Children's Non-fiction

Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers

by J. Walker McSpadden Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…

Mary's Grammar

by Jane Marcet Read by Jennifer Dallman 4.8
Mary's teacher has taxed her with the task of learning that most onerous of all parts of the English language: Grammar. Through stories and …

The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh

by Margaret Duncan Kelly Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The story of Sir Walter Raleigh from his boyhood days to his exploits in Ireland and his unexpected entry into the court of Queen Elizabeth.…

Young Folks' Treasury

by Hamilton Wright Mabie Read by BettyB 5
Historical vignettes of selected locations throughout the world and many of our early explorers as well. Fascinating travel adventures throu…

Little Wanderers

by Margaret Warner Morley Read by SweetHome 4.6
This book discusses a great variety of plants and their seeds in a simple, yet interesting way that children will enjoy. As the books says, …

Carpenter's Geographical Reader

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.5
The book tries to give its young readers a living knowledge of Europe. The author conducts tours through various parts of Europe giving a gl…

Lessons on Manners

by Edith E. Wiggin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
It is true that good manners, like good morals, are best taught by the teacher's example. It is also true that definite lessons, in which th…

Really So Stories

by Elizabeth Gordon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
These stories for young people are Really So; they are not made up stories about bears or witches. These are short educational sketches abo…

Star Stories for Little Folks

by Gertrude Chandler Warner Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Gertrude Chandler Warner, known mainly for her "Boxcar Children" series of mystery books, published this small book of Astronomy, …

The Tree-Dwellers

by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.8
Katharine E. Dopp was well-known as a teacher and writer of children's textbooks at the turn of the 20th Century. She was among the first e…

Hurlbut's Story of the Bible

by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to "the hundred greatest men in Great Britain" asking them …

Heroines Every Child Should Know

by Hamilton Wright Mabie Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Heroines Every Child Should Know presents a captivating exploration of thirteen remarkable women who have shaped history through their coura…

Floor Games

by H. G. Wells Read by Mark F. Smith 4.5
H.G. Wells had so much fun playing with his children on the floor of their playroom, he decided to write a jovial little book to inspire oth…

Insect Adventures

by Jean-Henri Fabre Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
This book is composed of selections from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ Translation of Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques,” retold for childre…

Scotland's Story

by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall Read by James R. Hedrick 5
Scotland's Story: A History Of Scotland For Boys And Girls is both a history of Scotland as well as delving into some of its legends. Writte…

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…

How to Tell Stories to Children

by Sara Cone Bryant Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Sarah Cone Bryant was an educator and storyteller who wrote several books on the importance of oral storytelling to children, and stories to…

When Mother Lets Us Cook

by Constance Johnson Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.6
A book of simple receipts for little folk with important cooking rules in rhyme together with handy lists of the materials and utensils need…

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…

Seed-Babies

by Margaret Warner Morley Read by SweetHome 4.8
Seed Babies piques the child's interest about how seeds grow. It provides interesting information about seeds in a conversational style bet…

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