The Ontario Readers: Third Book
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The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary works, both stories and poems, geared to grade-school age children. (Summary by aradlaw) (7 hr 14 min)
Chapters
Acknowledgements | 4:40 | Read by David Lawrence |
To-day | 0:45 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Fortune and the Beggar | 2:42 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Lark and the Rook | 1:55 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Pickwick Club on Ice | 6:02 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Tubal Cain | 2:33 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Professor Frog's Lecture | 12:44 | Read by Sibella Denton |
A Song for April | 1:05 | Read by Sibella Denton |
How the Crickets Brought Good Fortune | 5:10 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Battle of Blenheim | 2:21 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Ride for Life | 5:45 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Iagoo, the Boaster | 1:42 | Read by Clara Snyder |
The Story of a Fire | 3:03 | Read by Ancilla |
The Quest | 1:37 | Read by Clara Snyder |
The Jackal and the Partridge | 6:23 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
Hide and Seek | 1:48 | Read by Clara Snyder |
The Burning of the "Goliath" | 4:11 | Read by Laura Caldwell |
Hearts of Oak | 1:13 | Read by TriciaG |
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea | 1:17 | Read by TriciaG |
The Talents | 2:56 | Read by Marian Martin |
A Farewell | 1:14 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
An Apple Orchard in the Spring | 1:51 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
The Bluejay | 5:17 | Read by Esther |
A Canadian Camping Song | 1:33 | Read by Kalynda |
The Argonauts | 6:00 | Read by TriciaG |
The Minstrel-Boy | 1:21 | Read by Kalynda |
Mary Elizabeth | 17:09 | Read by ppezz |
The Frost | 2:30 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
Corn-fields | 2:08 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
South-West Wind, Esq. | 11:11 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
The Meeting of the Waters | 1:32 | Read by meenaiyer |
Love | 2:03 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
The Robin's Song | 1:25 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
Work or Play | 7:28 | Read by John Greenman |
Burial of Sir John Moore | 2:27 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
The Whistle | 2:15 | Read by TriciaG |
A Canadian Boat Song | 1:15 | Read by TriciaG |
The Little Hero of Haarlem | 5:42 | Read by TriciaG |
Father William | 2:41 | Read by Clara Snyder |
David and Goliath | 7:14 | Read by Symmie |
Charge of the Light Brigade | 2:04 | Read by TriciaG |
Maggie Tulliver | 8:17 | Read by Lucy Perry |
The Corn Song | 1:48 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
Sports in Norman England | 5:41 | Read by Timothy Ferguson |
A Song of Canada | 3:37 | Read by TriciaG |
A Mad Tea Party | 8:09 | Read by Symmie |
The Slave's Dream | 2:58 | Read by Kalynda |
The Chase | 10:51 | Read by ppezz |
The Inchcape Rock | 3:46 | Read by meenaiyer |
A Rough Ride | 9:05 | Read by TriciaG |
The Arab and His Steed | 5:23 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
The Poet's Song | 1:14 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Adventure with a Whale | 6:02 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Maple | 2:11 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Damon and Pythias | 3:05 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Wreck of the Orpheus | 1:40 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Tide River | 1:39 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Wisdom the Supreme Prize | 1:15 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Orchard | 1:05 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Inspired by the Snow | 3:50 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Squirrel | 0:49 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Soldier, Rest | 1:20 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Fishing | 6:26 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Fountain | 1:05 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Break, Break, Break | 1:13 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Bed of Procrustes | 6:56 | Read by Sibella Denton |
"Bob White" | 1:30 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Radisson and the Indians | 3:36 | Read by Sibella Denton |
The Brook | 2:20 | Read by Sibella Denton |
"Do Seek Their Meat From God" | 8:10 | Read by Sibella Denton |
A Song of the Sea | 1:55 | Read by Sibella Denton |
Little Daffydownilly | 13:32 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
The Sandpiper | 2:22 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
From "The Sermon on the Mount" | 2:27 | Read by Symmie |
The Legend of Saint Christopher | 3:35 | Read by Marian Martin |
William Tell and His Son (from Chambers' 'Tracts') | 4:43 | Read by TriciaG |
A Midsummer Song | 2:08 | Read by Carol Stripling |
The Relief of Lucknow | 5:15 | Read by David Lawrence |
The Song in Camp | 2:28 | Read by Carol Stripling |
Afterglow | 1:24 | Read by meenaiyer |
King Richard and Salidin | 7:23 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
England's Dead | 2:54 | Read by Kalynda |
Hohenlinden | 2:07 | Read by Craig Campbell |
The Dream of the Oak Tree (translator unknown) | 6:06 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
A Prayer | 1:05 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
The Death of the Flowers | 2:40 | Read by meenaiyer |
'Tis the Last Rose of Summer | 1:00 | Read by Lucy Perry |
A Roman's Honour | 4:02 | Read by Lucy Perry |
The Fighting Téméraire | 1:42 | Read by Lucy Perry |
Don Quixote's Fight with the Windmills (translator unknown) | 6:41 | Read by Marian Martin |
The Romance of the Swan's Nest | 5:09 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
Moonlight Sonata | 6:28 | Read by Marian Martin |
The Red-Winged Blackbird | 1:56 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
To the Cuckoo | 1:59 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
The Story of a Stone | 5:56 | Read by David Lawrence |
The Snow-Storm | 3:27 | Read by Lucy Perry |
The Heroine of Vercheres | 6:50 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
Jacques Cartier | 3:22 | Read by Kalynda |
Ants and Their Slaves | 6:15 | Read by Symmie |
Lead, Kindly Light | 1:35 | Read by Carol Stripling |
The Jolly Sandboys | 9:12 | Read by Linda Ferguson |
The Gladness of Nature | 1:42 | Read by Carol Stripling |
Old English Life | 7:33 | Read by Clara Snyder |
Puck's Song | 2:06 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
The Battle of Queenston Heights | 7:16 | Read by Antoine Kaufmann |
The Bugle Song | 1:43 | Read by Carol Stripling |
Charity | 2:23 | Read by Neeru Iyer |
A Christmas Carol | 2:11 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
The Barren Lands | 7:29 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
A Spring Morning | 1:51 | Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014) |
Crossing the Bar | 1:33 | Read by Neeru Iyer |