New Fiction Kids & Family Podcasts
William the Conqueror by Jacob Abbott
12 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThere are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of...
American Indian Fairy Tales by H. R. Schoolcraft
9 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis book features a series of short stories collected by renowned ethnologist Henry R. Schoolcraft. The stories are adapted from old Native American legends with the aim to protect their authenti...
Nine Unlikely Tales for Children by Edith Nesbit
9 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsNine original and, yes, unlikely fairy-tales, which include stories of the arithmetic fairy, the king who became a charming villa-residence and the dreadful automatic nagging machine. All are class...
Children's Short Works by Unknown
10 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMost parents know and understand the value of children's stories. Reading aloud to your children becomes an occasion for family warmth and bonding. But quite apart from this, the true importance of...
An American Robinson Crusoe by Samuel B. Allison
10 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years agoAn American Robinson Crusoe is a short version of the original story. An indolent, rebellious teen goes on a marine voyage against his parents’ wishes. The ship (and all of its crew) is lost in a s...
Fighting the Whales by Robert Michael Ballantyne
10 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years agoA fatherless boy joins the crew of a whaling ship in order to earn a living for himself and his mother. Beyond being a fascinating depiction of a now-alien time, occupation, and culture, it’s also ...
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
10 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsReal men don’t take guff from snotty kids. Neither does Disko Troop, skipper of the “We’re Here”, a fishing schooner out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, when his crew fishes Harvey Cheyne out of the ...
Stories of Great Composers for Children by Thomas Tapper
10 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★ - 7 ratingsThis is a collection of ten short, entertaining, informative picture-book biographies of famous composers. Each book tells about the childhood and great achievements of a composer, and includes a s...
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
10 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 10 ratingsA story about a boy who befriends a cat and then sets off on an adventure to rescue a dragon. Illustrations from the original book can be seen at the e-text link.
Short Science Fiction Collection by Various
10 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 34 ratingsScience fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future scien...
This Country of Ours by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
12 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★ - 4 ratingsHistory made interesting for young readers—This Country of Ours by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall provides a simple and easy to comprehend way of looking at the history of the United States. Arrange...
American Fairy Tales by L. Frank Baum
12 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stories, as critics have noted, lack the high-fantasy aspect ...
Queen Elizabeth by Jacob Abbott
12 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 25 ratingsThe history of a woman who rose above and beyond tragedy, grief and personal loss to become one of the most powerful figures in sixteenth century Europe is wonderfully told in this biography Queen ...
Helen's Babies by John Habberton
12 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHarry Burton, salesman of white-goods, bachelor of twenty-eight leads a charmed existence. A letter from his sister, Helen changes his life forever. She and her husband have been invited for a holi...
What Katy Did at School by Susan Coolidge
13 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years agoThe continuing story of Katy Carr, recounting the time she spent at boarding school with her sister Clover.
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Sybil Turner
13 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis is the story of seven incorrigible children living near Sydney in the 1880’s with their military-man father, and a stepmother who is scarcely older than the oldest child of the family. A favou...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
13 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsAn acclaimed children’s classic depicting the odd, but riveting journeys of the curious Alice as she explores the surreal world of Wonderland. Written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson or better known un...
Hannibal by Jacob Abbott
13 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsThere are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of...
Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger, Jr.
13 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA fourteen year old homeless boy, Dick, tries to make an honest living in the streets of 1860s New York as a bootblack. He is determined to stay honorable, though he is tempted many times to easy p...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
14 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsFrederick Douglass was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation. He faced hardship as a child, but later encountered owners who were relatively liberal and allowed him to learn to read, write and...
Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
14 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsA thrilling spy story, a children's adventure, a charming portrait of early twentieth century life in London and the countryside and a heart warming family tale are all combined in this classic of ...
Bed Time Stories for Aidan Christopher by Unknown
14 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBed Time Stories is a collection of 14 short stories especially for young children.
Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children by Daniel Defoe
15 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsFirst published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe is a book that marks the beginning of realistic fiction writing in English. Its simple, linear narrative style and the semblance of being a true account and...
Mary Cary, Frequently Martha by Kate Langley Bosher
15 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago“My name is Mary Cary. I live in the Yorkburg Female Orphan Asylum. You may think nothing happens in an Orphan Asylum. It does. The orphans are sure enough children, and real much like the kind tha...
Little Bear by Laura Rountree Smith
15 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 1 ratingA story for children about a little bear with no name, “there were not enough names to go round,” and his adventures in finding one.
Mother West Wind's Children by Thornton W. Burgess
15 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 14 ratings“You can’t fool old Mother Nature. No, Sir, you can’t fool old Mother Nature, and it’s of no use to try.” The animals of the Green Meadows and Green Forest have little adventures while Grandfather...
God's Troubadour, The Story of St. Francis of Assisi by Unknown
16 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFrancis, a young Italian boy, is a merchant’s son who is enthralled by the troubadour songs and tales of knights that his father brings back from his travels. He decides to become a knight, but aft...
Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
16 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsWarlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in 1913. It was the third book in an eleven part series known as the Barsoom Chronicles which relate to a sequence of exciting adventure ...
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
17 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsHis name has become a metaphor for one who will never grow old. Peter Pan by JM Barrie is the story of a boy who remains a boy while the world around him changes. Sir James Mathew Barrie was a Sc...
Shoes and Stockings: A Collection of Short Stories by Louisa May Alcott
18 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHere are tales of love and war, modesty and frivolity, laughter and tears. Louisa May Alcott wrote many, many short stories. This collection shares but 7 of them.
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