Our Little Korean Cousin: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Our Little Korean Cousin, credited to Henry Lee Mitchell Pike, 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 Our Little Korean Cousin by Henry Lee Mitchell Pike. Read by Jill Engle and Larry Wilson. This book is one of a series that aims at describing other cultures to children in an entertaining way that honors the culture, educates the child and keeps their minds open to the possibility of other people living wonderful lives in far off places. "Until very recently little has been known of the strange land in which the subject of this tale lives. Recent events have done much to introduce Korea and its people to the world at large. For this reason the story of Yung Pak's youthful days may be the more interesting to his Western cousins. These are stirring times in Korea, and it may safely be prophesied that the little Koreans of the present day will occupy a larger place in the world's history than have their fathers and grandfathers. Their bright eyes are now turned toward the light, and, under the uplifting influences of education and civilization, the old superstitions and antique customs are bound to give way. ...This little volume gives just a glimpse into the mode of life, the habits and customs, the traditions and superstitions, of the Koreans. If it awakens an interest in the minds of its young readers, and inspires them with a desire for further knowledge of their cousins in this far Eastern land, its purpose will be well served." (Summary by Phil Chenevert; quote from the Preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Our Little Korean Cousin
• Author credits: Henry Lee Mitchell Pike
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 1:37:45

Catalogue topics

• children
• travel
• korea

Track guide

1. 00 - PREFACE — 1:58
2. 01 - SOME QUEER THINGS — 8:10
3. 02 - YUNG PAK'S HOME — 9:28
4. 03 - A GLIMPSE OF THE KING — 8:24
5. 04 - YUNG PAK AT SCHOOL — 7:15
6. 05 - A LESSON IN HISTORY — 10:43
7. 06 - THE MONK'S STORY — 14:57
8. 07 - A JOURNEY — 23:32
9. 08 - THE MONASTERY AT CHANG-AN-SA — 7:42
10. 09 - A FULL-FLEDGED TOP-KNOT — 5:36

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