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This series explores the community helpers of today and how their work keeps our communities running safely and smoothly. This volume includes Flight Attendants, Hairstylists, Truck Drivers, Welders, Carpenters, Judges, Reporters, and Servers.

Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933-May 17, 1947), foaled in Lexington, Kentucky, on May 23, 1933, from the mare Swing On and sire Hard Tack, a son of Man o' War, was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States that became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. The following recordings include the Third, Fourth, and Six Annual Santa Anita Handicaps, a Match Race between Seabiscuit and Ligaroti, and a Match Race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral.

Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 19th issue of the serial, published on March 9, 1880, contains stories of a young sailor's first voyage, animals that love music, a trip around around the solar system, a dog's feats of heroism, brothers separated in a foreign land, a lesson in nature sketching, Biddy O'Dolan's continuing story of loss and gain, and much more. This periodical was published by Harper & Brothers, known today for their other publications ...

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.

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 25th issue of the serial was published on April 20th, 1880 and in its pages it contains the continuing tales of a young sailor as he plays witness to a great sea hunt and comes into port for the first time, the history of George Washington's life from his marriage and acquisition of Mount Vernon to his appointment as general of the Continental Army, a first-hand account of a bee's mansion tour from their human dinner ...

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 42nd issue of the serial was published on August 17th, 1880. In this issue, "The Moral Pirates" go diving to recover lost gear and later confront a huge nighttime intruder in camp; a harrowing account is given of a legendary and bloody conflict between Indians and colonialists in "Old Times in the Colonies"; and the story of "The Roverings at Coney Island" tells the amusing tale of a family's attempted daytrip to the ...

Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and more. This 15th issue of the serial, published on February 10, 1880, features stories of Valentine's Day generosity, a royal child wedding, a hero dog, and how our modern calendar came to be. This serial was published by Harper & Brothers, known today for their other publications Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Magazine. - Summary by Jill Engle

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 36th issue of the serial was published on July 6th, 1880. In this issue, "The Moral Pirates" dry off -- again -- and try to learn from their mistakes in this sixth part of their story, readers will be transported in time and place in "Morning Sights and Sounds from a Window in Jerusalem", and in the conclusion of "Miss Van Winkle's Nap", young Julie's exhausting trek leads to a nap and a startling wake-up call. Other ...

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 35th issue of the serial was published on June 29th, 1880. In this issue, "The Moral Pirates" battle nature and their dinner in the fifth part of their story, a young man tries his hand at piano tuning with off-key results in "Miss Pamela Plumstone's Piano", and city girl Julie sets off on a secret quest to locate the characters of Catskill folklore in the continuation of "Miss Van Winkle's Nap". Other highlights of this ...

This is a little collection of short stories, written by different authors and published in 1865. It is a Christmas book, and the stories will make you feel an old-fashioned Christmas spirit. All stories relate to a key that opens something, be it a door, a box, or a heart. - Summary by Carolin

Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes delightful serialized and one-off short stories and tales from history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 17th issue of the serial, published on February 24, 1880, features stories of a fishing misadventure rewarded, a good deed gone wrong, a lost and found gold thimble, a bottomless sack and unlimited purse, and many more. This periodical was published by Harper & Brothers, known today for their other publications Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Magazine. - Summary by Jill Engle

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 32nd issue of the serial was published on June 8th, 1880. In this issue, the captain and crew of the Whitewing set sail in the second installment of "The Moral Pirates", "The Story of George Washington" finds the president keeping the peace with England and supporting a leader of the French Revolution, and a comical chain of events ensue when the carpenters scare a rat from its hiding spot in "The Adventures of a Rat Race...

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 33rd issue of the serial was published on June 15th, 1880. In this issue, the journey of the captain and crew of the Whitewing continues in the third part of "The Moral Pirates", "The Story of George Washington" concludes with the death and legacy of America's first president, and young Harry Mason discovers the intelligence of ants in "Living Honey-Combs". Other highlights of this issue include the story of a boy on a ...

From the preface of the book: "To the present time, there has been no collection of stories and poems by Negro writers, which colored children could read with interest and pleasure and in which they could find a mirror of the traditions and aspirations of their race." This reader from 1920 is a collection of writings by an impressive line-up of African-American writers, activists, and educators. "It is the hope that this little book will find a large welcome in all sections of the country and will bring good cheer and encouragement to the young readers who have so largely the fortunes of their...

Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 18th issue of the serial, published on March 2, 1880, tells the tales of a dangerous African hunt, an evil bishop who meets his match, delightfully thwarted suburban hijinks, the weird, wild, and wonderful animals of Tasmania, and more. This periodical was published by Harper & Brothers, known today for their other publications Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Magazine. - Summary by Jill Engle

Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 20th issue of the serial, published on March 16, 1880, contains stories of a young sailor's difficult work in the furnace room, travels with a serious friend in foreign lands, hunting hippopotamuses in Africa, a lesson in nature sketching, the conclusion of Biddy O'Dolan's story, and much more. This periodical was published by Harper & Brothers, known today for their other publications Harper's Bazaar and Harper's ...

Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, short stories,fiction and nonfiction, anecdotes, jokes, artwork, and more for children. Published by Harper & Brothers, known for their other publications Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Magazine. - Summary by Jill Engle

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

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 40th issue of the serial was published on August 3rd, 1880. In this issue, "The Moral Pirates" enter the Erie Canal and carefully pass the Whitewing through and trudge it around the canal's many locks; two American settler children are taken by Canadian Indians and live with them through one winter before they attempt a dangerous escape in the third part of "Old Times in the Colonies"; and a boy visits Colorado's Rocky ...

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 26th issue of the serial was published on April 27th, 1880 and in its pages it includes the continuing sagas of a young mariner as he faces a dangerous storm at sea and of George Washington as he leads his troops in battle in the heart of New York City and crosses the Delaware. New stories sketch snapshots of life in an Egyptian foot race, as a student at Westminster School, as a courageous grenadier in the Napoleonic ...