Tomie invites listeners to share in his childhood memories....

Tomie celebrates his sixth birthday in style, dresses up as Snow White for his first Halloween....

Jesse James left behind his legendary outlaw life to raise a family. But the lure of his bank-robbing past was too difficult for him to resist....

In A Book of Abraham Lincoln, all the pertinent facts of the life, times, and importance of the 16th president of the United States are presented in a simple, straightforward program....

These simple, clear biographies of remarkable women provide an excellent starting point for children beginning history studies....

From her life as a slave child who was whipped for stealing a lump of sugar, to her role as a leader in the Underground Railroad, and as a nurse and spy during the Civil War, Harriet Tubman lived a fascinating life....

An informative introduction to a prominent American leader, A Book of Thomas Jefferson covers his accomplishments and the events that impacted his decisions as a statesman....

Describes the history of rap music and the hip-hop culture....

Using primary source materials to enhance the text, this book tells the provocative story of the Connecticut colony and its first inhabitants....

The earliest settlers in this region were confronted by food shortages, conflicts with native tribes, and the difficulties of settling a new land with little support....

The Massachusetts colony would be the first to organize and unite with other colonies, and one of the first to take a stand when troubles developed with England....

Though troubled by border disputes with Massachusetts and wars with Native American tribes, New Hampshire was settled by merchants and disgraced ministers....

The story of New Jersey spans its time as home to a variety of Native American tribes to an area coveted by many, and finally to its modern-day status as the Garden State....

From the discovery of the island of Manhattan and the founding of a tiny Dutch trading village, the history of the colony of New York is traced through primary source documents....

In this volume, learn about the resulting troubled relations with the Native Americans in that area, Bluebeard's piracy, and the colonist's rebellion against England....

In 1681, King Charles II granted William Penn, a Quaker, sole proprietorship of more than 450,000 acres of land....

Using primary source documents to enhance a lively text, this is a vivid account of the story behind the foundation of Rhode Island and the independent spirit of those who settled there....

This compelling audiobook provides the background and history of this colony, which would become a major factor in the American Revolutionary War and later the Civil War....

After Sir Walter Raleigh failed in his attempt to found a settlement at Roanoke, a colony on the Chesapeake Bay was successfully established....

Returning to Roanoke in 1590 after a three-year absence, Governor John White was shocked to find all of the colonists gone....

Abigail Adams' vision of equality and justice informed and inspired the first rumblings of equal rights for women....

This Newbery Honor Book - from a three-time Newbery Honor author - paints an indelible portrait of the prairie president....

In the summer of 1879, the young writer Robert Louis Stevenson received a telegram from America....

This audiobook gives biographical and science-related information, examining the life of Albert Einstein and his knowledge of physics....

Almost Astronauts is the story of 13 true pioneers of the space age....

Introduces the travels and discoveries of some famous explorers who crossed deserts, sailed seas, scaled mountains, and flew uncharted skies....

Mount Vernon, located near Alexandria, Virginia, was the plantation home of the first president of the United States, George Washington....

After being defeated at Germantown and Brandywine, Pa., George Washington and his army of 11,000 men spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge....

The true story of At-mun, African prince, captured by slave traders and sold at auction in Massachusetts....

In this fictionalized journal, Anastasia Romanov lives again....

Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from Indonesia to Kenya, he has held on to Hope....

This is the dramatized story of how one of the wisest men in American history dedicated his long life to the wild and wonderful ideas that created a free America....

This biography of Betsy Ross is a window not only into the life of a proud and courageous woman, but also into the early days of our nation....

Listen to the dramatic story of how a young seamstress in Philadelphia created the first American flag....

Introduces the wold of blook-sucking animals, esamining how and why they suck blood, and discussing historical and modern medical uses for such creatures....

This exciting and informative audiobook introduces listeners to the most fascinating boy heroes of all time....

Describes the history and different types of bridges including arch bridges, suspension bridges, trestle bridges, and cantilever bridges. Some well-known bridges are highlighted....

Recounts the story of wartime photography, from the first use of cameras on the battlefield through the war in Vietnam....

Provides an overview of the history of castles, with an emphasis on famous castles of the Middle Ages....

