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Our Authors – Live!

Congratulations! You have landed on the single most exciting page of our entire Web site! There’s nothing like closing your eyes and having someone read you a story. But when that someone is a young author, a lot like you, reading a story he or she wrote, it’s extra special. To listen to the recorded stories, you will need the program RealPlayer, which you can download for free if you don’t already have it. Happy listening!

Featured story from the current issue
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Eliza Putnam reads “Summer Days”

(May/June 2009)

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Favorite recordings from past issues
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Alison Buick reads “To Be a Swan”

(March/April 2009)

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Andrew Lee reads “The Forgotten Fort”

(January/February 2009)

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Hugh Cole reads “Flynn”

(November/December 2008)

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Aja Corliss reads “A Sliver of Moonlight”

(September/October 2008)

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Bonnie Leigh Cruser reads “Our Morning”

(July/August 2008)

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Rie Maeda reads “Ashie”

(January/February 2008)

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Alexis Colleen Hosticka reads “Trek to the Peak”

(November/December 2007)

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Colin Johnson reads “Moonbeams into Eternity”

(September/October 2007)

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Natalie Schuman reads “JuJu”

(July/August 2007)

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Elle Davis reads “Isabelle”

(March/April 2007)

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Meg Bradley reads “A Different Kind of Lullaby”

(January/February 2007)

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Annakai Hayakawa Geshlider reads “Makoto, the Turtle Boy”

(September/October 2006)

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Veronica Engler reads “The Last Dragon”

(September/October 2005)

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Casey Tolan reads “The Thief of Bubastis”

(January/February 2005)

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Molly Dektar reads “Elf Hat”

(November/December 2004)

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Philip Grayeski reads “Red Comet”

(March/April 2004)

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Natalie Wittenbrook reads “Wolf Hunter”

(January/February 2004)

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Alyssa Fowers reads “Silver”

(November/December 2003)

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Julian March reads “A Lasso for Adagio”

(September/October 2003)

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Marley Powell reads “The Mystery of Cats”

(May/June 2003)

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Andrew Shannon reads “Rosalino’s Dog”

(March/April 2002)

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Arielle Gorin reads “Memoirs of a Soldier”

(September/October 2001)

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Allison Stadd reads “A Treasure”

(March/April 2001)

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