The Book of Stories for the Storyteller: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Book of Stories for the Storyteller, credited to Various, 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 The Book of Stories for the Storyteller, edited by Fanny Coe. This is a delightful collection of 43 fairy tales (both old and new), folk lore, myths and real life stories by a variety of authors, brought together by writer Fanny E Coe. They are mostly short and are fun to listen to by children and adults and most teach valuable lessons about life. Some of the stories are: A Legend of the North Wind; How the Robin's Breast became Red; The Little Rabbits; St Christopher; The Necklace of Truth; A Night with Santa Claus; The Wolf-Mother of Saint Ailbe; Pocahontas and How Molly spent her Sixpence (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Book of Stories for the Storyteller
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 44
• Listed recording duration: 6:05:17

Catalogue topics

• children
• story telling
• morality

Opening tracks: first 24 of 44

1. 00 - Preface — 4:39
2. 01 - The Fox and the Wolf — 7:05
3. 02 - The Fox and the Cat — 4:27
4. 03 - The Hobyahs — 4:54
5. 04 - How the Sun, the Moon, and the Wind went out to Dinner — 3:49
6. 05 - A Legend of the North Wind — 5:10
7. 06 - How the Robin's Breast became Red — 2:44
8. 07 - How the Robin came — 3:43
9. 08 - The Story of the Red-Headed Woodpecker — 4:04
10. 09 - The Little Rabbits — 8:08
11. 10 - 'Heyo, House' — 6:09
12. 11 - Teenchy Duck — 17:02
13. 12 - St Christopher — 7:02
14. 13 - Wondering Jack — 15:52
15. 14 - The Feast of Lanterns — 14:35
16. 15 - Prince Harweda and the Magic Prison — 19:59
17. 16 - The Hop-About Man — 15:01
18. 17 - The Street Musicians — 8:19
19. 18 - The Straw Ox — 9:21
20. 19 - The Necklace of Truth — 6:31
21. 20 - Anders' New Cap — 9:13
22. 21 - Dust under the Rug — 8:11
23. 22 - A Night With Santa Claus — 14:59
24. 23 - The Story of Li'l' Hannibal — 11:06

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