This biography of the soulful superstar follows through her success in her own country and on to her heartbreaking emigration from Cuba and into worldwide stardom....

Profiles Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers, focusing on his advocacy for Mexican Americans and farm workers and his nonviolent fight for justice....

The life of labor leader Cesar Chavez and the boycotts he led to gain for working conditions for farmworkers....

Deborah Heligman's new biography of Charles Darwin is a thought-provoking account of the man behind evolutionary theory: how his personal life affected his work and vice versa....

This fast-paced thriller tells the story of the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives a day-by-day account of the wild chase to find this killer and his accomplices....

Learn about the Cold War with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds. For nearly half of the 20th century, the two most powerful countries in the world were also two great enemies....

A biography of Colin Powell, who overcame poverty and prejudice to become a four-star general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of State through hard work....

Follow an errand boy through colonial Boston as he spreads word of rebellion....

Describes the history of comic books and comic book publishing, including information on the beginnings of the Superman and Spiderman comics....

Here is the dramatized story of how the son of a slave became the first man to die for freedom in the American Revolution....

David Beckham - the world-famous soccer star, celebrity, and sports icon - has joined the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team....

An astute and agile leader, Davy Crockett would come of age during the Creek Wars, and die a hero at the battle of the Alamo in Texas....

This audiobook introduces young readers to the Declaration of Independence and the important men involved in creating it....

This fictional telling of Franklin's role gives readers insight into his thoughts and emotions during dramatic times....

Historias dramatizadas en audio para ni?os de todas las edades. Con estas historias aprenderas sobre Louis Pasteur, Madam Curie y otros grandes cientificos....

Historias dramatizadas en audio para ni?os de todas las edades. Con estas historias aprenderas sobre Alejandro Graham Bell, Tomas Alba Edison, los hermanos Wright, y mas....

An acclaimed biographer for children, Jonah Winter brings historical figures to life for young listeners. Here he turns his talents to jazz legend John Birks Dizzy Gillespie....

Surveys the life of First Lady Dolly Madison, wife of the fourth president, who was renowned as a hostess, a lady of fashion, and a heroine of the War of 1812....

New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement that later became New York City....

Almost anything scares young Eleanor: mice, the dark, and a host of imaginary dangers....

Describes the life and work of U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt....

This audiobook tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the South....

A biography of author, speaker, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, focusing on his childhood in a Nazi concentration camp....

Describes the life and career of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton....

Elizabeth Cady Stanton tirelessly wrote, petitioned, and lectured on behalf of securing equality for women in the workplace, in schools, and within America's legal system....

In the 19th century, American women weren't allowed to own property, go to college, or even vote. Unwilling to suffer this injustice, Stanton gathered like-minded people to change these rules....

Plagued with some sort of cold or fever or bizarre aches and pains for much of her life, Emily thought the dizziness and stomachaches at the start of her senior year were just another bout of Emily flu....

Tells the story of the shipwreck of the Edurance in a sea of ice en route to Antarctica, and the amazing survival of all 28 members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition....

Nothing could hold him! He was the Escape King! He was The Great Houdini....

The controversial founder of Vermont, Ethan Allan's story unfolds on the backdrop of 18th-century life in the New England frontier....

Young people will be absorbed in this story about a Genoese-born navigator who sailed to Newfoundland in command of a British ship in 1497....

Students will learn how the Strait of Magellan got its name in this book about the man who began life as a page in King John's court and became one of the most famous explorers of all time....

Guided only by legendary stories and unfinished 15th-century maps, Henry Hudson set out to search for the sea route through what was thought to be a polar passage to Asia....

This audiobook mixes pirates, riches, and adventure with issues of slavery and the tumultuous politics of Elizabethan England to create a book that is as informative as it is colorful....

The biographies of these four great Americans are essential learning for any student of American history....

If she could find four perfect pebbles of almost exactly the same size and shape, it meant that her family would remain whole. Mama and papa and she and Albert would survive Bergen-Belsen....

Francis Marion earned the nickname the Swamp Fox from a British colonel who all too often lost track of Marion when the clever soldier made stealthy retreats into American swamp lands....

Frederick Douglass was the foremost American abolitionist of the 19th century....

The course of slavery is depicted, beginning with the ships sailing from Africa on the notorious Middle Passage and continuing through the Civil War....

