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Judah Touro Didn't Want to be Famous, Audrey Ades

Judah Touro Didn't Want to be Fam...

by Audrey Ades

Rent: $4.83

Setting out from Boston to New Orleans in 1801, Judah Touro dreamed of becoming a success...

Unabridged: 7 min
Narrator: Book Buddy Digital...
Published: 04/07/2020
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Zebulon and the Two Biscuits, Jason O'Hare

Zebulon and the Two Biscuits

by Jason O'Hare

Rent: $2.37

When Zebulon's family is stuck without a horse and offered help only from a crooked swind...

Unabridged: 5 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Great Blazes! Who Started the Fire?, Lynn Rymarz

Great Blazes! Who Started the Fir...

by Lynn Rymarz

Rent: $2.37

The story about Mrs. O'Leary's cow causing the Chicago Great Fire in 1871 is questioned.

Unabridged: 3 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Fit to be President, Barbara Kramer

Fit to be President

by Barbara Kramer

Rent: $2.37

Presidents that were avidly involved in sports and recreation both before, during, and af...

Unabridged: 5 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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What's in a Whistle, Carolyn Crocker

What's in a Whistle

by Carolyn Crocker

Rent: $2.37

This young Hungarian girl has a talent that helps a famous composer create beautiful musi...

Unabridged: 5 min
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Published: 11/01/2018
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Phoebe Saves George Washington, Reyna Eisenstark

Phoebe Saves George Washington

by Reyna Eisenstark

Rent: $3.55

During the Revolutionary War, Samuel Fraunces, the owner of a tavern, overhears a plot to...

Unabridged: 22 min
Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Chi...
Published: 07/27/2018
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We Will Walk, Sarah Kovatch

We Will Walk

by Sarah Kovatch

Rent: $3.55

Sadie and her family live in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1950s. Every day they ride the b...

Unabridged: 9 min
Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Chi...
Published: 07/27/2018
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Trouble the Water, Elizabeth Massie

Trouble the Water

by Elizabeth Massie

Rent: $6.48

Richard Blackburn and his mother used to live in Maryland until Richard's father died. No...

Unabridged: 1 hr 55 min
Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Chi...
Published: 07/27/2018
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The North Star, Susan Rogers

The North Star

by Susan Rogers

Rent: $3.55

Slaves, including Harriet Tubman, followed the North Star to freedom.

Unabridged: 8 min
Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Chi...
Published: 07/27/2018
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The March, Sunita Apte

The March

by Sunita Apte

Rent: $3.55

Pedro and Marta get to meet Cesar Chavez, a man who is fighting to make farm workers' liv...

Unabridged: 6 min
Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Chi...
Published: 07/27/2018
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One Railroad, No Tracks, Margaret Leis Hanna

One Railroad, No Tracks

by Margaret Leis Hanna

Rent: $3.55

When Brenda's dad tells her about the Underground Railroad, it sparks her interest and sh...

Unabridged: 17 min
Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Chi...
Published: 07/27/2018
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Arbor Day Voices Leveled Library Readers, Ellen Garin

Arbor Day

by Ellen Garin

Rent: $3.55

Highlights presents Arbor Day written by Ellen Garin. J. Sterling Morton celebrated the f...

Unabridged: 5 min
Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Chi...
Published: 07/27/2018
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A Step Toward Freedom Voices Leveled Library Readers, Katherine Follett

A Step Toward Freedom

by Katherine Follett

Rent: $6.48

Highlights presents A Step Toward Freedom written by Katherine Follett. Louisa Watts, an ...

Unabridged: 2 hr 24 min
Voices Leveled Library Readers
Narrator: Highlights for Chi...
Published: 07/27/2018
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Davy Crockett, Donald Kasen

Davy Crockett

by Donald Kasen

Rent: $5.93

Davy Crockett was bigger than life and this comic audiobook looks at the man and the myth...

