Five Minute Stories: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Five Minute Stories, credited to Laura E. Richards, 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 recording of Five Minute Stories by Laura E. Richards. Read in English by Roohi; Phil Chenevert; Larry Wilson; Greg Giordano; James K. White; Zee Martin; Ezwa; Josh Creek; Aletha; Jet; Christie Crews; Sonia; JudyDerby; Katrina Jankeviciute; Kathleen Moore; Diana Schmidt; Krista; Catherine Russell; Abby; Tanya Goffman; Mark; Kam Yau 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: Five Minute Stories
• Author credits: Laura E. Richards
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 101
• Listed recording duration: 5:36:31

Opening tracks: first 24 of 101

1. 001 - Betty — 2:08
2. 002 - Two Calls — 5:09
3. 003 - A New Year Song — 1:37
4. 004 - New Year — 4:29
5. 005 - A Lesson Song — 1:49
6. 006 - The Rubber Baby — 5:03
7. 007 - The Red, White and Blue — 3:20
8. 008 - Totty’s Christmas — 4:57
9. 009 - A Certain Boy — 1:42
10. 010 - The New Sister — 3:57
11. 011 - Buttercup Gold — 9:56
12. 012 - One Afternoon — 2:43
13. 013 - The Stove — 2:11
14. 014 - John’s Sister — 1:26
15. 015 - New Year Song — 1:48
16. 016 - What Was Her Name — 6:47
17. 017 - A Lesson Song — 2:54
18. 018 - The Patient Cat — 3:13
19. 019 - Mathematics — 2:32
20. 020 - By the Fading Light — 4:54
21. 021 - Tobogganing Song — 3:11
22. 022 - Song of the Tilt — 1:53
23. 023 - The Lazy Robin — 5:24
24. 024 - The Boy’s Manners — 6:52

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