A biography of the Civil War general known for his part in the disastrous battle at the Little Big Horn in 1876....

This biography traces the life of George Washington from his early life as a surveyor to his retirement at Mount Vernon, with special emphasis on his activities during the American Revolutionary War....

George Washington Carver began life as a slave in the tumultuous world of pre - Civil War Missouri. After the war, the orphaned Carver worked while pursuing an education....

Tells the life story of George Washington, the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and the first president of the United States....

Chris Crowe investigates the before-and-aftermath of the Emmett Till murder, as well as the dramatic court trial, and places it into the context of the nascent Civil Rights Movement....

This concise yet informative Leonardo da Vinci bio presents a vivid and highly accessible portrait of a true renaissance man....

Author Amelie Welden was inspired to write this story when she learned of the many young women who made their mark on history before the age of 20....

Dramatized audio stories on the lives of Robert E. Lee, Johnny Appleseed, Sacagawea and others will inspire children as they learn about history....

Dramatized audio stories on inspiring characters of history. This work includes Sojourner Truth, John Newton, Hudson Taylor and Eleanor Roosevelt....

These dramatized audio stories bring to life a variety of character-building historical and contemporary episodes that will entertain your family for hours....

The Old West comes alive as listeners relive the famed gunfight at the O.K. Corral....

Describes the life of Hellen Keller, a blind and deaf woman, who became an author and advocate for the blind....

Through this audio you will learn about Columbus, the pilgrims, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright brothers and many other characters of history....

Historias dramatizadas en audio para ni?os de todas las edades tomadas de la historia mundial....

Historias dramatizadas en audio para ni?os de todas las edades tomadas de la historia mundial....

Highlights inventions and inventors throughout history and discusses why people invent and the steps in the inventive process....

This audiobook tells the story of how Isaac Newton developed the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation....

Krull details Newtona??s lonely childhood, his education, and his sometimes tumultuous relationship with contemporaries....

This audiobook tells the life story of Jackie Robinson and his pro baseball career....

This audiobook tells the story of animal scientist, Jane Goodall....

Tells the life story of animal scientist Jane Goodall....

This Up Close biography tells the story of how a demure young woman from London went to Africa and changed the world....

Jim Bowie's resilience and fortitude at the Alamo earned him the admiration of his fellow Texans, and, after his death, his legend would grow and serve as inspiration for generations to come....

A naval hero in the American Revolution, John Paul Jones's story merges with another story, that of the birth and growth of the American navy....

Experience 20 great moments in American history. Journeys for Freedom weaves an enchanting tapestry of U.S. history for children of all ages....

Experience important moments in history with 20 young Americans....

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is known for being one of the greatest orators of the 20th Century, and perhaps in all of American history....

Discusses ancient Egyptian customs and beliefs regarding death and the afterlife, the process of mummification, and the legend of a mummy's curse....

Part memoir, part scrapbook, this hilarious trip down memory lane provides a unique glimpse into the formation of a creative mind and a free spirit....

A biography profiling the life of biking great, Lance Armstrong, and details they story of his racing career and his diagnosis and fight against cancer....

Lang Lang started learning to play the piano when he was three years old in Shenyang, China....

Profiles some of baseball's present and past superstars who are from Spanish-speaking countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico....

A biography discussing the life of basketball player LeBron James....

This work is perhaps the most complete and enjoyable children's book ever written about one of the nation's most fascinating and important figures, Abraham Lincoln....

Discusses the history of Hmong people before, during, and after the Vietnam War, and the adaptation and transition for those who moved for a life in the United States....

This audiobook tells the story of Louis Pasteur's invention of the pasteurization process and the effects of this invention on the spread of disease....

This audiobook tells the story of Marie Curie's discovery of radium and radioactivity....

A leader in American victories against the British in the American Revolutionary War, Lafayette also championed the Americans' cause at peace talks in France....

This audiobook follows Mendel's life and work as he led the way for a torrent of new scientific understanding - and enabled the works of future scientific luminaries....

Dmitri Mendeleyev gave science one of its most important discoveries when he published his periodic table of elements....

Tells the story of basketball superstar Michael Jordan, from his youth to his highly successful professional career, which includes six NBA titles and numerous records and awards....

