Biography & Memoir Audiobooks

Beware of Purple Bears!: Ask Arizona

Eleven-year-old Taurai Moyo's wire cars are all the rage in Zimbabwe.

Lissa Rovetch (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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How I Survived a Valentine Mishap: Ask Arizona

China! Natasha Yim tells of her experiences of watching dragon races in Hong Kong. Discover the art of a handwriting technique called calligraphy. How is silk made? Discover the women who make silk by hand in Hotan, China. Learn how people in China honor their loved ones who have gone before them. Stories by Natasha Yim, Linda Petrucelli, Gary Hoff, Josanne LaValley, and Christine Liu Perkins.

Lissa Rovetch (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Keeping Fit at the White House

Teddy Roosevelt loved being physically active and liked to go on strenuous walks, which he called "scrambles."

Michael L. Cooper (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Making Wire Cars

Eleven-year-old Taurai Moyo's wire cars are all the rage in Zimbabwe.

Cecil Dzwowa (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Laugh With Lincoln

Our sixteenth President was famous for playing pranks, making jokes, and telling riddles.

Gale Sypher Jacob (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Making Movies

Interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Includes information about how he became a documentary filmmaker and how he researches his subjects.

Marty Kaminsky (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Marian's Revolution

This world-class opera singer faced and fought racial discrimination.

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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A Touch of Genius

Distinguished sculptor Michael Naranjo "sees" with his hands.

Highlights For Children (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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George Washington, "a Splendid Horseman"

This biographical sketch traces a young George Washington's development into a skilled horseman.

Nancy Humphrey Case (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Folklore All Around Us

Some of our most popular games rhymes and crafts have been handed down through hundred of years.

Robin Hansen (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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O Captain, My Captain

Dramatic, lyrical, and beautiful, O Captain, My Captain tells the story of one of America's greatest poets and how he was inspired by one of America's greatest presidents. Whitman and Lincoln shared the national stage in Washington, DC, during the Civil War. Although the two men never met, Whitman often saw Lincoln's carriage on the road. The president was never far from the poet's mind, and Lincoln's "grace under pressure" was something Whitman returned to again and again in his poetry. Whitman witnessed Lincoln's second inauguration and mourned along with America as Lincoln's funeral train wound its way across the landscape to his final resting place. This recording includes the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" and an excerpt from "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," as well as brief bios of Lincoln and Whitman, a timeline of Civil War events, endnotes, and a bibliography.

Robert Burleigh (Author), Chris Lutkin, David Bendena (Narrator)

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Había una vez mexicanas que hicieron historia

Aguza el oído y sabrás los secretos de las mujeres más talentosas y temerarias, curiosas, rebeldes y emprendedoras de México, que se atrevieron a romper el molde. Desobedecer puede ser una buena idea. Ser ordenada siempre es lindo y poderoso, claro, pero salirse del huacal vuelve interesantes las cosas cuando los mandatos son aburridos, cuando no nos dejan movernos a nuestras anchas, sobre todo cuando dañan nuestra alma. En esos casos hay que inventarse oportunidades propias para hacer descubrimientos y brillar como diamantina. Las mujeres de este libro se han reunido para contarte cómo le hicieron, cuánto buscaron hasta salirse con la suya. Porque la curiosidad no mata al gato. Las féminas, chicas y grandes, siempre terminan averiguando maneras para abrirse paso, aunque el camino esté lleno de piedritas. Mexicanas que hicieron historia: Laura Esquivel|Alondra de la Parra|Amalia González Caballero|Ana Gabriela Guevara|Aurora Reyes Carmen Serdán|Carmen Victoria Félix|Elena Garro|Elisa Acuña|Elvia Carrillo Puerto|Esperanza Brito de Martí|Esther Chapa|Eulalia Guzmán|Frida Kahlo|Graciela Iturbide|Hermila Galindo Acosta|Josefa OrtIz de Domínguez|Juana Belem Gutiérrez|Juana Cata|Karla Wheelock|La China Poblana|La Adelita|La Güera Rodríguez|La Malinche|Las Patronas de Veracruz|Laureana Wright de Kleinhans|Leona Vicario|Leonora Carrington|Lila Downs|Lola Beltrán|Lola Álvarez Bravo|Lucha Reyes|Lupita Tovar|Luz González Cosío de López|Lydia Cacho|Macuilxochitzin|Margarita Maza|María Izquierdo|María del Pilar Roldán|María Antonieta Rivas Mercado|María Félix|María del Refugio García|Matilde Montoya|Matilde Rodríguez Cabo|Nahui Ollin|Raquel Dzib Cicero|Rosario Castellanos Rosario Ibarra de Piedra Salma Hayek Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Fa Orozco, Fatima Orozco, Pedro Fernández, Pedro J. Fernández (Author), Fa Orozco, Fa Orozco Gina Jaramillo, Gilberta Mendoza Salazar, Gina Jaramillo (Narrator)

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