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Children's Short Works, Vol. 017

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LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 017: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

Genre(s): Short works

Language: English

Keyword(s): fiction (1587), children (1101), short stories (699), fairy tales (262), Legends (156), young adult (119), teen (98), kids (60), nursery rhymes (59)

Group: Children's Short Works Collections

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	The Beginning of the Armadillos	Rudyard Kipling	Etext	Samantha Miles	00:16:26	en
Play 02	The Remarkable Rocket	Oscar Wilde	Etext	Samantha Miles	00:26:09	en
Play 03	Three Boys with Jugs of Molasses and Secret Ambitions	Carl Sandburg	Etext	Samantha Miles	00:11:46	en
Play 04	The Fire-Fly's Lovers	William Elliot Griffis	Etext	mlcui	00:11:23	en
Play 05	The Grateful Crane	William Elliot Griffis	Etext	mlcui	00:09:57	en
Play 06	The Origin of Narran Lake	K. Langloh Parker	Etext	Bellona Times	00:07:41	en
Play 07	Uncle David's Nonsensical Story About Giants And Fairies	Catherine Sinclair	Etext	Lynne T	00:20:45	en
Play 08	The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese	William Elliot Griffis	Etext	TaraLynn	00:13:58	en
Play 09	Busy Idleness	Jane Taylor	Etext	Lynne T	00:16:50	en
Play 10	The Purple Jar	Maria Edgeworth	Etext	Lynne T	00:12:26	en
Play 11	Writing a book	Lucy Clifford	Etext	Etel Buss	00:02:20	en
Play 12	Cloud-Eating	James A. Honeÿ	Etext	Bellona Times	00:01:45	en
Play 13	The Broken Horse	Lucy Clifford	Etext	Etel Buss	00:01:27	en
Play 14	The Two Little Cooks	Carolyn Sherwin Bailey	Etext	TribalElder	00:04:30	en
Play 15	The Lost Message	James A. Honeÿ	Etext	JenniferRutters	00:03:49	en

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