A biography describing the early life and golfing success of Michelle Wie....

This audiobook by four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Jerry Pinkney, makes the story of Harriet Tubman's childhood accessible to very young readers....

Historias dramatizadas en audio para ni?os de todas las edades. Estas historias relatan las valiosas experiencias de misioneros valientes en la historia de la humanidad....

The dramatized story of how a teenage girl in pigtails, carrying only a pitcher, was the true winner in America's vital victory in the Battle of Monmouth....

Nathan Hale was an American patriot and soldier. Educated at Yale, he volunteered for service in the Continental Army at the outbreak of the war for independence....

The dramatized story of how a young American officer sacrificed his life to safeguard George Washington's fight for freedom....

This audiobook follows Newton's life and work as he led the way for a torrent of new scientific understanding and the works of future scientific luminaries....

From rampaging pirates to raunchy monarchs, Oh Yikes! has thrilling stories to spare about history's wildest, scariest moments....

Blind since the age of three, Louis Braille wanted to be able to read. He spent every spare moment punching holes in paper with a stylus until, by the age of 15, he had invented his own alphabet....

Follow frontiersman and politician Davy Crockett as he embarks on his historic journey to San Antonio, Texas, to defend the Alamo....

Discusses the job and encounters that a paramedic may experience. Also includes the history of the profession, along with the different levels of training involved....

The book explores Henry's role in shaping the American Bill of Rights once independence had been achieved....

Through this audio you will learn about Albert Schweitzer, George Muller, Florence Nightingale Clara Barton, Louis Pasteur and many other characters of history....

Like many of his contemporaries, Paul Revere was not only a businessman and family man, but also a soldier and spy....

Here is the dramatic story of how Paul Revere's historic ride sparked the American Revolution for freedom from King George of England.....

Historias dramatizadas en audio para ni?os de todas las edades. Estas historias ilustran el valor, dedicacion y fe de personas que a pesar de la adversidad lograron el exito....

Phillis Wheatley kidnapped into slavery from Senegal as a child. She soon showed intellectual promise, eventually shocking a room of scholars by translating Ovid at age 14....

This extraordinary book tells the true story of one of the most remarkable accidents in human history....

Learn about the development of photography with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds....

This audiobook focuses on the Quakers in early America, and the hardships they faced for their religion and the important document that protected them....

Learn about the Renaissance period with iMindsJNR audio-learning series for younger minds....

Robert Fulton's failure as a painter led to one of the most important technological advances of the industrial age: the steamboat....

Major Robert Rogers codified colonial military strategies into a document, known as Standing Orders, and put these principles to practice in many battles, campaigns, and scouting....

Sacagawea was a Shoshone Indian woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition in their exploration of the Western United States....

For 25 years, middle-grade readers have been moved by this telling of Sadako Sasaki's spirited battle with leukemia....

One of the leaders and founders of Texas, Sam Houston confronted all of the prevailing issues of his day....

While many European explorers headed south in search of gold and spices, Samuel de Champlain spent his life in North America....

This work tells the story of how Samuel Morse developed a working telegraph in 1844 that changed the way people communicated....

Coup had always dreamed of a circus life - tightrope-walking elephants, bearded ladies, and lion tamers galore....

This audiobook introduces the history of the Spanish missions that were set up in the southwestern United States....

Discuss the history of spying from biblical times to the present, types of spying, tools spies use, and the personal qualifications and training of spies....

This audiobook describes the history of St Augustine, the oldest city in the U.S....

Jackson fought poverty and sadness, rising to become one of the most extraordinary figures in American military history....

In a time where thousands pushed westward to find their fortune, Stephen Austin went west to found a colony....

From Washington's childhood, through his days as a soldier and general, to his inauguration as the first president of the United States, this biography captures his life....

Honest Abe, The Great Emancipator, The Martyr: Abraham Lincoln was perhaps America's greatest president....

Thanks to his monumental accomplishments, Albert Einstein's name is synonymous with genius....

When he lived, Franklin's work touched the lives of every person in the new United States of America; some 300 years later, he continues to fascinate, amaze, and inspire....

More than a century after her birth, Eleanor Roosevelt remains one of the most admired women the world has ever known....

