The story of St. David, the patron saint of Wales, whose day falls on March 1st.
Two poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson that are full of wonderful sounds that will remind you of the ocean.
Download the audio to your computer, Right Click, Save As. This classic story by Oscar Wilde is set in a garden that is not unlike paradise. Children play freely among the trees and flowers. And then the owner, The Selfish Giant, returns from a long holiday and drives out the children. But all is not […]
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!’ Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.’
Poems by William Blake (1757-1827) from his Songs of Innocence and Experience, that capture the magic and mystery of the tiger, the innocence of the lamb, the happiness of the fly, all god’s creations, with spoken audio on a free mp3.
Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Story explains why whales can only eat the very smallest of things.
Alice talks to some flowers who think she is stupid, meets the Red Queen, and finds herself as a pawn in a game of chess.
Alice meets some very unusual insects and suddenly finds herself on a strange train journey without a ticket. If you have wondered about what a bread and butter fly looks like, or what a horse fly sounds like, listen on. By the way, this chapter ends rather suddenly.
Kipling’s Just So story, set when people still lived in caves: a clever woman makes a bargain with a clever cat – who will win out? Why cats are so independent and drink bowls of milk, while other animals earn their place by the fire.
A white seal his horrified to learn that seals are hunted and killed by humans for their skins. He is determined to find a place where seals can live without fear of being hunted.
