Children's Non-fiction

Bird World

by Jenny H. Stickney Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Bird World is a children's guide to New England Birds. It explores the characteristics, habitat, and songs of native birds. - Summary by Jen…

Harper's Young People

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…

Lives of the Presidents of the United States

by Helen W. Pierson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 1.5
This book consists of simple biographies of the first 23 Presidents of the United States written chiefly in words of one syllable. Books suc…

Girl Scout Collection

by Various Read by Betsie Bush
These articles, pamphlets, and stories relating to the Girls Scouts of America touch on the history, activities, ideals, and traditions of t…

The Birds of the Air

by John Frost Read by Elsie Selwyn
In this book, aimed at children, the author provides a brief profile of 35 different bird species. Strangely for a book titled The Birds of …

True Stories from History and Biography

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by Susan Morin 2.7
In writing this ponderous tome, the author's desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals, in such…

History Of Missouri

by Emily Steinestel Macnamara Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
A simplified history of the state of Missouri, from ancient Prehistoric times to the late 19th century, written chiefly in words of one syll…

Harper's Young People

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Harper's Young People, an illustrated weekly publication for children, includes serialized and one-off short stories, tales from history, po…

Wilderness Babies

by Julia Augusta Schwartz Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This book tells the stories of some of the baby mammals of the wilderness,—how they grow and learn day by day to take care of themselves. In…

Harper's Young People

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction an…

A Child's Book of the Garden

by Arthur Ransome Read by David Wales 3.6
This book is part of the author’s "Nature Books For Children" series (three books), which is probably the best indication of its t…

Harper's Young People

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…

Wood Folk at School

by William J. Long Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The unique merit of this nature student rests in his fascinating style of writing, which invariably interests young and old; for without thi…

Heroes of the Middle Ages

by Eva March Tappan Read by Kristine Bekere 3.2
"The object of this book is to bring together stories of the most important movements in the history of Europe during the Middle Ages, …

The Children's Book of Birds

by Olive Thorne Miller Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Children's Book of Birds combines under a single cover the First and Second Books of Birds, originally published in 1899 and 1901 respec…

Stories of the Fire Brigade

by Frank Mundell Read by Steve C 4.5
The stories presented here have been collected from reports of actual incidents responded to by various fire brigades with examples from bot…

A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl

by Amy Lane Waterman Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
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 en…

The Children

by Alice Meynell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.5
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…

The Curious Book of Birds

by Abbie Farwell Brown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
Now the interesting facts about birds we have always with us. We can find them out for ourselves, which is a very pleasant thing to do, or w…

Deeds of Daring done by Girls

by Hannah Hudson Moore Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.8
Do not think, dear girls, that because you are girls you may not have as much courage as your brothers. I believe that quite as stout hearts…

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