Frances E. Ruffin explores this inspiring figure in all his complexity, and captures the hardships, prejudice, and violence Frederick Douglass endured as he fought for justice....

First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen - and first in the minds of schoolchildren, who learn about George Washington as soon as they begin studying American history....

With his seemingly impossible escapes and incredible feats of illusion, Harry Houdini lived a life so fantastic that it seems almost too amazing even for fiction....

Although John Fitzgerald Kennedy's presidency lasted less than three years before an assassin's bullet killed him in Dallas, Texas, he had a lasting impact upon the world....

What is looked upon as an American dream for white people has long been an American nightmare for black people....

Victoria Garrett Jones tells Marian Anderson's remarkable story, from Philadelphia's poorest neighborhood to the world's finest concert stages....

I have a dream. Those rousing words, spoken by Martin Luther King, Jr. at an historic civil rights rally in Washington, D.C., brought hope to those who listened....

She just wouldn't get up - and with that simple, courageous act Rosa Parks struck a blow against injustice....

It wasn't until December 17, 1903, on the windy dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, that the age-old dream of human flight finally came true....

The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. That was Thomas Edison's philosophy....

One of the great thinkers of all time, Thomas Jefferson helped shape America in its early years, and his ideas continue to inspire us today....

A tale of personal courage and dedication, all set against a backdrop of perhaps the harshest environment on earth....

Some say he was the greatest warrior in history, building an empire that extended from Europe to Africa and on to India and Central Asia....

An unforgettable autobiographical tale of survival during World War II....

Perhaps more than even Washington, Jefferson, or Adams, Ben Franklin is the Founding Father who best exemplifies the authentic American spirit and values....

He remained firmly in the center of the action and at the center of controversy. That's what made General George S. Patton America's most colorful military leader....

Sterling North, author of the award-winning children's classic Rascal, tells the tale of the Father of Our Country and how he became one of the greatest leaders of all time....

Jay Williams captures all the tragedy and pathos of the fearless country girl who was finally recognized as a saint herself....

Colorful characters, a larger-than-life hero, stirring battles, death-defying desert treks, and an adventure rich in mystery and romance, are all depicted by a great writer....

Seldom given the credit she deserves, Sacajawea is one of America's true heroines. Without her help, the Lewis and Clark Expedition would never have succeeded....

The Klondike gold rush, which occurred between 1896 and 1899, was one of the strangest outbreaks of gold fever ever to take place....

Based on a true story originally written by one of the survivors, Neta Lohnes Frazier's account of seven children traveling westward still has the power to astonish....

C.S. Forester, creator of the beloved Horatio Hornblower series, takes young readers on an exciting adventure to the shores of Tripoli in North Africa....

The Bismark was the greatest warship ever built, with guns so powerful and accurate it could destroy an enemy ship while safely staying outside the line of fire....

This audiobook tells the story of how Steve Wozniak developed the personal computer....

When three heroic men traveled aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft bound for the moon, the entire world sat glued to their TVs in suspense. But few knew just how much it took to get that far....

Before Teddy Roosevelt earned his reputation as a strong, masculine hunter, explorer, and Rough Rider, he actually endured a sickly childhood....

This is the heroic story of America's fight for freedom from King George of England, including the military genius, the unbeatable spirit, and rugged leadership of George Washington....

Examines the birth, rise, and fall of the Aztec empire; its cultural practices and religous beliefs, including human sacrifice; and the Spaniards' eventual overthrow of the Aztecs....

Witness Revere's desperate and dangerous attempt to alert Revolutionary leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams and the people of Massachusetts of the imminent arrival of British forces....

Discusses the events of the conflict between northern and southern states in the mid-19th century, a war in which more than one million men died or were wounded....

Pocahontas played a pivotal role in the New World, but the powerful pull between her tribe and the new settlement on Virginia's shores took its toll....

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The Egyptian News delivers late-breaking stories about ancient Egypt....

Poland, 1940. The Russian army invades the beautiful city streets of Vilna. Soldiers storm 10-year-old Esther Rudomin's house and arrest her entire family....

Award-winning author Jim Murphy whisks you back in time to witness the disastrous 1871 Chicago fire....

