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Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker.

The summer I turned twelve years old, I was so sad when I finished all of the Anne of Green Gables books that were readily available at that time. This was in the 1970s, well before the resurgence of Anne’s popularity. But I LOVED L. M. Montgomery’s writing, and I longed to read other things she had written. So, I looked in the tall card catalog of the Salt Lake City Public Library and found one more book written by L. M. Montgomery. It was called The Story Girl, and the card catalog entry said there was “one copy in Old and Rare.” Several times that summer, I took the city bus by myself across town to the main library and crept down the old cement stairs to the bottom floor of the building where the Old and Rare department was housed. While the temperature soared outside, I spent a couple of hours every day reading The Story Girl in the cool library basement. Since then, I have read many other stories by Ms. Montgomery, but none enchanted me more than that old and rare copy I was so pleased to discover.

Here are chapters 4, 5, and 6, of The Story Girl. In today’s episode, you will hear about Peter’s first time in church and his experiences there, as well as a contest to see who can gather the most money for a most worthy cause: to fund a school library!

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!

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Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker.

Lucy Maud Montgomery, who wrote Anne of Green Gables, also wrote a delightful book about Sara Stanley, better known as the Story Girl. Told from the perspective of Beverley, one of two brothers who have come to stay on a farm with their aunts and uncles and cousins while their father is away, this book takes place on Prince Edward Island in Canada. In this first episode, we meet Felix and Beverley and get to know some of the rest of the characters. Felix and Beverley’s father was raised in this old homestead, and all their lives, the boys have heard stories of the old orchard where they each have a special tree, the deep well with its little blue cup to drink from, and other tales that have become part of their heritage. Even though the boys have heard of these places all their lives, the reality is even better than their imaginations. Best of all are their cousins, including the Story Girl, who promise wonderful adventures and friendships.

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!

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Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker.

It’s late at night, and Frank and Joe Hardy have decided to see if their suspicions are correct and the counterfeiters’ lair is in the abandoned old Turner mill. Can they sneak across the moonlit grass to reach the mill before the suspicious Markel finds them? And how can they ever catch the gang of crooks? Here is the thrilling conclusion of The Hardy Boys in The Secret of the Old Mill!

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!