General - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 2
Folk Tales Every Child Should Know - Hamilton Wright Mabie
Folk Tales Every Child Should Know - Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General
We have always loved stories. people have always entertained each other by telling tales around the campfire; traveling storytellers were huge crowd-pullers. Many of these stories were passed down through the generations, largely unchanged. "The...
Young Folks' History of Germany - Charlotte Mary Yonge
Young Folks' History of Germany - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Genre: General
An entertaining history for "young folks", covering the history of Germany from the ancient tribes of pre-Roman times to Wilhelm I (1870-1877). - Summary by Kara...
The House that Jack Built - Unknown
The House that Jack Built - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: General
"The House that Jack Built" is a standard of juvenile literature that delights children and adults alike with the increasingly lengthy sentences, stretched to the breaking point, that make up its narrative. Through a chain of events, beginning with...
Queen Elizabeth - Jacob Abbott
Queen Elizabeth - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it...
The Bobbsey Twins or Merry Days Indoors and Out - Laura Lee Hope
The Bobbsey Twins or Merry Days Indoors and Out - Laura Lee Hope
- Author: Laura Lee Hope
- Genre: Family / General
The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the Stratemeyer Syndicate's longest-running series of children's novels, penned under the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope. The first of 72 books was published in 1904, the last in...
The Wide, Wide World - Susan Warner
The Wide, Wide World - Susan Warner
- Author: Susan Warner
- Genre: General
"How should a seven year old child react when forced to be separated from a mother who meant everything to her? How should she react when she learns that the aunt with whom she was sent to live doesn't really care about her? Will she be able to make...
Countdown - Kurt BECKER. S. J.
Countdown - Kurt BECKER. S. J.
- Author: Kurt BECKER. S. J.
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction / General
The first flight to outer space became an actual fact – Mars would be the first stop. But before the spaceship took off, two insane enemies almost succeeded in preventing the departure. This science fiction story for teens was written by a Catholic...
The Latch Key of My Bookhouse - Olive Beaupre MILLER
The Latch Key of My Bookhouse - Olive Beaupre MILLER
- Author: Olive Beaupre MILLER
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography
This is the final book in a six volume set of the "My Bookhouse" books. This final title in the series leaves off the format of the previous volumes and is geared towards the parent or teacher. The major part of the books deals with short...
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds - Anonymous
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Historical / General
37 short pieces perfect for newer recorders. These one page Stories of (mostly) Wonderful Deeds were written for Little Folk to teach them about famous incidents in their history. Bonnie Prince Charlie, Nelson and Hardy, Bruce and the Spider, David...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 04, Nov. 25, 1879 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 04, Nov. 25, 1879 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works / General
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, anecdotes, jokes, artwork, and more for children. This fourth issue of...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 4) - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 4) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: General
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 10, Jan. 6, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 10, Jan. 6, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, anecdotes, jokes, artwork, craft projects, and more for children. This...
A Book of Nonsense - Edward LEAR
A Book of Nonsense - Edward LEAR
- Author: Edward LEAR
- Genre: General
In 1846 Lear published A Book of Nonsense, a volume of limericks that went through three editions and helped popularize the form. This book contains 112 of these funny, imaginative verses that have been well loved by many generations of children...
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,...
Adventures of the Teenie Weenies - William DONAHEY
Adventures of the Teenie Weenies - William DONAHEY
- Author: William DONAHEY
- Genre: General
The Teenie Weenies are people two inches tall who live under a rose bush with "real world" size materials made from discarded objects like hats, jars, barrels, kegs, and boxes - all of which were gigantic to them. Each Teenie Weenie has a unique...
The Turn Of The Tide - Eleanor H. Porter
The Turn Of The Tide - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: General
"What a joy! How exciting! Margret Kendall returned home, to her loving and equally beloved mother's arms after 4 years in the slums of New York City- where she endured unimaginable hardships. This hardship made the naturally brilliant...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 06, Dec. 9, 1879 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 06, Dec. 9, 1879 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works / General
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, anecdotes, jokes, artwork, craft projects, and more for children. This...
Mostly Boys: Short Stories - Francis J. FINN
Mostly Boys: Short Stories - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: General / Religion
A collection of tales about real life boys in every walk of life. They are redolent of the breezy spirit of healthy, jovial boyhood, and permeated with the author’s best brand of humor. (The Publishers Trade List Annual 1917) The author, Francis J....
Charles I - Jacob Abbott
Charles I - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it...
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt - James BAIKIE
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt - James BAIKIE
- Author: James BAIKIE
- Genre: General / History / Travel & Geography
Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascinating land so many years ago. It has stood well the test of time, being both well researched and well written....
Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories - Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories - Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Genre: Short Stories / General
A sequel to Oldtown Folks, featuring some of the same characters, these are 15 charming short stories told by ole' Sam Lawson to entertain Horace and Bill, two impressionable, curious and clever young boys of Oldtown (a fictional 1850's New England...
Royal Children of English History - E. Nesbit
Royal Children of English History - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: General / History
From the first chapter: "History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the things that are happening here and now, and that are put in the newspapers, will be history for little children one of...
