Five Minute Stories
Laura E. Howe Richards
101 chapters · 5 h 37 min · English
Read by Roohi, Phil Chenevert, Larry Wilson, Greg Giordano, James K. White, Zee Martin and others
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Another collection of poems and short stories by Laura Richards. Yes, these are all short and mostly all delightfully innocent and sweet. Some have a moral for little children, and some are just funny or poignant or educational, but all are a peek into the way of life of a century ago when children lived a slower and possibly happier life and kids loved to be read a story at bedtime. No cell phones or TV, just a loving connection between parent and child. So if you want to see what it was like to listen to a story or a poem from a simpler time, just pick one from the great variety here, turn down the lamp and settle down to enjoy the warm glow of good old fashioned story tellin'. - Summary by Phil chenevert
Chapters
1 Betty 2 min 2 Two Calls 5 min 3 A New Year Song 2 min 4 New Year 4 min 5 A Lesson Song 2 min 6 The Rubber Baby 5 min 7 The Red, White and Blue 3 min 8 Totty's Christmas 5 min 9 A Certain Boy 2 min 10 The New Sister 4 min 11 Buttercup Gold 10 min 12 One Afternoon 3 min 13 The Stove 2 min 14 John's Sister 1 min 15 New Year Song 2 min 16 What Was Her Name 7 min 17 A Lesson Song 3 min 18 The Patient Cat 3 min 19 Mathematics 3 min 20 By the Fading Light 5 min 21 Tobogganing Song 3 min 22 Song of the Tilt 2 min 23 The Lazy Robin 5 min 24 The Boy's Manners 7 min 25 Merry Christmas 2 min 26 Rinktum 1 min 27 In the Tunnel 3 min 28 Practising Song 2 min 29 Queen Elizabeth's Dance 3 min 30 A Storming Party 3 min 31 At the Little Boy's Home 2 min 32 Then and Now 2 min 33 Pleasant Walk 6 min 34 A Great Day 3 min 35 A Pastoral 1 min 36 Riches 4 min 37 Poverty 5 min 38 The Best of All 5 min 39 A Study Hour 2 min 40 The Young Ladies 3 min 41 The Weathercock 1 min 42 Ichthyology 4 min 43 A Happy Morning 2 min 44 Lilies and Cat-Tails 11 min 45 The Metals 4 min 46 The Howlery Growlery Room 2 min 47 The Speckled Hen 7 min 48 The Money Shop 10 min 49 A Long Afternoon 3 min 50 The Jacket 2 min 51 The Fireworks 4 min 52 Jingle 1 min 53 See-Saw 4 min 54 Nancy's Nightmare 2 min 55 Amy's Valentine 5 min 56 Once Upon a Time 2 min 57 The Pathetic Ballad of Clarinthia Jane Louisa 1 min 58 A Day in the Country 1 min 59 Goosey Lucy 6 min 60 Goosey Lucy's New Year's Calls 5 min 61 Three Little Birds 2 min 62 The Quacky Duck 3 min 63 New Year Thoughts 1 min 64 Nonsense 1 min 65 The Singular Chicken 3 min 66 The Clever Parson 3 min 67 The Purple Fish 4 min 68 Mr. Somebody 2 min 69 A Christmas Ride 4 min 70 A Funny Fellow 4 min 71 Woffsky-Poffsky 1 min 72 April and the Children 3 min 73 The Snowball 5 min 74 A Great Fight 3 min 75 Hallelujah! 3 min 76 Lullaby 1 min 77 Merry Christmas 4 min 78 The Little Dog with the Green Tail 6 min 79 Naughty 1 min 80 Hard Times 7 min 81 On the Steeple 1 min 82 Naughty Billy 1 min 83 A Lad 1 min 84 Saint Valentine's House 4 min 85 The Gentleman 3 min 86 A Leap Year Boy 5 min 87 King Pippin 2 min 88 The Story of the Crimson Crab 7 min 89 Mother's Riddle 1 min 90 King John 2 min 91 The Spotty Cow 1 min 92 The Button Pie 1 min 93 The Inquisitive Ducks 4 min 94 Queen Matilda 1 min 95 The Two-Shoes Chair 3 min 96 Ethelred the Unready 1 min 97 Poor Bonny 8 min 98 The Husking of the Corn 3 min 99 The Clever Cheese-Maker 5 min 100 The Spelling Lesson 3 min 101 The Person who Did Not Like Cats 6 min
