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Five Minute Stories

Another collection of poems and short stories by Laura Richards. Yes, these are all short and mostly all delightfully innocent and sweet. Some have a moral for little children, and some are just funny or poignant or educational, but all are a peek into the way of life of a century ago when children lived a slower and possibly happier life and kids loved to be read a story at bedtime. No cell phones or TV, just a loving connection between parent and child. So if you want to see what it was like to listen to a story or a poem from a simpler time, just pick one from the great variety here, turn down the lamp and settle down to enjoy the warm glow of good old fashioned story tellin'. - Summary by Phil chenevert

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Betty (Roohi)
Two Calls (Phil Chenevert)
A New Year Song (Roohi)
New Year (Roohi)
A Lesson Song (Larry Wilson)
The Rubber Baby (Roohi)
The Red, White and Blue (Greg Giordano)
Totty’s Christmas (Roohi)
A Certain Boy (Roohi)
The New Sister (Roohi)
Buttercup Gold (James K. White)
One Afternoon (Greg Giordano)
The Stove (Zee Martin)
John’s Sister (Roohi)
New Year Song (Ezwa)
What Was Her Name (Josh Creek)
A Lesson Song (Larry Wilson)
The Patient Cat (Aletha)
Mathematics (Larry Wilson)
By the Fading Light (Aletha)
Tobogganing Song (Ezwa)
Song of the Tilt (Greg Giordano)
The Lazy Robin (Greg Giordano)
The Boy’s Manners (James K. White)
Merry Christmas (Larry Wilson)
Rinktum (Ezwa)
In the Tunnel (Aletha)
Practising Song (Aletha)
Queen Elizabeth’s Dance (Greg Giordano)
A Storming Party (Aletha)
At the Little Boy’s Home (Aletha)
Then and Now (Ezwa)
Pleasant Walk (Greg Giordano)
A Great Day (Jet)
A Pastoral (Christie Crews)
Riches (Greg Giordano)
Poverty (Greg Giordano)
The Best of All (Greg Giordano)
A Study Hour (Larry Wilson)
The Young Ladies (Aletha)
The Weathercock (Greg Giordano)
Ichthyology (Larry Wilson)
A Happy Morning (Zee Martin)
Lilies and Cat-Tails (Greg Giordano)
The Metals (Ezwa)
The Howlery Growlery Room (Larry Wilson)
The Speckled Hen (James K. White)
The Money Shop (Greg Giordano)
A Long Afternoon (Greg Giordano)
The Jacket (Ezwa)
The Fireworks (Sonia)
Jingle (Christie Crews)
See-Saw (Zee Martin)
Nancy’s Nightmare (Roohi)
Amy’s Valentine (Roohi)
Once Upon a Time (Sonia)
The Pathetic Ballad of Clarinthia Jane Louisa (JudyDerby)
A Day in the Country (Roohi)
Goosey Lucy (Katrina Jankeviciute)
Goosey Lucy’s New Year’s Calls (Katrina Jankeviciute)
Three Little Birds (Ezwa)
The Quacky Duck (Zee Martin)
New Year Thoughts (Roohi)
Nonsense (Larry Wilson)
The Singular Chicken (Greg Giordano)
The Clever Parson (Sonia)
The Purple Fish (Kathleen Moore)
Mr. Somebody (Diana Schmidt)
A Christmas Ride (Kathleen Moore)
A Funny Fellow (Diana Schmidt)
Woffsky-Poffsky (Sonia)
April and the Children (Diana Schmidt)
The Snowball (Krista)
A Great Fight (Roohi)
Hallelujah! (Larry Wilson)
Lullaby (Christie Crews)
Merry Christmas (Catherine Russell)
The Little Dog with the Green Tail (Catherine Russell)
Naughty (Christie Crews)
Hard Times (Greg Giordano)
On the Steeple (Jet)
Naughty Billy (Jet)
A Lad (Jet)
Saint Valentine’s House (Christie Crews)
The Gentleman (Ezwa)
A Leap Year Boy (Roohi)
King Pippin (Greg Giordano)
The Story of the Crimson Crab (Christie Crews)
Mother’s Riddle (Abby)
King John (Diana Schmidt)
The Spotty Cow (Abby)
The Button Pie (Christie Crews)
The Inquisitive Ducks (Zee Martin)
Queen Matilda (Christie Crews)
The Two-Shoes Chair (JudyDerby)
Ethelred the Unready (Zee Martin)
Poor Bonny (Tanya Goffman)
The Husking of the Corn (Diana Schmidt)
The Clever Cheese-Maker (Mark)
The Spelling Lesson (Christie Crews)
The Person who Did Not Like Cats (Kam Yau)
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