Flower Stories - Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
Flower Stories - Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
- Author: Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
- Genre: Animals & Nature / General
This volume contains stories, poems, and facts about lots of different flowers, intended for teaching children. It is divided into thirteen parts, each covering a different type of flower. - Summary by Rachel...
William the Conqueror - Jacob Abbott
William the Conqueror - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it...
Dawn - Eleanor H. Porter
Dawn - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: Romance / Family / General
Dawn (also known in England as "Keith’s Dark Tower"), was published in 1919, and is set during World War I. Keith Burton is going blind. It is hard for him and his family. Most of the book deals with their ways - right and wrong - of dealing with...
A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl - Amy Lane WATERMAN
A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl - Amy Lane WATERMAN
- Author: Amy Lane WATERMAN
- Genre: General / Reference
Join Betsey Bobbitt, a girl with an undeniable sweet tooth, as she discovers new recipes for candy and sweets to make with the reader. An entertaining cookbook with a narrative! (Summary by Mary Kay)...
On the Shores of the Great Sea - M. B. Synge
On the Shores of the Great Sea - M. B. Synge
- Author: M. B. Synge
- Genre: General / Antiquity
Book I of the "Story of the World" series. Focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham to the birth of Christ. Brief histories of the Ancient Israelites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Scythians, Persians,...
The Girls of Gardenville - Carroll Watson Rankin
The Girls of Gardenville - Carroll Watson Rankin
- Author: Carroll Watson Rankin
- Genre: General
It is pleasant to have another book about a group of merry, natural girls, who have the attractions of innocence and youthful faults. "The Sweet Sixteen" Club made fudge, and went on picnics, and behaved just as jolly, nice maidens should. (The...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 09, Dec. 30, 1879 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 09, Dec. 30, 1879 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, anecdotes, jokes, artwork, craft projects, and more for children. This...
A Short History of the United States - Edward CHANNING
A Short History of the United States - Edward CHANNING
- Author: Edward CHANNING
- Genre: General / Early Modern
Channing's best known work, A History of the United States, is regarded as one of the most complete and accurate accounts of American history and received the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for History. (Summary from Wikipedia)...
Our Little Australian Cousin - Mary F. NIXON-ROULET
Our Little Australian Cousin - Mary F. NIXON-ROULET
- Author: Mary F. NIXON-ROULET
- Genre: General
Another delightful look back at how people and children lived in the late 1800s in this part of the British Empire. This book introduces us to Fergus and Jean Hume and their family who are sailing to Australia from Scotland to make it their new...
Just David - Eleanor H. Porter
Just David - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: General
David and his father set out from their idyllic mountain home to go to meet family, but enroute, David's father, who is sick dies, and David is left stranded in a little farming town. No one can read his father's handwriting, and David doesn't know...
Our Little Japanese Cousin - Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
Our Little Japanese Cousin - Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
- Author: Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
- Genre: General
Meet Lotus Blossom, our little Japanese Cousin and her little brother Toyo. Join them in their everyday life and learn about Japanese customs and culture. (Summary by Julia Niedermaier)...
Our Little Austrian Cousin - Florence E. MENDEL
Our Little Austrian Cousin - Florence E. MENDEL
- Author: Florence E. MENDEL
- Genre: General
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 territory known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is a collection of provinces united under one ruler, and...
Our Little Irish Cousin - Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
Our Little Irish Cousin - Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
- Author: Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
- Genre: General
This little book is intended to help American children (and adults) learn more about the children of Ireland, their culture and how they live their daily lives. It is one of a series attempting to do this with countries and peoples around the world...
Yankee at Molokai - Eva K. BETZ
Yankee at Molokai - Eva K. BETZ
- Author: Eva K. BETZ
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography
As a daring soldier in the Union Army, Ira Dutton earned the respect and affection of the men around him. Handsome and affable, he could have had a full social life when the war was over. But he felt that his "wild years" demanded atonement - and...
Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola - Edson L. WHITNEY
Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola - Edson L. WHITNEY
- Author: Edson L. WHITNEY
- Genre: General / Modern (19th C)
Four American Indians by Edson L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry, gives a short history of King Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags; Pontiac, an Ottawan chief; Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief; and Osceola, a Seminole chief. Along with the history of each...
Elsie's Girlhood - Martha Finley
Elsie's Girlhood - Martha Finley
- Author: Martha Finley
- Genre: General
In the third book of Martha Finley's much-loved Elsie Dinsmore series, Elsie's life is traced from the tender age of 12 or 13 to the mature age of 21. Her life is not all sunshine and roses, but she is secure in the love of the Lord and her family....
The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy - Pádraic Colum
The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy - Pádraic Colum
- Author: Pádraic Colum
- Genre: General
Also known as "The Children's Homer," this is Irish writer Padraic Colum's retelling of the events of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for young people. Colum's rich, evocative prose narrates the travails of Odysseus, King of Ithaca: his experiences...
Mary Cary, Frequently Martha - Kate Langley BOSHER
Mary Cary, Frequently Martha - Kate Langley BOSHER
- Author: Kate Langley BOSHER
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / General
"My name is Mary Cary. I live in the Yorkburg Female Orphan Asylum. You may think nothing happens in an Orphan Asylum. It does. The orphans are sure enough children, and real much like the kind that have Mothers and Fathers; and that’s why I am...