Mother Carey's Chickens: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Mother Carey's Chickens, credited to Kate Douglas Wiggin, 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 Mother Carey's Chickens, by Kate Douglas Wiggin. “When Captain Carey went on his long journey into the unknown and uncharted land, the rest of the Careys tried in vain for a few months to be still a family, and did not succeed at all. They clung as closely to one another as ever they could, but there was always a gap in the circle where father had been….. The only thing to do was to remember father's pride and justify it, to recall his care for mother and take his place so far as might be; the only thing for all, as the months went on, was to be what mother called the three Bs -- brave, bright, and busy." From the author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, this book tells the story of a widow and her four children, forced to leave their home due to financial difficulties, and move to the “Yellow House” in turn of the century Beulah, Maine. The Disney movie “Summer Magic” starring Hayley Mills was loosely based on this book. (Summary by Maria Therese – with quotes from the book)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Mother Carey's Chickens
• Author credits: Kate Douglas Wiggin
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 7:25:47

Catalogue topics

• children
• young adult
• mother carey's chickens

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 01 - Mother Carey Herself — 7:19
2. 02 - The Chickens — 9:36
3. 03 - The Common Denominator — 6:35
4. 04 - The Broken Circle — 6:47
5. 05 - What About Julia? — 14:05
6. 06 - Nancy's Idea — 14:27
7. 07 - Old Beasts Into New — 8:05
8. 08 - The Knight of Beulah Castle — 12:58
9. 09 - Gilbert's Embassy — 15:28
10. 10 - The Carey's Flitting — 14:03
11. 11 - The Service on the Threshold — 11:35
12. 12 - Cousin Ann — 12:07
13. 13 - The Pink of Perfection — 12:37
14. 14 - Ways and Means — 12:43
15. 15 - Belonging to Beulah — 10:05
16. 16 - The Postbag — 11:38
17. 17 - Jack of All Trades — 14:36
18. 18 - The House of Lords — 12:25
19. 19 - Old and New — 12:39
20. 20 - The Painted Chamber — 12:40
21. 21 - A Family Rhomboid — 12:47
22. 22 - Cradle Gifts — 12:53
23. 23 - Nearing Shiny Wall — 11:24
24. 24 - A Letter From Germany — 21:56

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