Historical Audiobooks

Gargling Gargoyles

A history of the gargoyles at the Washington National Cathedral in D.C. and a look at gargoyles through the ages.

Marjorie Sembert Flintom (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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The Girl Who Named Pluto

In 1930, an eleven-year-old schoolgirl named the newly discovered ninth planet.

Dennis Brindell Fradin (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Waking Up a President!

When President Warren G. Harding passes away, officials have to find a way to reach Vice President Calvin Coolidge and tell him the news.

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

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The Ants Come Marching

Benjamin Franklin's kitchen experiment showed that ants ask one another for help.

Marjorie J. Toal (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Thomas Jefferson Is Homesick

Thomas Jefferson was sent to Philadelphia for a debate and is forced to leave his family in Virginia.

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

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Waiting for Miss Liberty

The story of the Statue of Liberty--and the financial struggles that came with it.

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

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A Blessed Ride

A recounting of the first cowgirl to travel La Cabalgata de Cristo Rey in central Mexico.

Kessa Shipley (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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Stopping for Olympic Gold

John Woodruff ran in the summer Olympics of 1936 with a goal of winning the gold medal.

Angie Kay Dilmore (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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Exploring Machu Picchu, Lost City of the Incas

No one knows for sure whether Machu Picchu was a royal residence, a province capital for farming, or a sacred city.

Christy Hawes Zatkin (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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The First Christmas in Death Valley

Lost, hungry, and near death, this pioneer family celebrated Christmas on their way west in 1849.

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

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A Rough and Rugged Road

In the late 1800s Maggie Walker an African American community leader helped establish a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients a community center and an educational loan fund among other humanitarian projects. She was also the first woman in the United States to become founder and president of a chartered bank

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

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