The White Heron–a Classic Children's Story by Sarah Orne Jewett

This tale flips the traditional "boy meets girl" fairy-tale narrative by introducing a strong-willed nature loving girl who puts her own desires and beliefs ahead of those of a young man she meets in the woods. The child of a rural family doctor in Maine, Sarah Orne Jewett was writing short stories professionally from age 18. Most of her work was purchased by The Atlantic magazine, with the glaring exception of "The White Heron." The story went of the become the title piece of her first book and her most popular story. Heya grownups! It’s me, the Readastorus! I looove sharing stories to your awesome kids—but guess what? My very good friend Don (he’s not a dinosaur, but he’s still pretty cool) has a story podcast just for YOU! It’s called LitReading —and it’s full of amazing old-timey tales by famous human writer-folks! Spooky ones! Funny ones! Think bedtime stories… for grown up kids! So when the kids are all tucked in—or running around in circles—search for LitReading wherever you find podcasts. Tell Don I sent ya! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The White Heron–a Classic Children's Story by Sarah Orne Jewett is an episode from Readastorus - Classic Children's Stories by Don McDonald.

This episode is 27:33 long.

This episode was published on Nov 13, 2025.

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