Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Simon and Schuster Publishing Company has given permission for this book to be read out loud and shared on Stories Come to Life until December 31, 2023. But of course, the episodes that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! 

Poor Laura Pendleton! Her new guardian seems like a terrible person. He’s not very kind to her, and poor Laura has to be uprooted from everything that’s comfortable and go live in the unknown bungalow on Melrose Lake.  In the meantime, Nancy and Helen are at the camp and it is with great reluctance that Nancy turns toward home. She can’t stay at the camp all the time. Her vacation is over, and now it’s time for her to go back to River Heights. As she leaves the camp, she notices the big storm clouds overhead. Oh, if only she can make it home before the storm breaks!

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 [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Simon and Schuster Publishing Company has given permission for this book to be read out loud and shared on Stories Come to Life until December 31, 2023. But of course, the episodes that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! 

As I just mentioned, the time is fast approaching when all the books whose copyright restrictions have been temporarily lifted must be taken down from this podcast. But there are so many other books to share with you! In 2023, any book whose copyright date is 1928 or earlier is in the public domain and is available to be shared without worries of copyright infringement! If you have a suggestion of a book you’d like to hear, please send me an email message so I can consider your choice. I’d love to hear from you! My email is [email protected]. 

In 1930, the first three books in the Nancy Drew series were published at the same time in order to introduce the world to this brilliant young detective. The Bungalow Mystery is the third of Nancy’s adventures. In this episode, we find Nancy Drew and her chum, Helen Corning, who also appeared in the previous adventures, spending time at a camp on the shores of Moon Lake. Another girl, the brave but dejected Laura Pendleton, soon makes their acquaintance. Laura is very interested in hearing about Nancy’s success in solving mysteries. But Laura has her own troubles and longs very much for Nancy and Helen’s company as she faces her fears. 

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 [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you!

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 June 30, 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 Penguin Random House Publishing Company. 

The money in the buckskin bag is running low,  and the Larkin family must move on from the little shack while they still have enough to buy gasoline and other necessities as Dad looks for work someplace else.  Janey decides she just has to see the willow plate once more.  So she slips out and makes her way to the Anderson ranch to say goodbye before they leave. 

To find out what happens next,  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!

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 June 30, 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 Penguin Random House Publishing Company. 

Janey Larkin and her family have traveled from place to place for a very long time. But every year, no matter where Janey finds herself, wild ducks have flown overhead when the weather turns colder. This year is no different. Janey decides to go to the slough where she can see the ducks feeding among the tules. When she is there, she runs into heartless Bounce Reyburn who always means trouble. And even worse, Mom catches a bad cold that worsens into pneumonia. Janey hopes she has courage enough to face whatever might happen!

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!

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 June 30, 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 Penguin Random House Publishing Company. 

Now Janey is going to the Camp Miller school, in the cotton camp. She wishes she could go to the regular school, to belong to the regular school, but one consolation is that Miss Peterson, the teacher at the camp school, must certainly be the most wonderful teacher in the world! And then there is the county cotton picking contest. Janey hopes and hopes that Dad will win!

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!

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 June 30, 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 Penguin Random House Publishing Company. 

For a long time, Janey Larkin has traveled with her family from place to place, and that has been a good life. Her precious Blue Willow plate has taken the place of brothers and sisters, friends, dolls, and even pets for Janey. But here in this new place, Janey has found a real friend in sweet Lupe Romero, and she wants more than anything to be able to stay in the little shack as long as possible. Now that the ranch foreman, the shifty Bounce Reyburn, has collected rent from the Larkins, perhaps they can stay as long as they continue to have money to pay. Janey certainly hopes so! 

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!

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 June 30, 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 Penguin Random House Publishing Company. 

Blue Willow was written by Doris Gates in 1940, and it won a Newbery Honor award. Ever since the drought and the dust storm drove Janey Larkin and her family out of northern Texas, they have been traveling around so that Dad can find work planting and harvesting crops in California. The small family found an abandoned shack to stay in for awhile while Dad works in the cotton fields. If only they could find somewhere to stay as long as they want to! But even in this hard life, Janey has one beautiful treasure: a blue willow plate that is both a family heirloom and a consolation to her. And now, across the road there is a girl who may well become a friend! 

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!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Simon and Schuster Publishing Company has given permission for this book to be read out loud and shared on Stories Come to Life until December 31, 2023. But of course, the episodes that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! 

While Nancy Drew was sleeping after her trying ordeal at night in the hidden staircase and subterranean passage, Nathan Gombit visited the Turnbull sisters and convinced them to sell The Mansion to him at his price! Before they sign the final papers, it is vital that Nathan Gombit is brought to justice. Nancy Drew has her hands full as she needs to convince the sheriff to make the arrest. Here is the exiting conclusion of this second volume of Nancy Drew’s adventures: The Hidden Staircase. 

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 [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Simon and Schuster Publishing Company has given permission for this book to be read out loud and shared on Stories Come to Life until December 31, 2023. But of course, the episodes that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! 

Because Nancy Drew is so certain that Nathan Gombit must somehow be involved in the mysterious hauntings at the Turnbull Mansion, she decides she will go to his house to see if she can find a clue that will verify her theory. What she finds is something amazing and even terrifying! 

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 [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that Simon and Schuster Publishing Company has given permission for this book to be read out loud and shared on Stories Come to Life until December 31, 2023. But of course, the episodes that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! 

Nancy Drew and her father, the lawyer Carson Drew, are very close. So Nancy is extremely worried when he hasn’t returned when he promised he would. It is so distracting to Nancy that she can hardly keep her mind on the case of the haunted house. Then some new information gives her the first clue in the case. Somehow, she is sure, that despicable miser, Nathan Gombit, is involved in the situation!

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 [email protected]. I'd love to hear from you!