Kayray Reads to You

Welcome to the “Kayray Reads to You” Podcast!

Hi, I’m Kayray and I love to read out loud. In this podcast, I’ll read to you from some of my very favorite kids’ books. I’d rather read than edit, so I don’t edit my recordings; you get to hear the mistakes and everything (there aren’t usually very many). Just pretend I’m right there reading you a bedtime story! :)

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(January 2012)

Frog and Toad are Friends, by Arnold Lobel. You’ve got to buy or borrow a copy of the book so you can see the pictures!
Frog and Toad are Friends

(December 2011)

A New year’s Eve bonus: a German translation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas:
Wie der Grinch Weihnachten gestohlen hat

Also: a video recording of How the Grinch stole Christmas:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Something new for December! Well, actually, once again it’s something old. But that’s ok. I love this book and I always re-read it around Christmastime.

The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper
Pt1, Ch1 – Midwinter’s Eve
Pt1, Ch2 – Midwinter Day
Pt1, Ch3 – The Sign-Seeker
Pt1, Ch4 – The Walker on the Old Way
Pt2, Ch1 – Christmas Eve
Pt2, Ch2 – The Book of Gramarye
Pt2, Ch3 – Betrayal, Part 1
Pt2, Ch3 – Betrayal, Part 2
Pt2, Ch4 – Christmas Day, Part 1
Pt2, Ch4 – Christmas Day, Part 2
Pt3, Ch1 – The Coming of the Cold
Pt3, Ch2 – The Hawk in the Dark
Pt3, Ch3 – The King of Fire and Water
Pt3, Ch4 – The Hunt Rides
Pt3, Ch5 – The Joining of the Signs

(August 2011)
Haven’t managed to do much recording lately, so here’s an older recording from my personal archives: “By The Great Horn Spoon!” by Sid Fleischman. It takes place during the California gold rush right where I used to live. I’ve been to lots of the towns they mention. Hope you like it!

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18

(May 2011)
Bonus video: The Little Engine that Could http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUQPKM-fJEw

New book! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl. Who doesn’t love this story? And it’s one of the few books that has a movie version that doesn’t wreck the story entirely. I am speaking of the 2005 movie, which I like a lot; let us not mention the 1971 version, which I loathe…

104 Charlie, Ch. 1 and 2
105 Charlie, Ch. 3, 4, 5
106 Charlie, Ch. 6, 7, 8
107 Charlie, Ch. 9, 10, 11
108 Charlie, Ch. 12 and 13
109 Charlie, Ch. 14 and 15
110 Charlie, Ch. 16 and 17
111 Charlie, Ch. 18, 19, and 20
112 Charlie, Ch. 21 and 22
113 Charlie, Ch. 23 and 24
114 Charlie, Ch. 25 and 26
115 Charlie, Ch. 27 and 28
116 Charlie, Ch. 29 and 30

(April 2011)
A new book is ready for you! “The Cricket in Times Square”, by George Selden, is a lovely little story about a very musical cricket.

(March 2011)
The Talking Parcel is finished! It’s a fun story, written by the famous naturalist Gerald Durrell, about three children who travel to the Land of Mythologia and help to quell the Cockatrice uprising. You’ll meet Unicorns, Gryphons, Mermaids, and a very charming Toad named Ethelred.

(January 2011)
The Four-Story Mistake, by Elizabeth Enright. Sequel to “The Saturdays”, which you can find if you scroll down.

Many Moons, by James Thurber (A wonderful short story with a King, a Princess, three foolish wise men and a wise fool.)

(December 2010)

A Child’s Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas

(October 2010)

Potato Talk (a picture book), by Ennis Rees

63 Potato Talk

The Apple Stone, by Nicholas Stuart Gray

(September 2010)
And now, Half Magic, by Edward Eager. If you like this one, be sure to read all of Edward Eager’s “Magic” books!

Half Magic:
Episode 43 (Half Magic Ch.1 How it Began)
Episode 44 (Half Magic Ch.2 What Happened to their Mother)
Episode 45 (Half Magic Ch.3 What Happened to Mark)
Episode 46 (Half Magic Ch.4 What Happened to Katharine)
Episode 47 (Half Magic Ch.5 What Happened to Martha)
Episode 48 (Half Magic Ch.6 What Happened to Jane)
Episode 49 (Half Magic Ch.7 How it Ended)
Episode 50 (Half Magic Ch.8 How it Began Again)

(July 2010)
Next is “Absolute Zero” by Helen Cresswell. This is one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. It’s the second book in the wonderful Bagthorpe Saga.

Absolute Zero:
Episode 10 (Absolute Zero 1a)
Episode 11 (Absolute Zero 1b)
Episode 12 (Absolute Zero 2a)
Episode 13 (Absolute Zero 2b)
Episode 14 (Absolute Zero 2c)
Episode 15 (Absolute Zero 3a)
Episode 16 (Absolute Zero 3b)
Episode 17 (Absolute Zero 4a)
Episode 18 (Absolute Zero 4b)
Episode 19 (Absolute Zero 5a)
Episode 20 (Absolute Zero 5b)
Episode 21 (Absolute Zero 6a)
Episode 22 (Absolute Zero 6b)
Episode 23 (Absolute Zero 7a)
Episode 24 (Absolute Zero 7b)
Episode 25 (Absolute Zero 8a)
Episode 26 (Absolute Zero 8b)
Episode 27 (Absolute Zero 9a)
Episode 28 (Absolute Zero 9b)
Episode 29 (Absolute Zero 10a)
Episode 30 (Absolute Zero 10b)
Episode 31 (Absolute Zero 11a)
Episode 32 (Absolute Zero 11b)
Episode 33 (Absolute Zero 12a)
Episode 34 (Absolute Zero 12b)
Episode 35 (Absolute Zero 13a)
Episode 36 (Absolute Zero 13b)
Episode 37 (Absolute Zero 14a)
Episode 38 (Absolute Zero 14b)
Episode 39 (Absolute Zero 14c)
Episode 40 (Absolute Zero 15a)
Episode 41 (Absolute Zero 15b)
Episode 42 (Absolute Zero 15c)

The first book I’ll read to you is “The Saturdays” by Elizabeth Enright. It’s the first book in a wonderful 4-book series about the Melendy Family: Mona, Rush, Randy, and Oliver, and of course Father, dear Cuffy and the furnaceman, Willy Sloper. I hope you like it as much as I do.

The Saturdays:
Episode 1 (The Saturdays, Chapter 1)
Episode 2 (The Saturdays, Chapter 2)
Episode 3 (The Saturdays, Chapter 3)
Episode 4 (The Saturdays, Chapter 4 part 1)
Episode 5 (The Saturdays, Chapter 4 part 2)
Episode 6 (The Saturdays, Chapter 5)
Episode 7 (The Saturdays, Chapter 6)
Episode 8 (The Saturdays, Chapter 7)
Episode 9 (The Saturdays, Chapter 8)