Children's Fiction

Ragged Dick

by Horatio Alger, Jr. Read by Alys AtteWater 4.8
Horatio Alger, Jr. was well known for his best-selling series of books highlighting “the American Dream” of poor boys making good and becomi…

Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll Read by Craig Franklin 4.8
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (also known as Alice Through the Looking-Glass or simply Through the Looking-Glass) is…

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.8
The novel tells of the troubles of a wealthy young girl, Sara Crewe, who is sent to an oppressive London boarding school during her father’s…

Nine Unlikely Tales

by E. Nesbit Read by Cori Samuel 4.8
Nine original and, yes, unlikely fairy-tales, which include stories of the arithmetic fairy, the king who became a charming villa-residence …

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel is about orphaned Mary Lennox, who is sent to live with her uncle at Misslethwaite Manor …

The Story of the Amulet

by E. Nesbit Read by Helen Taylor 4.8
The third of the series featuring Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane: four children who are, as they often say, "the sort of people that wo…

The Adventures of Grandfather Frog

by Thornton W. Burgess Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Longlegs the Blue Heron felt decidedly out of sorts. It was a beautiful morning, too beautiful for any one to be feeling that way. Indeed, i…

The Phoenix and the Carpet

by E. Nesbit Read by Helen Taylor 4.8
Five children discover a mysterious egg in their new nursery carpet - an egg which hatches into a magical talking Phoenix! The carpet is a m…

Penrod and Sam

by Booth Tarkington Read by Jonathan Burchard 4.6
Penrod and Sam continues the delightful adventures of Penrod Schofield, a spirited young boy navigating the ups and downs of childhood in ea…

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

by Howard Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern version…

Maezli

by Johanna Spyri Read by Daryl Wor 4.8
"Mäzli" may be pronounced the most natural and one of the most entertaining of Madame Spyri's creations. The atmosphere is cr…

Jack and Jill

by Louisa May Alcott Read by Mary Anderson 4.7
Jack and Jill went up a hillTo coast with fun and laughter.Jack fell down and broke his crown,And Jill came tumbling after.When Jack and Jil…

Mother West Wind Stories

by Thornton W. Burgess Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Thornton Burgess gives us a collection of stories about the animals, explaining 'when' they got their peculiar traits. As usual the stories…

The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy

by Pádraic Colum Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.8
Also known as "The Children's Homer," this is Irish writer Padraic Colum's retelling of the events of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey fo…

The Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann David Wyss Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.7
First published in 1812, The Swiss Family Robinson may sometimes seem old-fashioned to modern readers, especially the family’s attitude towa…

Mother West Wind Stories

by Thornton W. Burgess Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Peter Rabbit has many questions. How did Howler the Wolf get his name? How did Lightfoot the Deer learn to jump? How did Drummer the Woodpec…

The Clue of the Silken Ladder

by Mildred A. Wirt Benson Read by Cheryl Adam 4.6
In THE CLUE OF THE SILKEN LADDER, Penny investigates multiple mysteries. What is the purpose of the singular silken ladder made by the secre…

The Adventures of Prickly Porky

by Thornton W. Burgess Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A stranger from the North Woods has just arrived in the Green Forest causing a great stir among the woodland creatures who live there. They …

Saint George for England

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A tale written for children in 1885.It tells of a child of noble birth whose parents have fallen foul of the current royalty. He is placed i…

The Children of Odin

by Pádraic Colum Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.7
Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the advent…

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