Bib Ballads

Bib Ballads

LibriVox · Audiobook · 30 episodes

Ring Lardner is a typical parent when his first child is born, full of wonder and the rest of the usual emotions as he watches his little son grow. He wrote a series of 29 short poems on various facets of parenthood. (Summary by Jack Thro)

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Episodes

Foreword

Episode 0 · 1:40
Good-by Bill

Episode 1 · 2:19
A Visit from Young Gloom

Episode 2 · 2:07
An Appreciative Audience

Episode 3 · 1:36
Discipline

Episode 4 · 1:44
Inexpensive Guests

Episode 5 · 1:17
His Sense of Humor

Episode 6 · 1:52
Speech Economy

Episode 7 · 1:45
Welcome to Spring

Episode 8 · 1:45
Taste

Episode 9 · 1:35
Riddles

Episode 10 · 1:22
Hesitation

Episode 11 · 2:01
His Wonderful Choo-choos

Episode 12 · 2:10
Cousinly Affection

Episode 13 · 1:37
My Baby's Garden

Episode 14 · 2:01
Decision Reversed

Episode 15 · 1:28
The Grocery Man and the Bear

Episode 16 · 2:11
Coming Home

Episode 17 · 1:44
His Imagination

Episode 18 · 1:46
His Memory

Episode 19 · 1:39
Confession

Episode 20 · 1:30
His Lady Friend

Episode 21 · 1:22
Declaration of Independence

Episode 22 · 1:41
The Eternal Greeting

Episode 23 · 2:02
Guess Again

Episode 24 · 1:19
Nearly a Sinecure

Episode 25 · 1:32
The Heckuses

Episode 26 · 2:05
His Favorite Role

Episode 27 · 1:36
The Paths of Rashness

Episode 28 · 1:57
The New Plaything

Episode 29 · 1:23