Children's Non-fiction

Stories That Words Tell Us

by Elizabeth O'Neill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.3
A history of English words, written for younger readers.Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms …

Hurlbut’s Bible Lessons

by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Hurlbut’s Bible Lessons offers a structured approach to understanding the Bible, designed for young adults and children. This comprehensive …

Little Pillows, or Good-Night Thoughts for Little Ones

by Frances Ridley Havergal Read by Jael Baldwin 4.6
Thirty-one little evening devotionals, simple enough for the child audience for which they were written, but also inspiring for adults needi…

Stories of Birds

by Lenore Elizabeth Mulets Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This volume contains stories, poems, myths, and facts about lots of different birds, intended for teaching children. It is divided into nine…

Good Stories for Great Birthdays

by Frances Jenkins Olcott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
"Here are over 200 stories celebrating 23 great birthdays of patriot-founders and upbuilders of the Republics of both North and South A…

The Principles of the Christian Religion

by Philip Doddridge Read by InTheDesert 5
The little verses now before the reader were written at the desire of my most worthy and honoured friend, the Reverend Mr. Clark of St. Alba…

Madam How and Lady Why

by Charles Kingsley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.1
Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book ha…

Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road from Long Ago to Now

by Jane Andrews Read by Virginia Neville
A children’s book that describes the life of ten boys in different historical time periods. The book shows the reader what the daily life of…

Beautiful Birds

by Edmund Selous Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
In this volume, Edmund Selous explains the beauty of birds to children. We meet some of the most beautiful birds in the world, and learn abo…

An Elementary Study of Insects

by Leonard Haseman Read by Jeffery 4.5
An overview of notable insect groups intended for the young reader. Focus is on economically important insects. (Summary by Jeffery Smith)

The Latch Key of My Bookhouse

by Olive Beaupre Miller Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
This is the final book in a six volume set of the "My Bookhouse" books. This final title in the series leaves off the format of th…

Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them

by Lina Beard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
You will find many interesting games and craft projects for children here. If you hear something interesting, following the link in the low…

Cats by the Way

by Sarah E. Trueblood Read by Jessica Louise 4.3
Between these pages you will find only the good, old-fashioned, every-day cat. No Angora or thoroughbred has been entered here, unless it be…

Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures

by Arabella B. Buckley Read by J. M. Smallheer 5
"The present volume is chiefly intended for those of my young friends who have read, and been interested in, The Fairyland of Science. …

Around the World with the Children

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.8
An introduction to world geography for young and old alike. Topics such as China, Japan, the American Indian, Europe and the oceans on a beg…

When They Were Children

by Amy Steedman Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Sketches about the childhood of many famous men and women, written just for children!

Sermons to Children

by Sabine Baring-Gould Read by MaryAnn 4.4
Twenty-three sermons where the truth to be taught is appended to a story as a Moral. Some of these sermons reflect the doctrines of infant …

The Wonders of the Jungle

by Sarath Kumar Ghosh Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
How do elephants drink? What is the Law of the Jungle at the water hole? How does an elephant baby learn to feed and learn to swim? How do t…

Pond And Stream

by Arthur Ransome Read by David Wales 4.3
This book is part of the author’s "Nature Books For Children" series (three books), which is probably the best indication of its t…

The Upward Path

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
From the preface of the book: "To the present time, there has been no collection of stories and poems by Negro writers, which colored c…

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