A Book on Books: The Ten Stories that have the Answers to almost Everything
By F.H. Gilbert
Length4h 30m
About this audiobook
Some books tell stories. Others quietly reveal truths about life, waiting until you are ready. Many of us meet them too late. We read The Alchemist at forty and wish we had read it at fourteen. We return to The Little Prince or The Giving Tree and realise they explain love in ways we once missed.
A Book of Books exists so children do not have to wait.
It brings together ten timeless works, each presented through its characters, journey, and three clear life lessons drawn from the author’s words. It offers enough insight to spark understanding and enough depth to lead readers to the original texts with open hearts.
Featured titles include The Little Prince, The Alchemist, Siddhartha, The Prophet, and others.
This is not a replacement. It is a doorway.
Written by a parent, it guides children early through ideas many adults spend years discovering. For those still growing, and for those who never stopped.
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length4 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1© 2026 F. H. Gilbert
26Richard Bach
2A note from the author
27The Flock
3And then I read The Alchemist.
28Chiang — The Elder Gull
4THE LITTLE PRINCE
29Three life lessons
5Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
30THE PROPHET
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6The Rose
31Kahlil Gibran
7The Fox
32The journey
8Please. Draw me a sheep.
33Three life lessons
9THE ALCHEMIST
34THE SECRET GARDEN
10Paulo Coelho
35Theme: Healing, the power of attention, and nature as the oldest teacher
11Santiago
36Colin Craven
12Melchizedek — The King of Salem
37And something begins.
13The Alchemist
38Dickon Sowerby
14The journey
39The Robin
15Three life lessons
40Mary arrives at Misselthwaite Manor in the dark.
16Because in that moment, everything reverses.
41Father and son look at each other across the garden.
17THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE
42Three life lessons
18Ages: 6 and above — and every age above that, without exception
43SIDDHARTHA
19The Mole
44Hermann Hesse
20The Fox
45Govinda
21The Horse
46And yet.
22The journey
47Kamala
23Three life lessons
48Kamaswami
24Three words. And yet.
49Vasudeva — The Ferryman
25JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL
50The River
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