Unabridged: 13 min
Peter Pan Classics
Narrator: Peter Pan Ensemble...
Published: 01/01/2020
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Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad, Marlene Targ Brill

Allen Jay and the Underground Rai...

by Marlene Targ Brill

Rent: $8.11

Not until his father asks him to help with a runaway does eleven-year-old Allen Jay begin...

Unabridged: 18 min
Narrator: Jay O. Sanders
Published: 01/01/2007
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Buttons for General Washington, Peter Roop

Buttons for General Washington

by Peter Roop

Rent: $8.11

"In Revolutionary times, spies sent secret messages in clever ways. In this true story, ...

Unabridged: 14 min
Narrator: Jason Harris
Published: 01/30/2007
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Cracking the Wall, Eileen Lucas

Cracking the Wall

by Eileen Lucas

Rent: $8.11

The memorable and courageous story of the nine teenagers in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957...

Unabridged: 18 min
Narrator: Charles Turner
Published: 01/01/2007
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Kate Shelley and tthe Midnight Express, Margaret K. Wetterer

Kate Shelley and tthe Midnight Ex...

by Margaret K. Wetterer

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"The excitement of a near tragedy in 1865, averted by the heroic actions of young Kate Sh...

Unabridged: 14 min
Narrator: Jerry Terheyden
Published: 10/30/1991
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Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, Peter Roop

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

by Peter Roop

Rent: $8.11

This quality production will...allow early primary readers to enjoy the story while confi...

Unabridged: 9 min
Narrator: Rick Adamson
Published: 10/30/1989
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The Snow Walker, Margaret K. Wetterer

The Snow Walker

by Margaret K. Wetterer

Rent: $8.11

"As 12-year-old Milton Daub braves the 1888 snowstorm in the Bronx, the sound of icy, how...

Unabridged: 22 min
Narrator: Larry Robinson
Published: 10/30/1997
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I Pledge Allegiance, June Swanson

I Pledge Allegiance

by June Swanson

Rent: $8.11

From the 1880's to the present, how the pledge came about and how and why it has changed ...

Unabridged: 14 min
Narrator: Larry Robinson
Published: 03/30/1991
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Flowers for Sarajevo, John McCutcheon

Flowers for Sarajevo

by John McCutcheon

Rent: $4.81

One morning, the bakery is bombed and twenty-two people are killed. The next day, a celli...

Unabridged: 59 min
Narrator: John McCutcheon
Published: 04/01/2017
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The Kite Rider, Geraldine McCaughrean

The Kite Rider

by Geraldine McCaughrean

Rent: $5.93

A soaring story that will sweep listeners from the docks of China to the court of Kublai ...

Unabridged: 6 hr 56 min
Narrator: Cynthia Bishop
Published: 01/01/2003
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Stop the Train!, Geraldine McCaughrean

Stop the Train!

by Geraldine McCaughrean

Rent: $6.48

From the author of The Kite Rider comes another great historical novel, this time set in ...

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min
Narrator: Ellen Myrick
Published: 01/01/2005
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Brother Hugo and the Bear, Katy Beebe

Brother Hugo and the Bear

by Katy Beebe

Rent: $5.99

Brother Hugo can't return his library book - the letters of St. Augustine - because, it t...

Unabridged: 22 min
Narrator: Gildart Jackson
Published: 08/25/2015
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Apples to Oregon, Deborah Hopkinson

Apples to Oregon

by Deborah Hopkinson

Rent: $4.99

Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches...

Unabridged: 17 min
Narrator: Jessica Almasy
Published: 09/27/2022
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We Were There at the Opening of the Erie Canal [The USA Back Then Series #1], Janice Schmidt

We Were There at the Opening of t...

by Janice Schmidt

Rent: $4.49

Chris Martin ducked through the waiting crowd to peer down into Lockport’s Deep Cut...

Unabridged: 3 hr 28 min
The USA Back Then Series #1
Narrator: Janice Schmidt
Published: 09/23/2022
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We Were There the Day Pearl Harbor Was Bombed [The USA Back Then Series #2], Janice Schmidt

We Were There the Day Pearl Harbo...

by Janice Schmidt

Rent: $4.49

Mike Morrison tacked to starboard, and the Mister Mike sailed around the giant prow of th...

Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min
The USA Back Then Series #2
Narrator: Janice Schmidt
Published: 12/02/2022
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The Scribes from Alexandria Book 15, Caroline Lawrence

The Scribes from Alexandria

by Caroline Lawrence

Rent: $7.24

A desperate quest begins in the port of Alexandria: site of the great lighthouse, the fa...

Unabridged: 3 hr 33 min
Roman Mysteries #15
Narrator: Nigel Anthony
Published: 06/19/2008
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George Washington's Engineer How Rufus Putnam Won the Siege of Boston without Firing a Shot, Darcy Pattison

George Washington's Engineer

by Darcy Pattison

Rent: $4.83

In January 1776, George Washington had a problem: the British army controlled the city of...

Unabridged: 13 min
Narrator: Josiah Bildner
Published: 06/01/2023
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Aria & Liam: The Coded Papyrus, Alizee Monsarrat

Aria & Liam: The Coded Papyrus

by Alizee Monsarrat

Rent: $4.99

They’re just kids! How can they possibly save an entire civilization, foil their en...

Unabridged: 3 hr 28 min
Aria & Liam #1
Narrator: Justin Hewitt
Published: 03/21/2023
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The Rocket's Red Glare Celebrating the History of the Star Spangled Banner, Peter Alderman

The Rocket's Red Glare

by Peter Alderman

Rent: $5.99

Join Francis Scott Key on the choppy waters of the Chesapeake Bay in this stunning iconog...

Unabridged: 18 min
Narrator: Chris Lutkin
Published: 08/11/2015
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Cloaked in Courage Uncovering Deborah Sampson, Patriot Soldier, Beth Anderson

Cloaked in Courage

by Beth Anderson

Rent: $4.99

Deborah Sampson longs to break free. To be much more than a girl is allowed to be. Caught...

Unabridged: 19 min
Narrator: Christina Moore
Published: 05/16/2023
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Lilly and Tommy Visit the Field of Poppies A world of Red Blooms and Remembered Heros, Beauty in books

Lilly and Tommy Visit the Field o...

by Beauty in books

Rent: $3.07

Lilly and Tommy Visit the Field of PoppiesA World of Red Blooms and Remembered HeroesEmba...

Unabridged: 1 min
Narrator: Amy Anderson
Published: 06/09/2023
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Woven of the World, Dinara Mirtalipova

Woven of the World

by Dinara Mirtalipova

Rent: $4.99

With clack and swish, with heart and hand, we layer row on row. Our loom sings tales of f...

Unabridged: 21 min
Narrator: Priya Ayyar
Published: 08/01/2023
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Threads: Zlata’s Ukrainian Shirt, Lina Maslo

Threads: Zlata’s Ukrainian Shirt...

by Lina Maslo

Rent: $1.98

Threads is an inspiring picture book about a girl’s survival of the 1930s Ukrainian...

Unabridged: 10 min
Narrator: Natalia Payne
Published: 01/23/2024
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The Time Travels of Arabella and Tom:  The Celts, Sue Huband

The Time Travels of Arabella and ...

by Sue Huband

Rent: $2.99

Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl living with her peculiar family. Her father invent...

Unabridged: 54 min
Narrator: John Delino Ziegle...
Published: 08/17/2023
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The Time Travels of Arabella and Tom Twigg:  A King in Hiding, Sue Huband

The Time Travels of Arabella and ...

by Sue Huband

Rent: $3.49

Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl, living in a peculiar family. She is the sort of ...

Unabridged: 1 hr 1 min
Narrator: John Delino Ziegle...
Published: 09/06/2023
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The Time Travels of Arabella and Tom:  Crazy King George, Sue Huband

The Time Travels of Arabella and ...

by Sue Huband

Rent: $3.49

How does an ordinary, young girl become transported back in time taking her miserable, te...

