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2024-01-09
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Twilight Stories

Various

A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge, Joaquin Miller, Henry W. Longfellow, and Mrs. Amy Therese Powelson. Each poem or story is followed by an additional short rhyme, drawn from a variety of sources, but not attributed. Topics include history, war, school, everyday life, Fairyland, and more. (Summary by Winnifred Assmann)

Genre(s): General, Short works

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Larry Wilson
 00:00:40
Play 01 Christmas Day, by Susan Coolidge Sonia
 00:01:44
Play 02 The Only Woman in the Town Cbteddy
 00:34:13
Play 03 The Conquest of Fairyland, by A. Mary F. Robinson Marian Mangoubi
 00:09:23
Play 04 Kentucky Belle, by Constance Fenimore Woolson C. B. Seyfarth
 00:11:16
Play 05 Prophecies, by Kathrine Lente Stevenson Rebecca Eden Walker
 00:02:43
Play 06 Why He Was Whipped, by Mrs. Amy Terese Powelson C. B. Seyfarth
 00:13:28
Play 07 The Three Fishers, by Charles Kingsley Akarsh
 00:01:47
Play 08 "Apples Finkey"--The Water Boy, by John Jerome Rooney John Payton
 00:05:25
Play 09 The Soldier's Reprieve C. B. Seyfarth
 00:12:00
Play 10 Little Brown Thrushes, by Mrs. Whiton-Stone Sonia
 00:01:56
Play 11 The Story of the Empty Sleeve, by R. L. Cary, Jr. PeripateticTJ
 00:04:12
Play 12 Facing the World, by Dinah Craik Winnifred Assmann
 00:25:40
Play 13 Robert of Lincoln, by William Cullen Bryant C. B. Seyfarth
 00:04:17
Play 14 U.S. Spells US, by Anonymous Akarsh
 00:01:39
Play 15 "Dixie" and "Yankee Doodle," by Lawrence Porter Hext PeripateticTJ
 00:01:54
Play 16 The Barefoot Boy, by John Greenleaf Whittier Larry Wilson
 00:05:00
Play 17 Babouscka Tiffany Wilson Lillard
 00:10:16
Play 18 Daisies, by M. E. B. PeripateticTJ
 00:03:28
Play 19 Driving Home the Cows, by Kate Putnam Osgood PeripateticTJ
 00:02:56
Play 20 The Baby's Kiss: An Incident of the Civil War, by Anonymous Pippa Moss
 00:02:41
Play 21 The Lost Diamond Snuff Box Ayesha Ashraf
 00:14:54
Play 22 The American Flag, by Joseph Rodman Drake PeripateticTJ
 00:03:43
Play 23 Aunt Polly Shedd's Brigade John Payton
 00:21:23
Play 24 Corinne's Musicale, by Margaret Sidney Tessa Adler
 00:03:09
Play 25 Barbara Frietchie, by John Greenleaf Whittier Stephanie J
 00:03:41
Play 26 Sheridan's Ride, by T. B. Read PeripateticTJ
 00:04:17
Play 27 The Children's Hour, by Henry W. Longfellow Larry Wilson
 00:02:27
Play 28 Caryl's Plum, by Margaret Sidney Cbteddy
 00:23:48
Play 29 Our Two Opinions, by Eugene Field Larry Wilson
 00:02:47