Bestsellers
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Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s....
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Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
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Boy
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny....
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Listened and Read This a Few Times!
- By Dylan on 05-25-16
By: Roald Dahl
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Going Solo
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures! Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide travels, the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a plane accident....
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Live of a master, read beautifully
- By Bel on 06-04-16
By: Roald Dahl
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Knots in My Yo-Yo String
- By: Jerry Spinelli
- Narrated by: Matt Weisgerber
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli has penned his early autobiography with all the warmth, humor, and drama of his bestselling fiction....
By: Jerry Spinelli
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On My Way
- By: Tomie Depaola
- Narrated by: Tomie Depaola
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Tomie invites listeners to share in his childhood memories....
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The perfect story
- By Gretchen Barsch on 01-01-15
By: Tomie Depaola
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Gone to the Woods
- Surviving a Lost Childhood
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving listeners a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories....
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loving it...
- By LAF on 04-26-21
By: Gary Paulsen
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Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s....
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Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
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Boy
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny....
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Listened and Read This a Few Times!
- By Dylan on 05-25-16
By: Roald Dahl
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Going Solo
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures! Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide travels, the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a plane accident....
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Live of a master, read beautifully
- By Bel on 06-04-16
By: Roald Dahl
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Knots in My Yo-Yo String
- By: Jerry Spinelli
- Narrated by: Matt Weisgerber
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli has penned his early autobiography with all the warmth, humor, and drama of his bestselling fiction....
By: Jerry Spinelli
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On My Way
- By: Tomie Depaola
- Narrated by: Tomie Depaola
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Tomie invites listeners to share in his childhood memories....
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The perfect story
- By Gretchen Barsch on 01-01-15
By: Tomie Depaola
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Gone to the Woods
- Surviving a Lost Childhood
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving listeners a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories....
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loving it...
- By LAF on 04-26-21
By: Gary Paulsen
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Thomas Paine and His Common Sense
- Author and Thinker | American Revolution | Grade 4 Biography | Children's Biographies
- By: Dissected Lives
- Narrated by: Frank Block
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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During the heat of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine created and distributed a pamphlet of Common Sense. What was written in that pamphlet? Why did Thomas Paine call it Common Sense? This inspiring historic book features the life and times of Thomas Paine....
By: Dissected Lives
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Who Was Dr. Seuss?
- Who Was...?
- By: Janet Pascal
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books-like his classic The Cat in the Hat....
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awesome listening!
- By Blue Stanley on 12-18-22
By: Janet Pascal
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Who Is Jeff Kinney?
- By: Patrick Kinney
- Narrated by: Ramón de Ocampo
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Even when he was a kid, everyone thought Jeff Kinney was talented. People loved his drawings, and when he went to college his comic strip, Igdoof, was so popular it spread to other universities....
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loved it
- By Anonymous User on 01-04-23
By: Patrick Kinney
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Who Is J. K. Rowling?
- By: Pamela D. Pollack, Meg Belviso
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J. K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter....
By: Pamela D. Pollack, and others
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How Angel Peterson Got His Name
- And Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Wacky, daring, just plain nuts - extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new stories from Gary’s boyhood....
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YES YES YES
- By Paul or Teresa Jackson on 06-04-23
By: Gary Paulsen
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Storybook Life
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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From the big woods of Wisconsin to the Indian country of the Great Plains, new adventures and landscapes filled the rich childhood of Laura Ingalls Wilder. On a frontier steeped in both danger and great possibility, Laura would grow up to witness firsthand the rapid transformation of the West....
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A must have for any little house fan.
- By YHWHsHesed on 05-08-15
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Knucklehead
- Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka
- By: Jon Scieszka
- Narrated by: Jon Scieszka
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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How did Jon Scieszka get so funny, anyway? Growing up as one of six brothers was a good start, but that was just the beginning. Throw in Catholic school, lazy summers at the lake, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, jokes told at family dinner, and the result is Knucklehead....
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It was goated because of the characters
- By Amazon Customer on 10-18-23
By: Jon Scieszka
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Who Was William Shakespeare?
- By: Celeste Mannis
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world's most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in London, where his work eventually thrived and made him a famous and wealthy man....
By: Celeste Mannis
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Rise!
