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1How to Tell Stories to Children

By Sara Cone Bryant

Sarah Cone Bryant was an educator and storyteller who wrote several books on the importance of oral storytelling to children, and stories to tell children. This volume expounds on her theories and practices of telling stories to children, and provides several examples. Her conversational writing style makes this work as relevant for parents and teachers as it was 90 years ago. (Summary by Sean McGaughey)

2Kepler

By Walter W. Bryant

This biography of Johannes Kepler begins with an account of what the world of astronomy was like before his time, then proceeds to a look at his early years. Two chapters deal with his working relationship with Tycho Brahe. These are followed by a look at Kepler's laws and his last years. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

3Journey of Life

By William Cullen Bryant

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Journey of Life by William Cullen Bryant. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 23, 2012.<br><br>William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. His poetry has been described as being "of a thoughtful, meditative character, and makes but slight appeal to the mass of readers." (Summary by Wikipedia)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of A Song For New Year's Eve by William Cullen Bryant. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 30, 2012.<br><br>William Cullen Bran was an American Romantic poet. He wrote this poem in 1859. We are recording it to celebrate the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013. (Summary by Charlotte Duckett)

5Midsummer

By William Cullen Bryant

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Midsummer by William Cullen Bryant. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 23, 2013.<br><br>This poem taken from the Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant, Household Edition. (Summary by David Lawrence)

6October - A Sonnet

By William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Bryant edited the very successful Picturesque America which was published between 1872 and 1874. This two-volume set was lavishly illustrated and described scenic places in the United States and Canada. In his last decade, Bryant shifted from writing his own poetry to a blank verse translation of Homer's works. He assiduously worked on the Iliad and The Odyssey from 1871 to 1874. He is also remembered as one of the principal authorities on homeopathy and as a hymnist for the Unitarian Church, both legacies of his father's enormous influence on him. - Summary by Wikipedia

7To The Fringed Gentian

By William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. He is also remembered as one of the principal authorities on homeopathy and as a hymnist for the Unitarian Church, both legacies of his father's enormous influence on him. - Summary by Wikipedia

Filled with the exuberance of youth and the thrill of discovery, Eva embarks on a Winter walk across snowy fields venturing farther and longer than she had promised her mother. Enticed by a friendly playmate along the way and driven by an insatiable spirit of adventure Eva discovers a wonderful world of snowy elegance peopled by amazing creatures of this Winter land. Fascinated by the marvels that lie before her Eva suddenly realizes she has been away from home far too long and with remorse, hurriedly begins her return. However the way back is cold, difficult and so incredibly tiring. Eva must stop to rest but she's sure it will just be for a moment. - Summary by Bruce Kachuk

In this book, Walter W. Bryant traces the history of astronomy through the ages. We start at the very beginning, where astronomy was an occupation of priests, move with the help of the Arabs through the middle ages to the (re-) discovery of the heliocentric system by Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo. A discussion of Newton and his laws follows as well as a description of the biographies and works of successors like Halley, Herschel, and Bessel. The second half of the book deals with (at the time) recent discoveries with respect to our solar system and the comets, meteors, and stars beyond. (Summary by Ava)

Galileo Galilei is considered the father of observational astronomy, modern science, the scientific method and modern-era classical physics. This is a short biography of this scientific giant, touching on all phases of his life, including his work and his controversies.

11Thanatopsis

By William Cullen Bryant

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 12, 2022.<br> -----<br> The author was only 18 when he wrote this contemplation on death, his most famous poem. His teenage musings on nature's capacity to delight us and calm us while we live, then enfold us -- every one of us -- in its bosom for all eternity, captures a serene truth. The earth is a giant graveyard and a consummate leveler, for everybody suffers the same fate in the end. (Summary by Michele Fry)

12I Broke The Spell That Held Me Long

By William Cullen Bryant

LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of I Broke The Spell That Held Me Long by William Cullen Bryant.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 27, 2023. <br> ------<br> William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. He became one of the most significant poets in early literary America and has been grouped among the fireside poets for his accessible, popular poetry. - Summary by Wikipedia

13Autumn Woods

By William Cullen Bryant

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Autumn Woods by William Cullen Bryant.<br> This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 29, 2024. <br> ------<br> William Cullen Bryant became one of the most significant poets in early American literary history. He is typically included among the group of poets referred to as the fireside poets. They are so named because their writing was a source of entertainment for families gathered around the fire at home. - Summary by Wikipedia

14October

By William Cullen Bryant

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of October: A Sonnet by William Cullen Bryant.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 6, 2024. <br> ------<br> Bryant developed his interest in poetry early in life. Under his father's tutelage, he emulated Alexander Pope and other Neo-Classic British poets. By 1832, after publishing an expanded version of Poems in the U.S. and, with the assistance of Washington Irving, in Great Britain, Bryant began to be recognized as one of his generation's greatest poets. - Summary by Wikipedia

15Mirrors of Moscow

By Louise Stevens Bryant

A collection of journalistic sketches and profiles that examines the political and social atmosphere of revolutionary Russia.