Children's Non-fiction

The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book

by Jane Eayre Fryer Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Mary Frances is a little girl whose Aunt Maria intends to teach her to knit and crochet, but she's very strict and demanding. It's a good th…

Carpenter's World Travels

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.2
A travelogue through the countries of France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden for young and old alike. Interesting big cities a…

Our Little Austrian Cousin

by Florence E. Mendel Read by Julia Niedermaier 5
In this volume I have endeavored to give my young readers a clearer and a more intimate knowledge than is usually possessed of the vast terr…

Stories of the Fire Brigade

by Frank Mundell Read by Steve C 4.5
The stories presented here have been collected from reports of actual incidents responded to by various fire brigades with examples from bot…

The Children's Book of Birds

by Olive Thorne Miller Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Children's Book of Birds combines under a single cover the First and Second Books of Birds, originally published in 1899 and 1901 respec…

Harper's Young People

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction an…

Wood Folk at School

by William J. Long Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The unique merit of this nature student rests in his fascinating style of writing, which invariably interests young and old; for without thi…

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…

Romulus

by Jacob Abbott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface t…

Harper's Young People

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…

The Christmas Tree

by Anonymousandalice Maude Kellogg, Anonymous And Alice Maude Kellogg and William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Christmas Tree by Anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 19, 2010This…

Harper's Young People

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…

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…

Sea Stories for Wonder Eyes

by Mary Earle Hardy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Water is fascinating! Which child is not delighted by the sea shore, by rivers, even by puddles in the street? This little book explains to …

History of Japan

by Helen Ainslie Smith Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A simplified history of the country of Japan, from ancient Prehistoric times to the late 19th century, written chiefly in words of one sylla…

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)

Harper's Young People

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…

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 …

Our Feathered Friends

by Elizabeth Grinnell Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This volume displays the romance of birds in beautiful prose and dialog in simple language for children and adults alike. Written by a moth…

Deeds of Daring done by Girls

by Hannah Hudson Moore Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.8
Do not think, dear girls, that because you are girls you may not have as much courage as your brothers. I believe that quite as stout hearts…

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