Author of Audiobooks - The Secret Garden

Heather which grows on the Yorkshire Moors Mistress Mary travels across the black Yorkshire Moors to an uncertain future. Read by Natasha. CHAPTER III ACROSS THE MOOR She slept a long time, and when she awakened Mrs. Medlock had bought a lunch...

Marigold, from the nursery rhyme about Mary Quite Contrary. The second chapter of The Secret Garden takes Mary from India, to the grey skies of England. Before she leaves, she acquires a nickname that discribes her character, Mistress Mary, Quite...

Hibiscus Flower - which grew in Mary's Indian Garden Our new series is the Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It's in 27 Chapters - and you will be pleased to know that we have recorded all of them before we embark on publishing the novel. As...

Misselthwaite Manor holds more than one mystery. The Secret Garden has no door. There are strange sounds inside the house. Is Mary just hearing the wind "wuthering" on the Yorkshire Moor? Or is it a cry in the corridor that she hears? Natasha...

Mary Lennox wakes up in Misselthwaite Manor and meets Martha, a serving girl who is not all like any of the servants she has known in India. She speaks her mind to Mary. Out in the grounds, she meets another native of Yorkshire, Ben Weatherstaff,...

Mary is holding a key - could it be the key to the Secret Garden? And if so, where is the door? Maybe her friend the garden robin can help. Read by Natasha. THE ROBIN WHO SHOWED THE WAY She looked at the key quite a long time. She turned it over and...

Mary is changing. She is not used to liking people, but she is starting to like Martha and Ben and the garden robin (whom she counts as person). She even likes Martha's family, although she hasn't met them yet. But does she like herself? It's not...

The story becomes yet more mysterious. Mary's curiosity gets her into trouble when she begins to explore the house. She meets a mouse, and hears a strange sound again. Natasha continues her enchanting reading of this classic novel . CHAPTER VI...

Dickon reveals how Mary is like a Missel Thrush, and how the Secret garden of Missel Thrush Mannor is like a nest. Read by Natasha. THE NEST OF THE MISSEL THRUSH For two or three minutes he stood looking round him, while Mary watched him, and then...

Mary has already told Martha how much she would like to meet Dickon. He is due to bring some seeds to her. When they finally meet up, will she like him enough to share her special secret with him? Read by Natasha. DICKON The sun shone down for...

Mary has found her way into the secret garden. She finds that it is tangled and untidy, and begins to wish that she could do something about it. Read by Natasha. THE STRANGEST HOUSE ANY ONE EVER LIVED IN It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking...

Several times already, Mary has heard crying in the corridor. Who could it be who is crying? In this chapter she discovers another child who is, in some ways, rather like herself. "I AM COLIN" Mary took the picture back to the house when she went to...

Oliver Twist famously asked "Please sir, can I have some more?" and received a stern reply. In the Secret Garden, Martha asks for a "bit of earth." Will Mr. Craven be angry? "MIGHT I HAVE A BIT OF EARTH?" Mary ran so fast that she was rather out of...

Get all the chapters of The Secret Garden in iTunes. Our very special reading of The Secret Garden continues. Read by Natasha. "I WON'T!" SAID MARY They found a great deal to do that morning and Mary was late in returning to the house and was also...

Mary and Dickon meet up in the garden and watch the robin build his nest. You can now get the episodes of the Secret Garden in an iTunes podcast. Read by Natasha. NEST BUILDING After another week of rain the high arch of blue sky appeared again and...

Mary's new friend Colin has the airs and graces of an Indian Prince, a Young Rajah, but he surprises everyone by liking Mary. A YOUNG RAJAH The moor was hidden in mist when the morning came, and the rain had not stopped pouring down. There could be...

Natasha continues her reading of the classic serial. "THA' MUNNOT WASTE NO TIME" Of course Mary did not waken early the next morning. She slept late because she was tired, and when Martha brought her breakfast she told her that though. Colin was...

Mary might not be the most soft-hearted of girls, but she is a good person to sooth a tantrum. If you use iTunes, you can download all our Secret Garden Chapters here. Read by Natasha. A TANTRUM She had got up very early in the morning and had...

A lyrical and powerful chapter in which Colin has a surprise for Ben Weatherstaff. Read by Natasha. BEN WEATHERSTAFF One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever...

"I SHALL LIVE FOREVER--AND EVER--AND EVER!" Read by Natasha. But they were obliged to wait more than a week because first there came some very windy days and then Colin was threatened with a cold, which two things happening one after the other would...

Read by Storynory's one and only Natasha. "IT HAS COME!" Of course Dr. Craven had been sent for the morning after Colin had had his tantrum. He was always sent for at once when such a thing occurred and he always found, when he arrived, a white...

Read by Natasha. MAGIC Dr. Craven had been waiting some time at the house when they returned to it. He had indeed begun to wonder if it might not be wise to send some one out to explore the garden paths. When Colin was brought back to his room the...

Ben Weatherstaff reveals that he too has been keeping a secret. Read by Natasha. WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN When his head was out of sight Colin turned to Mary. "Go and meet him," he said; and Mary flew across the grass to the door under the ivy. Dickon...

Read by Natasha And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles. In the robin's nest there were Eggs and the robin's mate sat upon them keeping them warm with her feathery little breast and careful wings. At first...

"LET THEM LAUGH" The secret garden was not the only one Dickon worked in. Round the cottage on the moor there was a piece of ground enclosed by a low wall of rough stones. Early in the morning and late in the fading twilight and on all the days...

The final chapter of our classic series is read by Natasha. CHAPTER XXVII IN THE GARDEN In each century since the beginning of the world wonderful things have been discovered. In the last century more amazing things were found out than in any...

Read by Natasha. "IT'S MOTHER!" Their belief in the Magic was an abiding thing. After the morning's incantations Colin sometimes gave them Magic lectures. "I like to do it," he explained, "because when I grow up and make great scientific discoveries...