Most of the stories I read to you will have nothing too exciting because I want you to be able to relax so i can read you to sleep. Finding sleep is often difficult. This is especially true when there is a lot going on and our minds take off on tangents when we lay down. Bedtime stories are good for people of all ages. I have found that listening to someone else speak is a great way to calm and redirect my mind to provide relaxation and sleep. In this podcast I will be reading to you to help ...
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Christmas on the Desert by Ethel Twycross Foster
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Tonight I am reading to you from "Little Tales of the Desert" by Ethel Twycross Foster.
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The Father of Santa Claus by Charles Battell Loomis
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I'm reading to you from "The Four-Masted Cat-Boat and Other Truthful Tales" by Charles Battell Loomis. "The Father of Santa Claus" is about an author's manuscript; not, as you may think, Santa's father. Please enjoy listening.
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Camping in the Winter Woods, chapter 1, Into the Wilderness
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Tonight I'm going to start reading to you "Camping in the Winter Woods - Adventures of Two Boys in the Maine Woods" by Elmer Russell Greger
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This evening I'm reading to you from "The Emerald Storybook". Please enjoy "The Fairy Flower" (adapted from "Norwood") by Henry Ward Beecher and sleep well tonight.
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Tonight I'm reading to you from "Violets and Other Tales" by Alice Ruth Moore
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Goodnight I'll be reading to you from Short Stories by Hans Christian Andersen. This is a story of a bird and a daisy.
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A Desert May Party by Ethel Twycross Foster, LLB
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Tonight I am reading to you from "Little Tales of the Desert" by Ethel Twycross Foster
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Tonight I'll be reading from "The Open Window: Tales of the Months" by Mabel Osgood Wright. Please enjoy: V. Tree of Life. May - The Planting Moon
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Mixed Days of May and December by Richard Jefferies
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Tonight I'm going to read to you again from "Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies" collected by his widow
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The Point of View by Stanton Davis Kirkham
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Tonight I'm going to be reading to you from "In the Open: Intimate Studies and Appreciations of Nature" by Stanton Davis Kirkham. "The Point of View" grabbed my attention in the first sentence: "Nature is in herself a perpetual invitation".
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Tonight I'm reading to you from "Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies" collected by his widow
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Read from "The Oxford Book of American Essays", "Gifts" was originally published in 1844.
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Buds and Bird Voices by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Tonight I will be reading to you "Buds and Bird Voices" (from "Mosses from an Old Manse") by Nathaniel Hawthorne, written in 1843.
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I'm reading to you from "Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies" by Washington Irving. Please enjoy listening to "The Birds of Spring" and sleep well tonight, my friends.
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"A Spring Idyl" and "An Inverted Spring Idyl"
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A fun little comparison about the sound of spring bells from a city boy versus a country boys point of view. I'm reading to you from "The Four-Masted Cat-Boat and Other Truthful Tales" by Charles Battell Loomis.
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Tonight I am reading to you from "Country Neighbors" by Alice Brown. please enjoy listening to "A Flower of April.
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Tonight I'll be reading from "The Open Window: Tales of the Months" by Mabel Osgood Wright. Please enjoy: IV. The Immigrants. April - The Goose Moon
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The Sober, Industrious Poet, and how he Fared at Easter-Time by James L. Ford
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Tonight I am reading to you from "The Literary Shop, and Other Tales" by James L. Ford. I hope you enjoy listening to "The Sober, Industrious Poet, and how he Fared at Easter-Time"
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This evening I'm reading to you from "Old Wonder-Eyes; and Other Stories for Children". "Snowdrop" is a lamb found in early spring. I hope you enjoy listening and can sleep well tonight.
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This evening I'm going to be reading to you about Spring's first flower, "The Snowdrop".
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Araminta and the Automobile by Charles Battell Loomis
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This evening I'm reading you a funny little story from "The Wit and Humor of America" edited by Marshall P. Wilder, Volume X. I hope you enjoy listening to "Araminta and the Automobile" and that you sleep well tonight.
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A Patrick's Day Hunt by Martin Ross and E. Oe. Somerville
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Reading to you tonight from "Some Irish Yesterday's" by Martin Ross and E. Oe. Somerville. Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you
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The Luck of the Roses by Laurence Housman
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This evening I'm reading to you from "Moonshine & Clover" by Laurence Housman.
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Read to you from "West Irish Folk Tales and Romances" collected and translated by William Larminie, 1893
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Tonight I'm going to rain to you from "The Works of Edgar Allan Poe" by Edgar Allan Poe in five volumes, The Raven Edition
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Tonight I'll be reading from "The Open Window: Tales of the Months" by Mabel Osgood Wright. Please enjoy: III The Vandoo. March - The Moon of Snow Blindness
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When Jack and Jill Took a Hand by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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To help you sleep tonight I'm going to read to you from Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. Montgomery. Please enjoy listening to "When Jack and Jill Took a Hand"
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The Mortal Immortal by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Tonight I will be reading to you from "Tales and stories" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Please enjoy listening to "The Mortal Immortal" and sleep well my friend.
