genre:"Children's Non-fiction"

This book gives an exciting account of Napoleon's rise to power. It opens with his humble beginning on the island of Corsica and ultimately …

Philosophy and Fun of Algebra

Read by Patricia Oakley

Mary Everest Boole

Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was born Mary Everest in England and spent her early years in France. She married mathematician George Boole.…

This Country of Ours, Part 7

Read by Kara Shallenberg

Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with acco…

A Book of Discovery

Read by Kristine Bekere

M. B. Synge

Telling the history of geographical discoveries, "Book of Discovery" is a record of splendid endurance, of hardships bravely borne…

The Elder Edda (Bray Translation)

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Sæmund Sigfusson

The Elder or Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems dating from the thirteenth century CE. Though no two translators or editors seem…

Discoverers and Explorers

Read by Laura Caldwell

Edward R. Shaw

Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry g…

The Story of the Romans

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H. A. Guerber

A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)

Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers

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J. Walker McSpadden

These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…

A Young Girl's Diary

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Anonymoustranslated Bycedar Paul

The diary of an upper middle class Austrian girl, this book describes her life between the ages of eleven and fourteen. It's a coming of age…

The Autobiography of an Electron

Read by Laura Victoria

Charles R. Gibson

"While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very im…

By Pond and River

Read by Laura Caldwell

Arabella B. Buckley

In By Pond and River, another of Arabella Buckley's wonderful science books for children, she explains the habitats of ponds and rivers, exp…

Kari the Elephant

Read by Adrian Praetzellis

Dhan Gopal Mukerji

The adventures of an Indian boy and his beloved elephant. Born near Calcutta, Mukerji won the Newbury Medal for children's fiction. (Summary…

Squirrels and Other Fur-bearers

Read by Laura Caldwell

John Burroughs

Squirrels and other Fur-Bearers, a collection of essays by American naturalist and essayist, John Burroughs, provides fascinating insight in…

True Stories from History and Biography

Read by Susan Morin

Nathaniel Hawthorne

In writing this ponderous tome, the author's desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals, in such…

The Adventures of a Grain of Dust

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Hallam Hawksworth

This charming book for children is full of interesting facts about all sorts of plants, insects, birds and animals and how they all help to …

Historical Tales, Vol III: Spanish American

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews

Volume III of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This third volume covers …

Children's Short Works, Vol. 016

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E. Nesbitt and Charles Dickens

LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 016: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

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