Children's Non-fiction

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!

Knights of Art

by Amy Steedman Read by Susan Morin 4.5
Knights of Art invites young listeners into the vibrant world of art and the lives of its most celebrated creators. Adapted from Giorgio Vas…

The Book of Art for Young People

by Agnes Ethel Conway Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.2
This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in th…

The Insect Folk

by Margaret Warner Morley Read by Laura Caldwell 4.8
Through delightful outings with her students, a teacher introduces her class to the fascinating world of insects. She encourages her student…

Peeps at Many Lands

by James Baikie Read by Sibella Denton 4.8
Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascina…

Young Folks' History of Germany

by Charlotte Mary Yonge Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
An entertaining history for "young folks", covering the history of Germany from the ancient tribes of pre-Roman times to Wilhelm I…

On The Seashore

by R. Cadwallader Smith Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
This gifted nature writer who is so good at describing animals and their habitat and habits here gives us a look at many of the fascinating …

Historical Tales

by Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews Read by Kalynda 4.2
Volume IV of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fourth volume covers …

Historic Girlhoods

by Rupert S. Holland Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Biographical sketches of ten girls who became famous before becoming women - some not even making it to womanhood. From Joan of Arc to Cathe…

The Story of Edison and The Wonders of Electricity

by Frank Mundell Read by Steve C 4.5
Despite not having attended conventional school for more than a few months during his childhood, Thomas Alva Edison received a good groundin…

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…

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 …

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 …

Leading Events in the History of the Church

by The Sisters Of Notre Dame Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The first volume in a series of Catholic Church history books written for children. Volume 1 covers the time period from after Our Lord's de…

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. …

The Story of the Thirteen Colonies

by H. A. Guerber Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.3
These short vignettes of American history are written for the young reader. Each one is a little capsule of a person or event. They run fr…

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…

Historical Tales

by Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews Read by Kalynda 4.5
Volume VII of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This seventh volume cover…

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…

Makers of Many Things

by Eva March Tappan Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.7
How are friction matches made? How do rags and trees become paper? Who makes the dishes on our tables? Published in 1916, this children's bo…

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