- From Caged Birds to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
- By: Bethany Hegedus, Colin Johnson
- Narrated by: Cherise Booth
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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This glorious biography of Maya Angelou’s life - from her traumatic childhood through her work as a freedom fighter and her triumphant rise as a poet - is a powerful tribute to a phenomenal woman....
By: Bethany Hegedus, and others
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What Was the Harlem Renaissance?
- What Was?
- By: Sherri L. Smith, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Tashi Thomas
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In this book from the number one New York Times best-selling series, learn how this vibrant Black neighborhood in upper Manhattan became home to the leading Black writers, artists, and musicians of the 1920s and 1930s....
By: Sherri L. Smith, and others
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Who Was Mark Twain?
- By: April Jones Prince
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit....
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Very good
- By H Family on 06-01-23
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Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
- By: Patricia Brennan Demuth
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them....
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Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History
- By: Vashti Harrison, Kwesi Johnson
- Narrated by: Cary Hite, J. D. Jackson, Vashti Harrison
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Vashti Harrison shines a bold, joyous light on black men through history....
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Black History Moment
- By Regina Davis on 02-19-20
By: Vashti Harrison, and others
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March Forward, Girl
- From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
- By: Melba Pattillo Beals PhD
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions....
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Entire book
- By DevoN Thornton on 04-29-24
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Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World
- By: Vashti Harrison
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History comes the highly anticipated follow-up, a beautifully illustrated collectible detailing the lives of women creators around the world....
By: Vashti Harrison
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26 Fairmount Avenue
- What a Year!
- By: Tomie Depaola
- Narrated by: Tomie Depaola
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Tomie celebrates his sixth birthday in style, dresses up as Snow White for his first Halloween....
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Excellent audio entertainment ages 6 and up
- By Anonymous on 01-02-09
By: Tomie Depaola
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Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers
- Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Gary Paulsen
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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An experienced Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen brings his love of the sport to readers on a personal level in this intimate essay about the life of a litter of pups born to pull sleds....
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I Love Gary Paulsen
- By Deziderata on 09-22-12
By: Gary Paulsen
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26 Fairmount Avenue, Books 1 and 2
- 26 Fairmount Avenue; Here We All Are
- By: Tomie Depaola
- Narrated by: Tomie Depaola
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In a heartwarming first-person account, dePaola retells his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy....
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Bruh.
- By Pjmorris on 02-19-23
By: Tomie Depaola
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Star Child
- A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
- By: Ibi Zoboi
- Narrated by: Ibi Zoboi, Robin Miles
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood....
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Short and sweet
- By Etoile NEOhio on 09-24-23
By: Ibi Zoboi
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The Poem Forest
- Poet W. S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Forest He Grew from Scratch
- By: Carrie Fountain
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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With hope and lyricism, this enchanting story reveals how famed US Poet Laureate and ecologist W. S. Merwin planted nearly three thousand palm trees on his property in Hawaii, leaving as his legacy a wild space for everyone....
By: Carrie Fountain
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Writers
- Their Lives and Works
- By: DK, James Naughtie
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Explore the fascinating lives and loves of the greatest novelists, poets, and playwrights. From William Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Gabriel García Márquez and Toni Morrison, Writers explores more than 100 biographies of the world’s greatest writers....
By: DK, and others
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The Bard and the Book
- How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion
- By: Ann Bausum
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Ann Bausum
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The unlikely true story of why we know the name William Shakespeare today, and the four-hundred-year-old book that made it possible....
By: Ann Bausum
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Playwrights and Authors
- Ladybird Audio Adventures
- By: Ladybird
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Original Recording
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On this adventure, we're entering the world of performance, where we'll learn about different literary legends throughout history! We'll meet William Shakespeare at work at the Globe Theatre, and go behind the scenes of the amazing musical, Hamilton. Let's take to the stage....
By: Ladybird
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Who Was Langston Hughes?
- Who Was?
- By: Billy Merrell, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Find out how a young boy from the Midwest became one of the most important writers and activists of the Harlem Renaissance in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series....
By: Billy Merrell, and others
New releases
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R.L. Stine: Author with a Flair for Scare
- Movers, Shakers, and History Makers
- By: Martha London
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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R. L. Stine has written hundreds of children's books, including the scary, creepy Goosebumps series. His books have inspired TV shows and movies. Learn more about Stine's life as a famous writer!
