Biography & Memoir Audiobooks

China Homecoming is the incredible true story of award-winning author Jean Fritz’s childhood in China. Speaking Chinese, Jean felt welcome when she revisited China. Memories of her childhood washed over her as she visited her old home and the British School she had attended. Both had changed just as history had changed her hometown of Wuhan, but listeners will be moved at what it meant to Jean when she was declared an honorary citizen. “An intriguing fusion of autobiography, history, and travelogue…A personal, and finally, moving book. It is also a vivid portrait of a developing nation and a reminder that history is people who live through events and then go on.”—Booklist

Jean Fritz (Author), Susan Boyce (Narrator)

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Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua

Award-winning illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings to life debut author Gloria Amescua's lyrical biography of an indigenous Nahua woman from Mexico who taught and preserved her people's culture through modeling for famous artists A 2022 Pura Belpré Award Author Honor Book She was Luz Jiménez, child of the flower-song people, the powerful Aztec, who called themselves Nahua— who lost their land but who did not disappear. As a young Nahua girl in Mexico during the early 1900s, Luz learned how to grind corn in a metate, to twist yarn with her toes, and to weave on a loom. By the fire at night, she listened to stories of her community’s joys, suffering, and survival, and wove them into her heart. But when the Mexican Revolution came to her village, Luz and her family were forced to flee and start a new life. In Mexico City, Luz became a model for painters, sculptors, and photographers such as Diego Rivera, Jean Charlot, and Tina Modotti. These artists were interested in showing the true face of Mexico and not a European version. Through her work, Luz found a way to preserve her people's culture by sharing her native language, stories, and traditions. Soon, scholars came to learn from her. This moving, beautifully illustrated biography tells the remarkable story of how model and teacher Luz Jiménez became “the soul of Mexico”—a living link between the indigenous Nahua and the rest of the world. Through her deep pride in her roots and her unshakeable spirit, the world came to recognize the beauty and strength of her people. The book includes an author’s note, timeline, glossary, and bibliography.

Gloria Amescua (Author), Myra Vitela (Narrator)

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Child of the Dream (Turning 13 in 1963)

An incredible memoir from Sharon Robinson that follows her turning 13 years old in 1963--one of the most important years in American history for the civil rights movement! In January of 1963, Sharon Robinson turned thirteen the night before George Wallace declared on national television "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" in his inauguration for governor of Alabama. That was the start of a year that would become one of the most pivotal years in the history of America. As the daughter of Jackie Robinson, Sharon had incredible access to some of the most important events of the era, including her family hosting several fundraisers for Martin Luther King Jr. at their home in Connecticut, other Civil Rights heroes of the day calling Jackie Robinson for advice and support, and even attending the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs. But Sharon was also dealing with her own personal problems like going through puberty, being one of the only black children in her wealthy Connecticut neighborhood, and figuring out her own role in the fight for equality. This memoir follows Sharon as she goes through that incredible year of her life.

Sharon Robinson (Author), Sharon Robinson (Narrator)

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Chewing the Cud: An Unexpected Life from Farmyard to Hollywood

Best known for his best-selling novel, Babe, which was made into a major motion picture, Dick King-Smith draws on his over 14 years of experience on Woodlands Farm to create this thoughtful and humorous memoir. His time on the farm inspired countless stories as well as the numerous lovable characters found in them. In Chewing the Cud, he candidly talks about what moved him to become a children's author.

Dick King-Smith (Author), Dick King-Smith (Narrator)

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Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix

This third book in the Food Hero series features Chef Roy Choi, a “street cook” in Los Angeles whose “best good time” as a kid was family together, making food. Though he became an acclaimed chef, Roy Choi grew tired of working in fine restaurants and started up the Kogi food trucks in Los Angeles, where he could remix the tastes he loved on the streets where he lived - Korean BBQ in a taco. Once folks tasted the Kogi tacos, they lined up, all kinds of people talking and laughing together. Back on the streets, in the food trucks, opening cafes in old neighborhoods, Roy found his “best good time” remixing fast food, remixing neighborhoods, feeding hungry people, cooking up joy. This biography brims with passion and excitement and the happiness that comes from doing what you love while giving back.

Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee (Author), Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee, Man One (Narrator)

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Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin

An astonishing account of the assassination of America's most beloved and celebrated civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, by NY Times bestselling author, James L. Swanson. In his meteoric, thirteen-year rise to fame, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a mass movement for Civil Rights -- with his relentless peaceful, non-violent protests, public demonstrations, and eloquent speeches. But as violent threats cast a dark shadow over Dr. King's life, Swanson hones in on James Earl Ray, a bizarre, racist, prison escapee who tragically ends King's life. As he did in his bestselling Scholastic MG/YA books Chasing Lincoln's Killer and "THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SHOT!", Swanson transports readers back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American history.

James L. Swanson (Author), Kim Staunton (Narrator)

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Charles Mulli: We Are Family

When Charles Mulli was a child, his family repeatedly abandoned him, and he lived in fear of his abusive, alcoholic father. With an extraordinary will, the young Kenyan struggled to feed and educate himself and, encountering hope in the gospel, found a reason to live and to forgive. Later, as a multimillionaire and father of eight, the entrepreneur sold his businesses to devote himself to caring for street children throughout Kenya. Since 1989, Charles and his wife, Esther, have taken into their protection thousands of the most vulnerable through Mully Children's Family, revealing in the midst of brokenness God's astonishing redemptive power (1949 - ).

Janet And Geoff Benge (Author), Tim Gregory (Narrator)

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Charles Darwin

All his life, Charles Darwin hated controversy. Yet he takes his place among the Giants of Science for what remains an immensely controversial subject: the theory of evolution. Darwin began piecing together his explanation for how all living things change or adapt during his five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle. But it took him twenty years to go public, for fear of the backlash his theory would cause. Once again, Kathleen Krull delivers a witty and astute picture of one of history’s greatest scientists.

Kathleen Krull (Author), Tavia Gilbert (Narrator)

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Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood

From a beloved voice in children’s literature comes this landmark memoir of hope amid harrowing times and an engaging and unusual Holocaust story. With backlist sales of over 2.3 million copies, Uri Shulevitz, one of FSG BYR’s most acclaimed picture-book creators, details the eight-year odyssey of how he and his Jewish family escaped the terrors of the Nazis by fleeing Warsaw for the Soviet Union in Chance. It was during those years, with threats at every turn, that the young Uri experienced his awakening as an artist, an experience that played a key role during this difficult time. By turns dreamlike and nightmarish, this heavily illustrated account of determination, courage, family loyalty, and the luck of coincidence is a true publishing event. A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Uri Shulevitz (Author), Fred Berman (Narrator)

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Celine Dion

Norma Jean Lutz (Author), C. J. Critt, C.J. Critt (Narrator)

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CD9. Jos: Mi historia

CINCO CHICOS UNA BANDA MILLONES DE CODERS Audiolibro narrado por Jos. Pocas veces somos testigos del surgimiento de un fenómeno que traspase fronteras, y eso es en lo que Alan, Alonso, Bryan, Freddy y Jos se han convertido al dar vida a CD9. En esta primera parte, Jos nos habla de su vida personal, del momento bochornoso que tuvo en un concierto, de sus amigos de toda la vida y de su familia.

Cd9 (Author), Jos, Jos Canela (Narrator)

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CD9. Freddy: Mi historia

CINCO CHICOS UNA BANDA MILLONES DE CODERS Audiolibro narrado por Freddy. Pocas veces somos testigos del surgimiento de un fenómeno que traspase fronteras, y eso es en lo que Alan, Alonso, Bryan, Freddy y Jos se han convertido al dar vida a CD9. En esta primera parte, Freddy nos habla de su vida personal, del día que prendió el sillón de su abuelita, de su pesadilla con las matemáticas y las divisiones.

Cd9 (Author), Freddy, Freddy Levya (Narrator)

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