AUTHOR LONDIS CARPENTER

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It was my good fortune to experience a childhood where adults in the family took time at least once a week to read aloud to us. Sometimes mother would recite poetry, and sometimes my grandmother would read story books that we children enjoyed hearing but which were slightly above our own reading level. The stories were made even more enjoyable because Grandma was quite brilliant in portraying the special voice qualities of the different characters in the stories. I always looked forward to reading night and was always disappointed when it was over. I actually enjoyed these sessions more than when we all would huddle around the radio to hear our favorite game shows and mysteries like "The Shadow' and "The Whistler."

Time changes things. Some changes are good and some are, unfortunately, not so good. I think the loss of the kind of quality family time we shared when I was growing up is one of the unfortunate changes.

I have been working to help restore the tradition of reading aloud to children by creating special stories and poems that are meant to be read aloud. Some of these you will find in my books and on this web site. However, all I can do is create the stories and make them available. It is still up to the adult readers to find a way to read them aloud to the children of today.

I have also attempted to go the extra mile, by making it possible for you to hear me read some of these stories by clicking a link <CLICK HERE> which will take you to my internet radio station.  Once the link is reached click the MUSIC link.  That link will then take you to the list of the poems which have been recorded as lo-fi mp3 files.  You can play the poems you like by clicking on the small LO-FI arrow beside the poem title.  I hope you take full advantage of this provision and that you have an enjoyable experience here.