Children's Non-fiction - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 1
Knights of Art - Stories of the Italian Painters - Amy Steedman
Knights of Art - Stories of the Italian Painters - Amy Steedman
- Author: Amy Steedman
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Arts
A children's version of the Lives of Artists by Vassari with many Illustrations. Of course we won't be able to show the paintings but the descriptions and the anecdotes are interesting and may lead a child to further interest. - Summary by Susan...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 15, Feb. 10, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 15, Feb. 10, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction / Short Stories
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and more. This 15th issue of the serial, published on February 10, 1880, features...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 16, Feb. 17, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 16, Feb. 17, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction / Short Stories
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children includes delightful serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, poetry, puzzles and fun. This 16th issue of the serial, published on February 17, 1880, features...
The Elder Edda (Bray Translation) - Sæmund Sigfusson
The Elder Edda (Bray Translation) - Sæmund Sigfusson
- Author: Sæmund Sigfusson
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Sagas / Other religions
The Elder or Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems dating from the thirteenth century CE. Though no two translators or editors seem to agree on precisely which poems should be included in this collection, the Elder Edda is the most...
The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh (Version 2) - Margaret Duncan Kelly
The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh (Version 2) - Margaret Duncan Kelly
- Author: Margaret Duncan Kelly
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
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. We travel with him as he pursues the ships of the Spanish Armada and makes voyages to the New World in...
Historical Tales, Vol III: Spanish American - Charles McLean Andrews
Historical Tales, Vol III: Spanish American - Charles McLean Andrews
- Author: Charles McLean Andrews
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / History / Early Modern
Volume III of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This third volume covers the discovery, colonization, founding, and early years of the countries of South America, describing history...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 13, Jan. 27, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 13, Jan. 27, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction / Short Stories
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, poetry, craft projects and more. This 13th issue of the serial, published on January 27, 1880,...
Historical Tales, Volume VIII: Russian - Charles McLean Andrews
Historical Tales, Volume VIII: Russian - Charles McLean Andrews
- Author: Charles McLean Andrews
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / History
These Russian tales span the time of Russia's founding in the 800s-900s all the way to the early twentieth century and are factually based, although particularly the older tales have become legendary. ( DrPGould)...
Star Stories for Little Folks - Gertrude Chandler Warner
Star Stories for Little Folks - Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Science
Gertrude Chandler Warner, known mainly for her "Boxcar Children" series of mystery books, published this small book of Astronomy, Constellations, and the stories behind them in 1918. It follows the story of a little girl named Helen, and her friend...
Indian Boyhood - Charles Alexander Eastman
Indian Boyhood - Charles Alexander Eastman
- Author: Charles Alexander Eastman
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
Indian Boyhood is a lively and appealing first-person recounting of the life of a Sioux child in the last days of the tribe's "wild" life in the 19th century, before they succumbed to fences, boundaries, and other constrictions of civilization....
Games for Hallow-e'en - Mary E. Blain
Games for Hallow-e'en - Mary E. Blain
- Author: Mary E. Blain
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Crafts & Hobbies / Games
This charming book starts with a brief history of Hallowe'en. There are sample invitations for a Halloween (or Hallowe'en) party, decorations, and then many party games. A number of them have to do with who your future mate might be, although there...
The Frozen North - Edith HORTON
The Frozen North - Edith HORTON
- Author: Edith HORTON
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
The Frozen North offers short sketches of the first men who bravely took great risks to explore the unknown polar regions and unlock the mysteries held there. - Summary by Laura Victoria...
The Autobiography of an Electron - Charles R. GIBSON
The Autobiography of an Electron - Charles R. GIBSON
- Author: Charles R. GIBSON
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Science
"While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very important part which we play in the workaday world. It was for this reason that my fellow-electrons urged me to...
True Stories from History and Biography - Nathaniel Hawthorne
True Stories from History and Biography - Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / General
In writing this ponderous tome, the author's desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals, in such a form and style, that the YOUNG might make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose,...
Discoverers and Explorers - Edward R. SHAW
Discoverers and Explorers - Edward R. SHAW
- Author: Edward R. SHAW
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / History
Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry gods lived. They dared to sail near the equator which was thought to have such intense heat that it would boil the ocean...
The Holy Land and Syria - Frank G. Carpenter
The Holy Land and Syria - Frank G. Carpenter
- Author: Frank G. Carpenter
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
Join a journey through the Holy Land and Syria as it existed in the early 20th century. Visiting and learning of Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Palestine and other fascinating and sacred spots of this truly historic region. Summary by BettyB....
A Young Girl's Diary - Anonymous
A Young Girl's Diary - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
The diary of an upper middle class Austrian girl, this book describes her life between the ages of eleven and fourteen. It's a coming of age story full of angst, boys, and questions. (Summary by KHand)...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 17, Feb. 24, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 17, Feb. 24, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes delightful serialized and one-off short stories and tales from history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 17th issue of the serial, published on February 24, 1880,...
Our Young Folks' Plutarch - Rosalie KAUFMAN
Our Young Folks' Plutarch - Rosalie KAUFMAN
- Author: Rosalie KAUFMAN
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
Plutarch's Lives is a series of fifty biographies of famous Greek and Roman men written around 100 AD. In Our Young Folks' Plutarch, Rosalie Kaufman has adapted these biographies for young readers. In the preface she writes, “The lives which we here...
A Book of Discovery - M. B. Synge
A Book of Discovery - M. B. Synge
- Author: M. B. Synge
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
Telling the history of geographical discoveries, "Book of Discovery" is a record of splendid endurance, of hardships bravely borne, of silent toil, of courage and resolution unequalled in the annals of mankind, of self-sacrifice unrivalled and...
Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers - J. Walker McSpadden
Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers - J. Walker McSpadden
- Author: J. Walker McSpadden
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the soldier —to trace his career up from boyhood through the formative years. Such data serves to explain the...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 14, Feb. 3, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 14, Feb. 3, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, poetry, craft projects and more. This 14th issue of the serial, published on February 3, 1880, features an...
Kari the Elephant - Dhan Gopal MUKERJI
Kari the Elephant - Dhan Gopal MUKERJI
- Author: Dhan Gopal MUKERJI
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
The adventures of an Indian boy and his beloved elephant. Born near Calcutta, Mukerji won the Newbury Medal for children's fiction. (Summary by Adrian Praetzellis)...
The Men Who Found America - Frederick Winthrop HUTCHINSON
The Men Who Found America - Frederick Winthrop HUTCHINSON
- Author: Frederick Winthrop HUTCHINSON
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
This Book is about the Men Who Found America and how it started - Summary by Elijah...
Beautiful Birds - Edmund Selous
Beautiful Birds - Edmund Selous
- Author: Edmund Selous
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
In this volume, Edmund Selous explains the beauty of birds to children. We meet some of the most beautiful birds in the world, and learn about their lives. We also learn what to do when our mothers decide to wear hats with stuffed birds on them! -...
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 6 - Famous Travels & Adventures - Hamilton Wright Mabie
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 6 - Famous Travels & Adventures - Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Travel Fiction
Historical vignettes of selected locations throughout the world and many of our early explorers as well. Fascinating travel adventures throughout Europe, Asia, America, etc. for young and old alike. Perfect for the armchair traveler who enjoys...
Travel Stories Retold From St. Nicholas - Various
Travel Stories Retold From St. Nicholas - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Exploration
St. Nicholas was a popular magazine aimed at young folks in the late nineteenth – early twentieth century. Its articles were usually well-written and often by authors who became famous later on. This collection of articles published in 1920, aimed...
The Story of the Romans - H. A. GUERBER
The Story of the Romans - H. A. GUERBER
- Author: H. A. GUERBER
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Historical Fiction
A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)...
True Bear Stories - Joaquin MILLER
True Bear Stories - Joaquin MILLER
- Author: Joaquin MILLER
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Animals
Joaquin Miller dedicated this book to "my dear little daughter...for whose pleasure and instruction I have many times dug up the most of these stories from out the days of my boyhood." In his preface he claims to prefer true stories to made-up ones....
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 18, Mar. 2, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 18, Mar. 2, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction / *Non-fiction
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 18th issue of the serial, published on March 2, 1880, tells the tales of a...
The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children - Various
The Upward Path: A Reader For Colored Children - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction
From the preface of the book: "To the present time, there has been no collection of stories and poems by Negro writers, which colored children could read with interest and pleasure and in which they could find a mirror of the traditions and...
The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh - Margaret Duncan Kelly
The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh - Margaret Duncan Kelly
- Author: Margaret Duncan Kelly
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
"Relates the story of Raleigh from his boyhood days on the coast of Devonshire, to his exploits in Ireland and his unexpected entry into the court of Queen Elizabeth. We travel with him as he pursues the ships of the Spanish Armada and makes voyages...
The Story of Napoleon - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
The Story of Napoleon - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / History
This book gives an exciting account of Napoleon's rise to power. It opens with his humble beginning on the island of Corsica and ultimately emperor of over half of Europe. This book focuses on his victorious military campaigns, his disastrous...
Squirrels and Other Fur-bearers - John Burroughs
Squirrels and Other Fur-bearers - John Burroughs
- Author: John Burroughs
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Animals
Squirrels and other Fur-Bearers, a collection of essays by American naturalist and essayist, John Burroughs, provides fascinating insight into the daily life of small woodland creatures. Included in these essays are Burrough's personal observations...
The Book of Famous Sieges - Tudor JENKS
The Book of Famous Sieges - Tudor JENKS
- Author: Tudor JENKS
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
History is dominated by war, battles, and sieges. Our history books are full of these. But history books usually don't explain sieges in such an accessible and at times entertaining way as Tudor Jenks manages in this 1909 volume. The text and...
Mighty Animals - Jennie Irene MIX
Mighty Animals - Jennie Irene MIX
- Author: Jennie Irene MIX
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Science
A book about dinosaurs written for children. In short, easy to read chapters designed to keep the interest of juvenile readers. (Summary by Guero)...
The Story of Old France - H. A. GUERBER
The Story of Old France - H. A. GUERBER
- Author: H. A. GUERBER
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / History
The aim of this volume is to give a complete graphic account of the main features of the history of France to 1715 A.D., with as much additional illuminating detail as limited space permits. Besides outlines of the principal events, this narrative...
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust - Hallam HAWKSWORTH
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust - Hallam HAWKSWORTH
- Author: Hallam HAWKSWORTH
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Science
This charming book for children is full of interesting facts about all sorts of plants, insects, birds and animals and how they all help to enrich the soil for farmers - each in its own special way. Join our narrator, The Grain of Dust on a...
Little Pillows, or Good-Night Thoughts for Little Ones - Frances Ridley Havergal
Little Pillows, or Good-Night Thoughts for Little Ones - Frances Ridley Havergal
- Author: Frances Ridley Havergal
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Religion
Thirty-one little evening devotionals, simple enough for the child audience for which they were written, but also inspiring for adults needing spiritual refreshment. (Jael Baldwin)...
By Pond and River - Arabella B. Buckley
By Pond and River - Arabella B. Buckley
- Author: Arabella B. Buckley
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Science
In By Pond and River, another of Arabella Buckley's wonderful science books for children, she explains the habitats of ponds and rivers, exposing children to the animals and plant life that are found there. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)...
