Spinning-Wheel Stories
A group of stories-within-a-story, told in the classic Louisa May Alcott style.
"I've a little cold," said the old lady, "and am too hoarse for talking, my dears; but Aunt Elinor has looked up a parcel of old tales that I've told her at different times and which she has written down. You will like to hear her reading better than my dull way of telling them, and I can help Minnie and Lotty with their work, for I see they are bent on learning to spin."
The young folk were well pleased with grandma's proposal; for Aunt Nell was a favorite with all, being lively and kind and fond of children, and the only maiden aunt in the family. Now, she smilingly produced a faded old portfolio, and, turning over a little pile of manuscripts, said in her pleasant way:
"Here are all sorts, picked up in my travels at home and abroad; and in order to suit all of you, I have put the names on slips of paper into this basket, and each can draw one in turn. Does that please my distinguished audience?"
(Summary by TriciaG and from the book)
Genre(s): Children's Fiction
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | 01 - Grandma's Story | Alex Lau |
00:33:45 |
Play 02 | 02 - Tabby's Table-Cloth | Lauren Jane |
00:31:51 |
Play 03 | 03 - Eli's Education | Katalina Watt |
00:37:22 |
Play 04 | 04 - Onawandah | Lauren Jane |
00:29:33 |
Play 05 | 05 - Little Things | Katalina Watt |
00:34:14 |
Play 06 | 06 - The Banner of Beaumanoir | Bart in 't Veld |
00:38:26 |
Play 07 | 07 - Jerseys; or, the Girl's Ghost | Jeanni Hall |
00:40:04 |
Play 08 | 08 - The Little House in the Garden | Tara Dow |
00:39:49 |
Play 09 | 09 - Daisy's Jewel-Box, and How She Filled It | kandice stehlik |
00:32:07 |
Play 10 | 10 - Corny's Catamount | Jeanni Hall |
00:35:03 |
Play 11 | 11 - The Cooking-Class | Michele Eaton |
00:30:42 |
Play 12 | 12 - The Hare and the Tortoise | Lyn Silva |
00:36:55 |