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Tonight I am reading from "The Open Air" by Richard Jefferies.
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Ladders to Heaven by Juliana Horatia Ewing
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Tonight I will be reading to you from "Last Words. A Final Collection of Stories"
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The Naughty Boy by Hans Christian Andersen. A cupid story
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It's almost Valentine's day so I'm going to read you a short story about cupid from "Andersen's Fairy Tales". Please enjoy listening to The Naughty Boy. Sleep well my friend.
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"A Fragment" and "A Fragment on Slavery" by Abraham Lincoln
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It's Black History Month and Lincoln's birthday. I'm going to read to you from "Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832 to 1865". These "Fragments" demonstrate his opposition to slavery.
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I'll be reading to you from "Plain Tales From The Hills" by Rudyard Kipling. Enjoy listening to "A Germ Destroyer" and sleep well
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To help you fall asleep tonight I'm going to read to you from "Plain Tales From The Hills" by Rudyard Kipling. Please enjoy listening to and sleep well.
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Tonight I'll be reading from "The Open Window: Tales of the Months" by Mabel Osgood Wright. Please enjoy: II. The Stalled Train. February - The Coon Moon
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Old Wonder-Eyes by Mr. And Mrs. L. K. Lippincott
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I hope you can sleep well after listening to this sleepy sad little story about an owl called "Old Wonder-Eyes" published in 1858
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"The Snow Storm" and "The Weary at Rest" by H. S. Caswell
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To help you sleep tonight I will be reading you two very short stories from "Stories and Sketches" by Harriet S. Caswell. Both are rather gloomy, related to death, but as I read to you I'm looking out to a blinding snowstorm myself. Please enjoy listening to "The Snow Storm" and "The Weary at Rest" and have a peaceful evening.…
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I'm reading to you tonight from "Tales of Passed Times" told by Master Charles Perrault, 1900. "The Benevolent Frog" is is a French fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy.
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This evening I'll be reading to you from "The Crimson Fairy Book" by various authors and edited by Andrew Lang. I hope you enjoying listening to "How To Find Out A True Friend" and that you sleep well tonight.
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The Story of the Year by Hans Christian Andersen
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To try and help you sleep tonight I'm going to read you a story which begins in January and follows the calendar around to January. I hope you enjoy "The Story of the Year" by Hans Christian Andersen.
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To try to help you sleep tonight I'll be reading to you "The Snow Man" by Hans Christian Andersen. I hope this helps you fall asleep and sleep well.
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Tonight I'll be reading to you from "The Yellow Fairy Book" edited by Andrew Lang, 1894.
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Tonight I'm reading a short story which begins in prose and ends in poetry. "Winter. Old Age - The Winter of Life" by Anonymous was printed and sold by Samuel Wood and Sons, 1816.
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Tonight I'll be reading from "The Open Window: Tales of the Months" by Mabel Osgood Wright. Please enjoy: I. THE Markis and the Major, Told by Barbra, the Commuter's Wife. January - The Hard Moon
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"The New Year" by H. S. Caswell. And "The Fairy's New Year Gift" by E. Poulsson
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To help you sleep tonight and in celebration of the New Year, I will be reading to you two short stories. I hope you enjoy "The New Year" by Harriet S. Caswell. And "The Fairy's New Year Gift" by Emilie Poulsson.
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Happy New Year. Just a quick prologue for season 2.
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During 2021 I'm planning to read to you at least twice a week. 🗣To contact me, just go toAnchor.fm/DianeReads And hit the +Message link. I look forward to Season 2 with you. https://anchor.fm/dianereads/message
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Tonight I'm reading two short stories from "Dear Santa Claus" copyright 1901 by W.B. Conkey Company publishers. They are not about Christmas and wanted to finish this book. I hope you enjoy them, sleep well.
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Tonight I'm reading from "Dear Santa Claus" copyright 1901 by W.B. Conkey Company publishers. I hope you enjoy the night after Christmas. It's short but cute. Sleep well
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Fairy Stories by Fannie E. Ostrander. (This is a Christmas story)
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Tonight I'm reading from "Dear Santa Claus" copyright 1901 by W.B. Conkey Company publishers. I hope that you're not tired of hearing holidays stories yet.
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Tonight I'm reading from "Dear Santa Claus" copyright 1901 by W.B. Conkey Company publishers. I hope you enjoy this version of "The Night Before Christmas"
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