Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. During this time of Covid, many people aren’t able to use the library in the same way as in the past. To help bring more stories to more readers, many publishing companies are allowing books that are normally unavailable for copyright reasons to be read out loud and shared with others until December 31, 2023. The stories that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! Today’s story is shared with permission of HarperCollins Children’s Books.
Today’s story is “Arabel’s Birthday,” a chapter in the book Mortimer Says Nothing, by Joan Aiken. There are guests at Rainwater Crescent, Cousin Gladys and her daughter, little Annie Line, have come to stay while Cousin Gladys has some dental work done. But Annie is not a very nice little girl, and she has a doll that whispers secrets only to her. Mortimer doesn’t like this, so he makes some mischief!
Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.
Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!
Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!