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A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became somewhat curious for the way the authors' contentious interrelationships mirrored the sometimes dysfunctional family they described in their chapters. The collaboration may have been an uncomfortable one, but a final product did emerge with some clever and entertaining contributions from its often squabbling authors. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia and others by Annise)...

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Fiction

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Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select collection of children's Christmas stories in one volume. This book claims to be just that and nothing more. Each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of children, and each is fraught with the true Christmas spirit. It is hoped that the collection will prove equally acceptable to parents, teachers, and librarians. (Summary from Book Preface)...

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Fiction, Children, Holiday, Short stories

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’s Young Adults Short Story Collection 001: a collection of 9 short works of Young Adult fiction in the public domain read by a group of members.

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Children, Fiction, Teen/Young adult

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The poems and stories in this collection were selected with the reader’s grandchildren in mind. “The Raggedy Man” and “Little Orphant Annie,” both by James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier Poet were favorites of the reader when she was a child on a farm in Indiana. Other favorites were picked up along the way as she read to her own daughter and to her students, while other gems were discovered while looking for poems and stories to include in this collection. It is hoped that this collection will bless the hearts of many children and parents alike as they listen together....

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Children, Fiction, Poetry

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...e and Rose Red, The Wild Swans, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, and 4 others that are not so famous. The stories included were based upon the those that various famous men remembered as their favorites when children(Summary by Phil Chenevert)...

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Fiction, Children, Fairy tales

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Recopilación de relatos y y cuentos de temas variados: humor, fantasía, y temas sociales, entre otros. (Resumen: Marian Martin) Collection of short stories of varied genres, including humour, fantasy, and social issues, among others. (Summary: Marian Martin)...

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Short stories, Fiction

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Recopilación de relatos y y cuentos de temas variados: humor, fantasía, y temas sociales, entre otros. (Resumen: Marian Martin) Collection of short stories of varied genres, including humour, fantasy, and social issues, among others. (Summary: Marian Martin)...

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Short stories, Fiction

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Bed time Stories for Aidan Christopher is a collection of: Favorite stories submitted and read by the Volunteers at .org. This project has been undertaken to celebrate the October 2007 arrival into the world of: Aidan Christopher ! (Description written by: Robert Scott)...

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Children

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’s Children’s Short Works Collection 006: a collection of 11 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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Children

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’s Children’s Short Works Collection 009: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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Short stories

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Fiction, Science fiction, Short stories

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In ’s Multilingual Fairy Tale Collection, volunteers read their favourite public-domain fairy tales. This is a collection of 20 fairy tales in ??? languages recorded by a variety of members....

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Children, Fairy tales, Teen/Young adult

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’s Children’s Short Works Collection 016: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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Children, Fairy tales, Fiction, Short stories, Teen/Young adult

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’s Children’s Short Works Collection 014: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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Children, Fairy tales, Fiction, Teen/Young adult

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’s Children’s Short Works Collection 007: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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Children, Short stories

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Neben berühmten Erzählungen wie Max und Moritz - Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen von Wilhelm Busch und zwei der weniger bekannten Texten von Heinrich Hoffmann (Autor von Struwwelpeter) enthält diese Sammlung insgesamt 20 kurze Erzählungen, Gedichte und Märchen für Kinder. (Zusammenfassung von Elli)...

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Children, Humor, Teen/Young adult, Fiction, Fairy tales

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’s Children’s Short Works Collection 010: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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Children, Short stories

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’s Children’s Short Works Collection 015: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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Children, Fairy tales, Teen/Young adult, Fiction

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’s Children's Short Works Collection 001: a collection of 10 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of members.

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Children, Short stories

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Following in the vein of my Coffee-Break collections, this is a collection of short (all under 15 minutes) stories for kids. Focus is on fables and fairy tales published before 1923. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...

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Fairy tales, Children

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The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary works, both stories and poems, geared to grade-school age children. (Summary by aradlaw)...

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Instruction, Children, Literature, Teen/Young adult

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Cat Tales is the first of a series of kid-friendly collections of animal stories and non-fiction. There'll be one or two grade-school-level texts on the animal, with eight-nine fiction works. Source for these is Project Gutenberg. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...

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Animals, Children

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This is a collection of 20 short works (between 3 and 15 minutes long) that are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to hear a whole story and only have a few minutes to devote to listening. The theme for Collection 005 is Love and Relationships, and may include romance, marriage, family relationships, friendships, working relationships, or even human-animal connections! [Summary by Rosie]...

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Essay/Short nonfiction, Romance, Short stories

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A collection of my favorite short children's stories and rhymes. Each book can be found online at http://gutenberg.org/ http://gutenberg.org if you wish to look at the wonderful pictures while you listen! ( Summary by Kara )...

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Children, Fairy tales, Teen/Young adult, Animals

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Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault et les frères Grimm, pour ne nommer que ceux-là : autant d’auteurs d’exception dont les contes et autres histoires ont captivé des générations d’enfants, petits et grands. Dans le second volume de cette collection d’histoires et de contes préférés des enfants, vous découvrirez (ou redécrouvrirez) vingt de ces récits, tantôt très populaires, tantôt moins connus. Ouvrez toutes grandes vos oreilles, et laissez-vous transporter! (Description par ani)...

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Children, Fairy tales, Fiction

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Diese Sammlung ist ein Adventskalender und enthält für jeden Tag vom 1. - 24. Dezember eine Aufnahme. (Zusammenfassung von Elli)

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Children, Essay/Short nonfiction, Fiction, Holiday, Poetry, Religion, Teen/Young adult

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Since this series of books is intended for all young people from one to one hundred, it opens with about eighty of the old MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES. Nothing better was ever invented to tell to little folks who are young enough for lullabies. Their rhythm, their humor, and thei pith will always cause us to prize them as the Babies' Classics. Editors: Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, William Byron Forbush.(Gutenberg Text)...

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Children, Fairy tales

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, originally published between 1960 and 1963, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Science fiction, Short stories

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is the second volume of reader-selected collection of short stories originally published between 1941 and 1963, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Introduction by Cori Samuel with input from Wikipedia....

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Science fiction, Short stories

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Science fiction, Short stories

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories originally published between 1931 and 1963, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Science fiction, Short stories, Adventure, Teen/Young adult

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Short stories, Science fiction

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Science fiction, Short stories

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Science fiction, Short stories

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science and technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, originally published between 1752 and 1962. Those published after 1922 entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Science fiction, Short stories

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories originally published between ???? and ????, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Short stories, Science fiction

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Short stories, Science fiction

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Science fiction, Short stories

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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input....

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Science fiction, Short stories

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This group project is a 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 read and tell to children and most teach valuable lessons about life. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)...

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Children, Short stories, Myths/Legends, Fairy tales, Fantasy