Audiobooks by Ellis Parker Butler

101 Great American Poems: To My Dear and Loving Husband, The Planting of the Apple-Tree, Concord Hymn, The Arrow and the Song, Alone, Annabel Lee and others

"Discover the heartbeat of American poetry through 101 Great American Poems — a carefully curated collection that spans centuries of voices. From the reflective verses of Anne Bradstreet to the bold rhythms of Langston Hughes, this anthology captures the soul of a nation through themes of love, loss, freedom, and hope. Tracing a journey from Puritan resolve to the artistic fervor of the Harlem Renaissance, these poems invite readers to explore America's evolving identity across generations and genres. A testament to the enduring power of words, this anthology invites readers to witness the evolution of a nation's spirit — in verse, in rhythm, in timeless reflection. This collection brings together iconic voices, including: Anne Bradstreet Phillis Wheatley William Cullen Bryant Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Edgar Allan Poe Abraham Lincoln Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Herman Melville Walt Whitman Frances E. W. Harper Emily Dickinson Ella Wheeler Wilcox Ernest Lawrence Thayer Edwin Arlington Robinson Stephen Crane James Weldon Johnson Paul Laurence Dunbar Gertrude Stein Vachel Lindsay Claude McKay Countee Cullen Amy Lowell James Oppenheim Elizabeth Barrett Browning Emma Lazarus Louisa May Alcott Ellis Parker Butler Hugh Henry Brackenridge Matthew Arnold William Butler Yeats William Blake Sara Teasdale William Barnes "

Abraham Lincoln, Amy Lowell, Anne Bradstreet, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Edgar Allan Poe, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ellis Parker Butler, Emily Dickinson, Emma Lazarus, Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Frances E. W. Harper, Gertrude Stein, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, James Oppenheim, James Weldon Johnson, Louisa May Alcott, Matthew Arnold, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Phillis Wheatley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Crane, Vachel Lindsay, Walt Whitman, William Barnes, William Blake, William Butler Yeats, William Cullen Bryant (Author), Mark Bowen (Narrator)

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Ellis Parker Butler: CONFESSIONS OF A DADDY

"The wry humor of Ellis Parker Butler, who gave us the classic Pigs Is Pigs, takes us into his own married life where Marthy and Hiram live quietly in their Colorado town. They don't have trouble with anyone of their neighbors. Why should they, as they don't have any kids that could cause the neighbors trouble? And oh, luckily they don't have kids because how could Hiram otherwise afford to give his wife, Marthy a new silk dress? Really lucky. The neighbors kids are cute and all but ugh, they are much better off without kids and their expenses and sicknesses and trouble. Except that one boy, well, he's cool, Hiram wouldn't mind having him around and teaching him how to fish. Or maybe the neighbors youngest daughter, shes so nice. All of this superiority changes when they expect a child of their own and then the poor little thing is born. Funny, poignant and oh, so true!"

Ellis Parker Butler (Author), Philip Chenevert (Narrator)

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Pigs is Pigs

Ellis Parker Butler (Author), Bruce Lieberman (Narrator)

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The Incubator Baby

"Marjorie Fielding is born premature and spends her first months of life in an incubator. Her mother is a modern, broad-minded woman eschewing old fashioned views of childrearing to embrace a scientific method. Science has its place but can it be taken too far? Little Marjorie gives us her perspective."

Ellis Parker Butler (Author), David Walsh (Narrator)

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Perkins of Portland

"Amusing tales showing the effectiveness of advertising some rather questionable products. Perkins and the narrator partner in promotions directed at a gullible and willing public. Unlike most tales of the kind, with moralistic endings where the 'sharps' come to grief, Perkins and Co. become wealthy and quite pleased with themselves. (Summary by Arnold Banner)"

Ellis Parker Butler (Author), Arnold (Narrator)

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Pigs is Pigs

"Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was an American author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays. He is best known for his famous short story Pigs Is Pigs, in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating exponentially."

Ellis Parker Butler (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)

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The Adventures of a Suburbanite

Ellis Parker Butler (Author), LibriVox Volunteers (Narrator)

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The Cheerful Smugglers

"Saving for the baby's education: how can a young family be disciplined so as to regularly put money in the pig (bank)? Why, put a tariff on all items coming into the house, just like the U.S. Government does/did for items coming into the country! But the devil is in the details; what about taxing items brought in by visitors? Is the housemaid herself a taxable item? What items really are 'necessaries' versus luxuries? When visitors arrive these guests stoop to either 'smuggling' in their luggage items to avoid having to pay up to 30% of the value, or wear only what they came dressed in. The hosts are equally hypocritical, but all parties accuse the others of cheating. How will the education fund fare? Will the guest leave in a huff? Find out! (summary by Arnold Banner)"

Ellis Parker Butler (Author), Arnold (Narrator)

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That Pup

Ellis Parker Butler (Author), David Wales (Narrator)

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Audiobooks by Ellis Parker Butler

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