Discover the Best Audio Stories in Kids, Non-fiction

Walden by Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369713 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369713] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walden by Henry David Thoreau Author: Henry David Thoreau Narrator: Kennedy Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 1.5 of Total 4 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: Originally published in 1854, Walden; or, Life in the Woods, is a vivid account of the time that Henry D. Thoreau lived alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. It is one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature. This new paperback edition-introduced by noted American writer John Updike-celebrates the 150th anniversary of this classic work. Much of Walden's material is derived from Thoreau's journals and contains such engaging pieces as 'Reading' and 'The Pond in the Winter' Other famous sections involve Thoreau's visits with a Canadian woodcutter and with an Irish family, a trip to Concord, and a description of his bean field. This is the complete and authoritative text of Walden-as close to Thoreau's original intention as all available evidence allows. For the student and for the general reader, this is the ideal presentation of Thoreau's great document of social criticism and dissent.

Becoming Kid Quixote: A True Story of Belonging in America by Stephen Haff, Sarah Sierra

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374768 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374768] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming Kid Quixote: A True Story of Belonging in America Author: Stephen Haff, Sarah Sierra Narrator: Kyla Garcia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: A young readers’ companion to the adult memoir Kid Quixotes by Stephen Haff. Narrated by one extraordinary ten-year-old girl, this inspiring memoir tells the story of a daughter of Mexican American immigrants who finds her voice through the power of words and performance of Cervantes’ Don Quixote. When a shy girl named Sarah Sierra first joins an after-school program in her neighborhood, she never expects to travel back in time and discover the words of Miguel de Cervantes. But at Still Waters in a Storm, a teacher named Stephen and a group of kids have pushed together tables piled high with books so they can gather round to talk about and translate Cervantes’ classic, Don Quixote de La Mancha. They begin to reimagine Don Quixote—the story of an idealistic dreamer from Spain who traveled around trying to right the world’s wrongs—as the story of a group of modern-day kids from immigrant families in Brooklyn. The stories the kids write in class become a musical play—expressing the plight of today’s immigrants and using Quixote as inspiration. And Sarah, once very shy, soon will play the leading role as Kid Quixote. Perfect for fans of I Am Malala, Dear America, and The Freedom Writers Diary, this stirring true story will inspire you to imagine, to speak up, and to sing out.

Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing by Cokie Roberts, Tonya Bolden

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381208 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381208] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing Author: Cokie Roberts, Tonya Bolden Narrator: Prentice Onayemi, Lisa Renee Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 5 minutes Release date: February 11, 2020 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: ''A wide-ranging collection of speeches and a worthwhile resource for students of American history.'' —Booklist ''A golden celebration of the multicultural voices who demand the U.S.—and the world—do better.'' —Kirkus ''An important addition to American history collections.'' —School Library Journal Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing is a collection of significant speeches, made both by those who held the reins of power and those who didn’t, at significant times in American history. Read the original words—sometimes abridged and sometimes in their entirety—that have shaped our cultural fabric. Introductions by acclaimed writer Tonya Bolden provide historical context and critical insights to the meaning and impact of every speech. Illustrations by award-winning artist Eric Velasquez illuminate what it was really like at each moment in history. This collection includes the following: - Patrick Henry, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” - George Washington, Farewell Address - Red Jacket, “We Never Quarrel about Religion” - Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” - Sojourner Truth, “I Am a Woman’s Rights” - Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address - Theodore Roosevelt, “Citizenship in a Republic” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself” - Lou Gehrig, “Farewell to Baseball” - Langston Hughes, “On the Blacklist All Our Lives” - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, “We Choose to Go to the Moon” - Martin Luther King, Jr., “I Have a Dream” - Fannie Lou Hamer, “I Question America” - Cesar Chavez, Address to the Commonwealth Club of California, 1984 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” Strong Voices includes a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author and celebrated journalist Cokie Roberts, as well as a timeline in the back of the book, along with letters to the reader from Tonya Bolden and Eric Velasquez. Strong Voices is a tremendous introduction to the extraordinary words spoken in history. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381160 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381160] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Iggy Series: #1 of Iggy Author: Annie Barrows Narrator: Kate Reinders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 5 minutes Release date: January 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Ivy + Bean comes a hilarious new series featuring a high-energy, lovable troublemaker. Meet 9-year-old Iggy Frangi. He's not a bad kid, he's really not. Okay, so he's done a few (a few is anything up to 100) bad things. And okay, he's not very sorry about most of them. People make a big deal about nothing. What's a little pancake here and there? Is that something to get mad about? Iggy doesn't think so. No one got hurt, so there's no problem. No one got hurt except for that one time, that one time when the Best Idea Ever turned into the Worst Idea of All Time. Iggy is sorry he did it. He is really, really, really sorry. 'For what?' you might ask. 'What did he do?' Well, you'll have to read the book to find out. Things Iggy will NOT do in this book: Be the most polite kid ever. Play the cello. Think before acting. Learn a lesson. Regret his actions. (Most of them, anyway.)

The Peacock Detectives by Carly Nugent

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381207 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381207] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Peacock Detectives Author: Carly Nugent Narrator: Candice Moll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street and Waiting for Normal, this charming middle grade mystery is full of heart, humor, and more than a few surprises. Eleven-turning-twelve-year-old Cassie is an expert Peacock Detective. Her sharp eye for details is why the Hudsons from across the street call her every time their pet peacocks wander away. But there are some things even the greatest Peacock Detective can’t figure out, like why her best friend is so angry lately; why her older sister is cutting her hair off; or why her parents are acting like they don’t know each other anymore. Cassie is an expert at solving things. But what’s a master detective to do when her whole world is changing, and all the answers are out of reach?