The Great Fire of 1871 was one of the most colossal disasters in American history - with damage so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again....

Rising from poverty-stricken Louisville in the 1950s, Muhammad Ali became one of the world's greatest athletes....

Relates the story of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, from their founding to the present, highlighting notable players as well as their humanitarian efforts....

Recalls the history of the Iditarod dogsled race, including some of its greatest mushers and dogs, and explains how teams and volunteers prepare for and run this famous Alaskan race....

Discusses the success in the sport of football that Archie, Peyton, Eli, and Cooper Manning have had....

In a poor village in northern China, a small boy is about to be taken away from everything he's ever known. He is so afraid, but his mother urges him to follow his dreams....

A lyrical biography of a Cuban slave who escaped to become a celebrated poet....

George Washington and many other Americans saw that this new country needed central government to keep peace at home - and gain respect abroad....

David Kherdian re-creates his mother's voice in telling the true story of a childhood interrupted by one of the most devastating holocausts of our century....

This audiobook introduces important events in American history and explains how The Star Spangled Banner came to be....

Here is a condensed biography of the courageous and respected founder of the U.S. Navy....

Here is Henrietta Marshall's entertaining biography of this larger than life personality. She takes us through Napoleon's colorful life, from military campaigns to his solitary end on Elba....

Riding on the immortal words of this classic folksong, take a delightful journey inside the train cars, following the City of New Orleans from Chicago to Louisiana....

Dramatized audio stories about Abraham Lincoln, starting with his birth to the time of his election as the President of the United States of America....

This Series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and The Great War (World War I)....

This Series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and The Great War (World War I)....

This Series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and The Great War (World War I)....

This Series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and The Great War (World War I)....

This Series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and The Great War (World War I)....

This Series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and The Great War (World War I)....

This Series, in seven parts, tells the story of America from the earliest founding through the days of Woodrow Wilson and The Great War (World War I)....

This work tells the story of Thomas Edison's involvement in the development of the incandescent light bulb....

This audiobook tells the life story of President Thomas Jefferson, who authored the Declaration of Independence....

British-born Thomas Paine came to Philadelphia in 1774. He clearly heard the colonists' cries for liberty. They stirred his own political philosophy and ideals for freedom....

Relates true stories of treasure hunters, discussing the tools they use, secret codes that have led to treasures, laws and regulations regarding treasure hunting....

Learn about the history of the US Constitution with iMindsJNR audio-learning series for younger minds....

Oprah Winfrey has been called the Queen of All Media for good reason....

The dramatized story of how two shivering young soldiers kept America's hopes alive during the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge....

Traces the lives and tennis careers of Venus and Serena Williams, sisters who turned professional at age 14 and rose to the top of women's tennis while maintaining a strong family bond....

This audiobook explores the events connected with the conflict between the U.S. and England in the early 19th century....

Dr. William Edward DuBois pioneered the science of sociology. His detailed long-range study of an African American community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the first of its kind....

Charles Ives, a great 20th-century composer, expressed through songs what he heard in the world....

For 20 years, Cynthia Rylant's story of childhood in the Appalachian Mountains has been an enduring favorite....

As 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery....

Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life, told in a fun, engaging way that clearly explores the world he lived in and changed....

Amelia Earhart was a woman of many firsts. In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean....

In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl....

You want girl power? Meet Annie Oakley! Born in 1860, she became one of the best-loved and most famous women of her generation....

As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting useless experiments....

Called the Great Pathfinder, Daniel Boone is most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky....

For a long time, the main role of First Ladies was to act as hostesses of the White House...until Eleanor Roosevelt came along....

With curled lip, swiveling hips, and greased pompadour, Elvis changed popular music forever, ushering in the age of rock and roll....

When Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519, he believed he could get to the Spice Islands by sailing west through or around the New World....

Throughout her long life (she died at the age of 92) and long after the Civil War brought an end to slavery, this amazing woman was proof of what just one person can do....

Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks....

At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it....

Although his presidency was cut short, our nation's youngest elected leader left an indelible mark on the American consciousness and now is profiled in our Who Was...? series....

Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple trees to the midwest....

This audiobook explains the life and times of this ancient Egyptian ruler, covering the story of the tomb's discovery, as well as myths and so-called mummy curses....