You can now listen to 50 Grimm’s Fairy Tales in the original German on Librivox.  Grimm’s Fairy Tales are a collection of German folk tales. These recordings include the original versions of such stories as The Frog Prince, Hansel and Gretel and Rapunzel. These tales were originally published under the title, “Kinder- und Hausmärchen” (Children’s and Household...

The Gift of the Magi is a short story written by O. Henry in the early 1900’s.  The story is at heart of what the holiday season and gift giving should be about… a selfless act to make another person happy… it’s not about the money you spend that’s important… it’s the sentiment behind the...

The chant "Double, double toil and trouble" from Shakespeare’s "MacBeth" echoes in my mind every year at Halloween-time.  Here you can listen to it and read along… MP3 of Double, double toil and trouble Round about the cauldron go; In the poison’d entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone ...

A version of Gulliver’s Travels for kids from 1910 was just released in mp3 audio recordings on Librivox.  The recordings are of a book called Gulliver’s Travels Told to the Children by John Lang. Check out the blog post below to read about a project you can do with students relating to this book…  Using...

You can now listen to and read My Very First Little German Book online or download them onto your computer.  The book and recording are both in German and English.  The book has nice little illustrations. View the 1st two pages of the book by clicking on the image above. The book includes a little...

French Self-Taught, by Franz J. L. Thimm (1905) was just posted on Librivox with mp3 recordings.  (You can listen to it streaming on Internet Archive if you prefer a player.)  You can also read the book online while playing the recordings in the background. The recordings are broken down by chapter on subjects ranging...