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Tyrantosaurus X: The Bullied Bite Back. In this story we meet Puddles and Squid (a. k. a. Ayeesha and Bowie), two lovable dinosaurs who, when confronted with a new breed of bullying dinosaur, take it upon themselves to help spread the word that bullying is not acceptable while helping the bullies to understand that what they are doing is wrong. Not just a story, this book contains many challenges. Before moving on to each section of the story, the...
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Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting and edifying audio recordings.
Enter the world of a slave, with all the pathos, brutal honesty, and striving of the heart to breathe free. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. During service to masters cruel and kind, he nevertheless learned to read and write. After suffering whippings, hunger, heat, cold, and grueling labor, he
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" 'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!'
Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck, and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written. When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Shipping as cabin boy on the Hispaniola, he sails with Squire Trelawney, Captain Smollett, Dr...
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Joan of Arc is Mark Twain's novel and was published as a complete work under his name in 1896. One finds a remarkably accurate biography of the life and mission of 'Joan of Arc' told by one of this country's greatest storytellers. The very fact that Mark Twain wrote this book and wrote it the way he did is a powerful testimony to the attractive power of the Catholic Church's saints. This is a book that really will inform and inspire.
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Return to the days of the Norman invasion of England and fight alongside a nobleman serving the last of England's Anglo-Saxon monarchs. Wulf of Steyning, a Saxon thane loyal to King Harold Godwinson, boldly captures a castle in the Welsh wars, risks his life to rescue his shipwrecked sovereign, and combats Norsemen at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Wulf and his comrades resolutely stand by King Harold in a series of adventures that climax at the Battle...
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G.A. Henty novels are highly researched as well as drawn from his first-hand experiences of people, places, and events. From 1413-1415 the butcher's guild, otherwise known as the "White Hoods" of Paris, kept that city in a state of near anarchy. With a mad king, a virtual civil war between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, and King Henry V of England claiming the French throne, there is plenty of opportunity for Guy Aylmer, a squire to Sir Eustace...
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Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She and her brothers, Ben and Henry, escaped from slavery on September 17, 1849. When her brothers later decided to return to slavery, she followed, but not for long for she soon escaped again. Once free, she brought refugees from slavery in Maryland to freedom in Canada. In the fall of 1851, Tubman returned for the first time since her escape to find her husband, John. She once declared "I had reasoned this out in...
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Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings. Twelve-year-old Peter Hulbert is left an orphan in Leyden, Holland, as the rest of the Pilgrim's sail for the New World. A merchant of the West India Company takes him to New Amsterdam as his servant. Here Peter's adventures begin in this historically accurate tale of life in old New York. The purpose of this story is to show children the...
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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have come to represent the never-ending struggle between right and wrong. Many of us know of King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, and Queen Guinevere, but are you familiar with the other characters surrounding Camelot and the Round Table? What was the significance of the Lady of the Lake, Merlin the Magician, Sir Mordred, and Morgana Le Fay? Listen and learn about the noble deeds of the Knights of the Round table,...
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Beginning with Queen Anne's visit to Scrooby Inn, Stories of the Pilgrims tells, in story form, the everyday life of the Pilgrims in England and Holland, of their voyage on the Mayflower, and their adventures in the New World. The Brewster children and other Pilgrim boys and girls are the center of interest. This is a wonderful recording for a family to listen to together in the weeks before Thanksgiving.
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What is history anyway? It is the story of real people who did real things. For history to be fun for everyone-even those who think they hate history-it must go beyond hard facts and meaningless dates to the real people who made the significant events happen-people like George Washington, who bravely crossed the partly frozen Delaware River to attack the British at Trenton; like those bold Americans who bravely fought against the Barbary pirates during...
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This is the compelling and historically accurate story "Richard of Jamestown" by the incredible 19th century author James Otis. The tale is told from the perspective of ten-year-old Richard Mutton, who actually did sail with Captain John Smith on the Susan B. Constant to found the Jamestown Colony. The purpose of this story, as well as the other stories in The Colonial America Series, is to show children the home life of the colonists they meet in...
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Uncle Wiggily has been a reassuring friend to millions of children since early in the twentieth century. He is a cheerful "bunny rabbit gentleman" who understands people-talk and has dedicated his life to helping animals and children with his wonderful knack for setting things right. Uncle Wiggily's amusing stories speak to listeners about familiar experiences and feature a lively cast of characters including Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, Uncle Wiggily's...
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Master storyteller Jim Hodges has partnered with Todd Wilson, the Familyman, to bring you these beloved Christmas stories, The Familyman's Christmas Treasury, in audiobook format. These wonderful stories will give your children hours of listening enjoyment as well as reinforce the true meaning of Christmas. Set includes "Cootie McKay's Nativity," "Captain Chaos and the Manger Blaster," "The Stranger," "The Bishop's Dream," "Harold Grubbs and the Christmas...
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Circumnavigate the globe with Sir Francis Drake, spread the gospel in Africa with David Livingstone, survive the wilds of Jamestown with Captain John Smith, penetrate the wilderness with Daniel Boone, capture Mexico with Hernán Cortes, fight the British with John Paul Jones, and search for gold with Hernando De Soto. Each chapter sounds like an exciting work of fiction, yet is based on fact. These men lived lives of adventure and it's fitting that...