day before Rebecca started for the South with Miss Maxwell she was in the library with Emma Jane and Huldah, consulting dictionaries and encyclopedias. As they were leaving they passed the locked cases containing the library of fiction, open to the teachers and townspeople, but forbidden to the students. They looked longingly through the…