A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months, credited to Thomas Hood, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months by Thomas Hood. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 26, 2020. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; Chris Pyle; ChadH94; David Lawrence; Edmond Aggabao; Newgatenovelist; Seawolf4; Garth Burton; Greg Giordano; Graham Scott; Helen Ko; Larry Wilson; mleigh; John Stevens; Rohan31 and MaybeCordelia. A father is trying to write a poem to his son, but the troublesome antics of the latter make the author put in interjections that entirely contradict the poetical picture he tries to paint of the child. ( MaybeCordelia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months
• Author credits: Thomas Hood
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 52:17

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• humor
• children
• fiction
• parents
• babies
• toddlers
• children's works

Track guide

1. 01 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by BK — 3:31
2. 02 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by CLP — 2:56
3. 03 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by CJPH — 3:23
4. 04 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by DL — 3:20
5. 05 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by EA — 2:55
6. 06 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by EL — 3:46
7. 07 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by ETJ — 3:07
8. 08 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by GB — 3:33
9. 09 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by GG — 3:39
10. 10 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by GRS — 3:38
11. 11 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by HK — 3:42
12. 12 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by LCW — 3:00
13. 13 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by MLM — 2:49
14. 14 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by JS — 3:25
15. 15 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by RF — 3:06
16. 16 - A Parental Ode to my Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months - Read by SBW — 2:27

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