By: Martha London
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Amanda Gorman
- Biographies
- By: Jehan Jones-Radgowski
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 7 mins
- Unabridged
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How much do you know about Amanda Gorman? Find out the facts you need to know about this impressive young poet. You’ll learn about the childhood, challenges, and accomplishments of this rising star.
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The Bard and the Book
- How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion
- By: Ann Bausum
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Ann Bausum
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Four hundred years ago, no one bothered to write down the exact words of stage plays. Characters’ lines were scribbled on small rolls of paper (as in, an actor’s role) and passed around, but no master script was saved for the future. The main reason we’ve heard of Romeo, Juliet, Hamlet, and Shakespeare himself is that a group of people made the excellent choice to preserve the plays after the Bard died. If they hadn’t created the book known as the First Folio, Shakespeare and his works would surely have been lost to history.
By: Ann Bausum
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Stan Lee: Get to Know the Comics Creator
- People You Should Know
- By: Cristina Oxtra
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Stan Lee is one of the most influential people in the comic book world. The memorable heroes he created, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, and Daredevil, helped build Marvel Comics into the publishing powerhouse we know today.
By: Cristina Oxtra
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Go Forth and Tell
- The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
- By: Breanna J. McDaniel
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Before Augusta Braxton Baker became a storyteller, she was an excellent story listener. Her grandmother brought stories like Br’er Rabbit and Arthur and Excalibur to life, teaching young Augusta that when there’s a will, there’s always a way. When she grew up, Mrs. Baker began telling her own fantastical stories to children at the 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library in Harlem. But she noticed that there were hardly any books at the library featuring Black people in respectful, uplifting ways.
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Who Was Langston Hughes?
- Who Was?
- By: Billy Merrell, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston went on to become a talented writer in high school, creating dramatic plays, poetry, and articles for the school paper. His career as a writer would continue to blossom. Langston pioneered Jazz Poetry and published nearly twenty poetry books during his lifetime as well as novels, books for children, nonfiction books, and plays.
By: Billy Merrell, and others
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R.L. Stine: Author with a Flair for Scare
- Movers, Shakers, and History Makers
- By: Martha London
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
R. L. Stine has written hundreds of children's books, including the scary, creepy Goosebumps series. His books have inspired TV shows and movies. Learn more about Stine's life as a famous writer!
By: Martha London
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Amanda Gorman
- Biographies
- By: Jehan Jones-Radgowski
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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How much do you know about Amanda Gorman? Find out the facts you need to know about this impressive young poet. You’ll learn about the childhood, challenges, and accomplishments of this rising star.
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The Bard and the Book
- How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion
- By: Ann Bausum
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins, Ann Bausum
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Four hundred years ago, no one bothered to write down the exact words of stage plays. Characters’ lines were scribbled on small rolls of paper (as in, an actor’s role) and passed around, but no master script was saved for the future. The main reason we’ve heard of Romeo, Juliet, Hamlet, and Shakespeare himself is that a group of people made the excellent choice to preserve the plays after the Bard died. If they hadn’t created the book known as the First Folio, Shakespeare and his works would surely have been lost to history.
By: Ann Bausum
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Stan Lee: Get to Know the Comics Creator
- People You Should Know
- By: Cristina Oxtra
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Stan Lee is one of the most influential people in the comic book world. The memorable heroes he created, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, and Daredevil, helped build Marvel Comics into the publishing powerhouse we know today.
By: Cristina Oxtra
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Go Forth and Tell
- The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
- By: Breanna J. McDaniel
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Before Augusta Braxton Baker became a storyteller, she was an excellent story listener. Her grandmother brought stories like Br’er Rabbit and Arthur and Excalibur to life, teaching young Augusta that when there’s a will, there’s always a way. When she grew up, Mrs. Baker began telling her own fantastical stories to children at the 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library in Harlem. But she noticed that there were hardly any books at the library featuring Black people in respectful, uplifting ways.
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Who Was Langston Hughes?
- Who Was?
- By: Billy Merrell, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston went on to become a talented writer in high school, creating dramatic plays, poetry, and articles for the school paper. His career as a writer would continue to blossom. Langston pioneered Jazz Poetry and published nearly twenty poetry books during his lifetime as well as novels, books for children, nonfiction books, and plays.
By: Billy Merrell, and others