In this episode we’ll be continuing our adventures with Phil and the woodland creatures of In Nature’s School, by Lillian Gask. If you would like to listen to the first part of this story it is episode 6, released on February 3rd, 2021. When we left off, Phil was speaking with Father Beaver while keeping an eye on the banks for the Wolverine. At Father Beaver’s suggestion, Phil heads out and visits the home of the musk rats, also known as ondatras.
In this episode we’ll be reading three selections from Norse Tales for the Use of Children by Sir George Webbe Dasent, originally published in 1862. Dasent, born in the British West Indies and educated in London, became a scholar of Scandinavian stories after moving to Stockholm in 1840. He had a particularly strong interest in Icelandic culture and translated many works from Icelandic to English.
In this episode we’ll be reading two children’s stories with similar themes by Oscar Wilde – The Model Millionaire and The Happy Prince. Wilde is perhaps best known for his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray or his play, The Importance of Being Earnest but his children’s stories are beloved as well. The Irish author wrote these stories when his own sons were toddlers.
This week we’ll be reading excerpts from In Nature’s School, a children’s story by Lilian Gask. This story tells the tale of Phil, a seven year old orphan, who, after suffering a brain fever at the orphanage, runs away to the woods and makes the acquaintance of several different animals.
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