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Help Choose the Next Storytime Book
We’re getting closer to the end of The Adventures of Pinocchio , and I’d like your help choosing what I should read next for Storytime with Brian. Select the story you’d most like to hear. Voting closes Sunday, November 8, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Arizona time. You’ll be able to see the current results after voting. Loading… If the poll doesn’t appear above, open the voting form here . Thanks for helping me choose our next story!
Storytime with Brian #9 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapter 22)
Storytime with Brian #9 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapter 22) In this episode of Storytime with Brian, Brian reads Chapter 22 of The Adventures of Paddy Beaver. Attribution and source notes Story source: The Adventures of Paddy Beaver by Thornton W. Burgess, originally published in 1917. The text is in the public domain in the United States and was sourced from Project Gutenberg. Opening and closing music: “Gentle Nightfall Vol. 6” — Pixabay Music Background ambience: “Nature British Woods Ambient No…
A New Look for BD Crowell
It has been a while since I gave this site a real overhaul. The last major redesign moved BDCrowell.com away from an old, non-responsive theme and made it usable on phones and tablets. That was an important change, but the site has continued to grow since then. Stories, artwork, videos, book information, and a handful of ongoing projects had accumulated in different corners, and the design no longer did a very good job of showing how they fit together. So I went back through it page by page. Before: the previous homepage had served the site…
Storytime with Brian #8 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 19–21)
Storytime with Brian #8 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 19–21) In this episode of Storytime with Brian, Brian reads Chapters 19–21 of The Adventures of Paddy Beaver. Attribution and source notes Story source: The Adventures of Paddy Beaver by Thornton W. Burgess, originally published in 1917. The text is in the public domain in the United States and was sourced from Project Gutenberg. Opening and closing music: “Gentle Nightfall Vol. 6” — Pixabay Music Background ambience: “Nature British Woods A…
Storytime with Brian #7 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 16–18)
Storytime with Brian #7 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 16–18) In this episode of Storytime with Brian, Brian reads Chapters 16–18 of The Adventures of Paddy Beaver. Attribution and source notes Story source: The Adventures of Paddy Beaver by Thornton W. Burgess, originally published in 1917. The text is in the public domain in the United States and was sourced from Project Gutenberg. Opening and closing music: “Gentle Nightfall Vol. 6” — Pixabay Music Background ambience: “Nature British Woods A…
Storytime with Brian #6 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 13–15)
Storytime with Brian #6 - The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (Chapters 13–15) In this episode of Storytime with Brian, Brian reads Chapters 13–15 of The Adventures of Paddy Beaver. Attribution and source notes Story source: The Adventures of Paddy Beaver by Thornton W. Burgess, originally published in 1917. The text is in the public domain in the United States and was sourced from Project Gutenberg. Opening and closing music: “Gentle Nightfall Vol. 6” — Pixabay Music Background ambience: “Nature British Woods A…
