Irish Child

Once upon a time there was a very beautiful doll's-house; it was red brick with white windows, and it had real muslin curtains and a front door and a chimney. One morning Lucinda and Jane had gone out for a drive in the doll's perambulator. There was no one in the nursery, and it was very quiet. Presently there was a little scuffling, scratching noise in a corner near the fire-place, where there was a hole under the skirting-board.

When Benjamin Bunny grew up, he married his Cousin Flopsy. They had a large family, and they were very improvident and cheerful. I do not remember the separate names of their children; they were generally called the Flopsy Bunnies.

Once upon a time there was a pussycat called Ribby, who invited a little dog called Duchess to tea.

Once upon a time there were three little kittens, and their names were Mittens, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust. But one day their mother - Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit - expected friends to tea; so she fetched the kittens indoors, to wash and dress them, before the fine company arrived.

In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets - when gentlemen wore ruffles and gold laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta - there lived a tailor in Gloucester. He sat in the window of a little shop in Westgate Street, cross legged on a table, from morning till dark. All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippeted, piecing out his satin and pompadour and lutestring; stuffs had strange names and were very expensive in the days of the tailor of Gloucester.

Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond. The water was all slippy-sloppy in the larder and in the back passage. But Mr. Jeremy liked getting his feet wet; nobody ever scolded him, and he never caught a cold!

Six Gaelic tales of wonder and adventure, read in an authentic brogue by actor Des Keogh, transport wee listeners to a magic world of leprechauns and giants.

Charles and Mary Lamb took what most agree is a romance and the story of a king's jealousy, anger, mistaken sense of betrayal by his wife and the consequences of his retaliation upon his friends and family, and successfully transformed it into a children's version which ends happily when he learns how wrong he has been about almost everything.

England's most famous witch trial took place in Lancashire in 1612. Ten of the so-called Pendle Witches were hanged at Lancaster Castle after being deemed guilty of witchcraft. Their ghosts reputedly haunt the village of New Church, which is where one of the witches is said to be buried. The Winter children can't pass up a good trouble - some mystery while traveling with their archeological/librarian scholar father.

Alexandra and her two bestest friends, Ryker and Chunks, set out to prove that their new teacher Miss Witchner is indeed a real Witch, and has kidnapped their teacher Mrs. Bristol in an attempt to take over their class, the school, and eventually the world!

Ever wonder why we celebrate St. Patrick's Day in America? Well, Ashlyn and Brendan are about to find out; however, they aren't thrilled about it. Still, that doesn't stop their grandfather from teaching them the meaning behind the traditions at each stop they make throughout the day. Will the kids discover pride for their heritage before the end of the day? Only time will tell.

Father Hearty has a problem. The bishop has asked the parents not to take photos during the first holy communion ceremony at an Irish school. But many of the parents are worried that they won't be able to remember the day unless they have photos. What are they going to do? Father Hearty hopes to save the day by bringing in an expert. He asks Miss Aireefairee to come and teach the parents how to use the supercomputer that is the brain. Will that be enough to keep the cameras switched off?

Logan is in second grade. Every day, he dreads lunch because his food doesn't look like the food the other kids are eating. Every day he tries to make his lunch look like theirs. Finally, he goes to show and tell and talks about food allergies. He brings some of his food for kids to try. They like it. The lesson of the story is that everyone needs to be tolerant of difference.

This story is about two siblings: a girl who is 16 years old and her little brother who is eight. Oh, boy, how he makes her crazy! Well, that's how she feels. But wait a minute? They were inseparable before, so what happened now?