Historical Audiobooks

These Shallow Graves

A wealthy family. A deadly secret. A young woman with more to lose than she knows. Josephine Montfort is from one of New York's oldest, most respected, and wealthiest families. Like most well-off girls of the Gilded Age, her future looks set - after a finishing school education, she will be favourably married off to a handsome gentleman, after which she'll want for nothing. But Jo has other dreams and desires that make her long for a very different kind of future. She wants a more meaningful and exciting life: she wants to be an investigative journalist like her heroine Nellie Bly. But when Jo's father is found dead in his study after an alleged accident, her life becomes far more exciting than even Jo would wish. Unable to accept that her father could have been so careless, she begins to investigate his death with the help of a young reporter, Eddie Gallagher. It quickly becomes clear he was murdered, and in their race against time to discover the culprit and his motive, Jo and Eddie find themselves not only battling dark characters on the violent and gritty streets of New York, but also their growing feelings for each other.

Jennifer Donnelly (Author), Kim Bubbs (Narrator)

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De Tlalpan (completo)

La vida de Bombsy y Bipsy ha sido larga y llena de aventuras. Al saber qué las felinas disponían de un poco de tiempo libre, el Comité Felino de Comunicaciones les dio la tarea de crear una serie de audios acerca de sus experiencias y memorias. Aunque al principio, Bombsy no estaba muy de acuerdo con agregar a su hermana a las grabaciones, un incentivo económico arreglo el dilema. Cuándo Bombsy pensó en algo de qué hablar, aparte de si misma, decidió comenzar con uno de sus temas favoritos - Tlalpan. En este audiocuento, podrás escuchar de viva voz la historia de la alcaldía de Tlalpan, desde el punto de vista disparatado de este dúo de hermanas. De Tlalpan, una historia de ficción gatuna excéntrica que Bombsy y Bipsy brindan para pasar un rato ameno.

Bipsy Tetonaktli, Bombsy Tetonaktli (Author), Bipsy Tetonaktli, Bombsy Tetonaktli (Narrator)

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Pledge of Allegiance

Children are taught to respect the symbols of America from their first day of school. The Pledge of Allegiance provides teachers an easy-to-read picture book explaining the creation, history, and meaning of the oath that represents loyalty to our nation.

Amanda Doering Tourville (Author), Ken Marlow (Narrator)

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Archaeopteryx

Learn about these animals that lived long ago and the nature of their environment.

Richard M. Gaines (Author), Alice Rea (Narrator)

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Coelophysis

Learn about these animals that lived long ago and the nature of their environment.

Richard M. Gaines (Author), Alice Rea (Narrator)

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El Juramento de Lealtad / The Pledge of Allegiance

The Pledge of Allegiance: Poem of Patriotism is a story of some students who are struggling with the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance. Even though they say it everyday, they are not quite sure what they are saying. With the help of their teachers and parents, the children soon learn what the pledge means and what it symbolizes about freedom in America.

Stephanie Macceca (Author), Teacher Created Materials (Narrator)

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World War II: Battle of Normandy

Two American World War II veterans, who served together as officers in a prisoner of war camp, talk with their granddaughters about their experiences in the Battle of Normandy. The story takes the reader back in time to the battle where two German soldiers are captured and a surprising bond is formed.

Dorothy Sugarman (Author), Teacher Created Materials (Narrator)

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Fishers Then and Now

Fishers have provided food for thousands of years. Long ago, fishers had to fish close to land and used simple fishing tools such as knives, hoes, and spears. With the use of modern boats and fishing equipment, today’s fishers fish far out in the ocean and catch a large variety of fish for market.

Lisa Zamosky (Author), Teacher Created Materials (Narrator)

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Mac Saves the World

The Queen of England calls on her trusty spy, Mac B., once again. This time, Mac must navigate secret tunnels beneath the Berlin Wall in order to retrieve cheat codes from a Soviet scientist. Floppy disk in hand, our hero finds himself trapped in East Germany, stuck between the wall and the Stasi. How will he escape? Well, it is 1989, and walls do fall down.

Mac Barnett (Author), Mac Barnett (Narrator)

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Todos Iguales / All Equal: Un corrido de Lemon Grove / A Ballad of Lemon Grove

This bilingual audiobook shares the empowering true story of the 1931 Lemon Grove Incident, in which Mexican families in southern California won the first school desegregation case in United States history. Starred review, Booklist Starred review, School Library Journal Starred review, Publishers Weekly Best Books for Children 2019, New York Public Library Best of the Best Books 2019, Chicago Public Library 2020 Orbis Pictus Recommended Title, National Council of Teachers of English Ten-year-old Roberto Álvarez loved school. He, his siblings, and neighbors attended the Lemon Grove School along with the white children from nearby homes. The children studied and played together as equals. In the summer of 1930, the Lemon Grove School Board decided to segregate the Mexican American students. The board claimed the children had a 'language handicap' and needed to be 'Americanized.' When the Mexican families learned of this plan, they refused to let their children enter the new, inferior school that had been erected. They formed a neighborhood committee and sought legal help. Roberto, a bright boy who spoke English well, became the plaintiff in a suit filed by the Mexican families. On March 12, 1931, the case of Roberto Álvarez v. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District was decided. The judge ruled in favor of the children's right to equal education, ordering that Roberto and all the other Mexican American students be immediately reinstated in the Lemon Grove School. This nonfiction bilingual audiobook, written in both English and Spanish, tells the empowering story of The Lemon Grove Incident--a major victory in the battle against school segregation, and a testament to the tenacity of an immigrant community and its fight for equal rights.

Christy Hale (Author), Lori Felipe-Barkin (Narrator)

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Far To Go

Margaret Thursday, the unforgettable heroine of Thursday’s Child stars in this classic children’s adventure from Noel Streatfeild, the beloved author of Ballet Shoes. When Margaret Thursday lands a role as a child actress at a well-known London theatre, becoming famous almost overnight, news of her success reaches her bitter enemy, the matron of her old orphanage. Margaret knows that Matron is set on revenge, but she keeps her head held high, focusing on the play. But Matron’s evil plans are well prepared, and Margaret is going to need her wits about her – and the help of her friends – if she is to escape unharmed…

Noel Streatfeild (Author), Lucy Scott (Narrator)

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What Was the March on Washington?

On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s. The March is brought to life in this audiobook!

Kathleen Krull (Author), Shayna Small (Narrator)

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