Unabridged: 51 min
Narrator: John Delino Ziegle...
Published: 10/04/2023
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Fearfully & Wonderfully Made, Tejumade A.D. Ogunmokun

Fearfully & Wonderfully Made

by Tejumade A.D. Ogunmokun...

Rent: $5.99

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made is a children's book that teaches children to be open-mind...

Unabridged: 13 min
Narrator: Camille McMickle
Published: 10/10/2023
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The Time Travels of Arabella and Tom:  Meet William Shakespeare, Sue Huband

The Time Travels of Arabella and ...

by Sue Huband

Rent: $3.49

Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl living with her extraordinary family. Her father i...

Unabridged: 53 min
Narrator: John Delino Ziegle...
Published: 10/15/2023
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You Are My Pride A Love Letter from Your Motherland, E. B. Lewis

You Are My Pride

by E. B. Lewis

Rent: $4.99

Most of all, I remember you, my offspring of all colors in all corners of the earth. Let ...

Unabridged: 10 min
Narrator: Lynnette R. Freema...
Published: 11/14/2023
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Lands of our Ancestors Book Two, Gary Robinson

Lands of our Ancestors Book Two

by Gary Robinson

Rent: $4.49

This is the second book in the Lands of our Ancestors historical novel series, which foll...

Unabridged: 2 hr 33 min
Lands of our Ancestors #2
Narrator: Joe Manuel Gallego...
Published: 12/01/2023
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Lands of our Ancestors Book One, Gary Robinson

Lands of our Ancestors Book One

by Gary Robinson

Rent: $4.49

This exciting historical novel begins the saga of three generations of a Chumash Native A...

Unabridged: 2 hr 22 min
Lands of our Ancestors #1
Narrator: Joe Manuel Gallego...
Published: 10/03/2023
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Lands of our Ancestors Book Three, Gary Robinson

Lands of our Ancestors Book Three...

by Gary Robinson

Rent: $4.49

This is the third and final book in the Lands of our Ancestors historical novel series, w...

Unabridged: 3 hr 2 min
Lands of our Ancestors #3
Narrator: Joe Manuel Gallego...
Published: 12/01/2023
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The Legend of Creepy Hollow, Shana Gorian

The Legend of Creepy Hollow

by Shana Gorian

Rent: $5.49

A weekend in New York State spells trouble for the kids when a vengeful ghost on horsebac...

Unabridged: 4 hr 25 min
Tales of the Lost and Found #2
Narrator: Joshua Banks
Published: 11/30/2023
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Sammie Explores Ancient Egypt Learn About Ancient Egyptian Civilization, Samuel John

Sammie Explores Ancient Egypt

by Samuel John

Rent: $1.98

Are you looking for an adventurous children's book to take your child back in time to hel...

Unabridged: 5 min
Learn with Sammie's Adventures #2
Narrator: Dini Steyn
Published: 01/12/2024
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We Are All Ears! Niccolo Paganini, Ana Gerhard

We Are All Ears!

by Ana Gerhard

Rent: $4.58

Travel through time following a charming little mouse called Minim who loves cheese and m...

Unabridged: 13 min
Little Stories of Great Composers
Narrator: Colm Feore
Published: 11/01/2021
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Curiosity Killed the Cat! Franz Schubert, Ana Gerhard

Curiosity Killed the Cat!

by Ana Gerhard

Rent: $4.58

Travel through time following a charming little mouse called Minim who loves cheese and m...

Unabridged: 15 min
Little Stories of Great Composers
Narrator: Colm Feore
Published: 11/01/2021
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A Brilliant Plan! Joseph Haydn, Ana Gerhard

A Brilliant Plan!

by Ana Gerhard

Rent: $4.58

Travel through time following a charming little mouse called Minim who loves cheese and m...

Unabridged: 15 min
Little Stories of Great Composers
Narrator: Colm Feore
Published: 11/01/2021