Mother Goose in Prose

by L. Frank Baum · Free audiobook · 23 chapters

Whether Mother Goose was a real person or a myth, the songs that are attributed to her name are what we remember from our childhood. Some of these nursery rhymes are complete tales in themselves. There are others which are mere suggestions, leaving the imagination to weave in the details of the story. Many of the rhymes’ origins even at the time of this book’s writing could be traced back decades or centuries. L. Frank Baum in 1897, while living in Chicago, collected the rhymes and created short stories around them which add context and understanding for children who are drawn to the familiar melodies. (Summary by Westwinds12) Readers include: Barbara Wedge Westwinds12 Patricia Oakley Andrew Lebrun Christie Nowak Cynthia Lyons JemmaBlythe Charlene Harris Christian Levesque Brennan Holtzclaw David Barnes For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (131MB)

Chapters

1. Introduction9:55
2. Singa Song o Sixpense14:10
3. Little Boy Blue18:22
4. The Cat and the Fiddle10:00
5. The Black Sheep9:57
6. Old King Cole13:06
7. Mistress Mary17:36
8. The Wondrous Wise Man12:14
9. What Little Jack Horner Did9:39
10. The Man in the Moon12:29
11. The Jolly Miller10:59
12. The Little Man and His Little Gun11:42
13. Hickory Dickory Dock10:32
14. Little Bo-Peep12:08
15. The Story of Tommy Tucker10:35
16. Pussy Cat Mew7:27
17. How the Beggars Came To Town19:18
18. Tom The Piper's Son8:21
19. Humpty Dumpty16:22
20. The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe11:00
21. Little Miss Muffet11:49
22. Three Wise Men of Gotham16:14
23. Little Bun Rabbit12:30