Category Archives: Reference
Audiobook: Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases
A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for
Audiobook: Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing
Written in 1910, this “cyclopedia” is full of information that was quite useful at the
Audiobook: Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language
The published dictionary was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet tall and 20
Audiobook: Little Lucy’s Wonderful Globe
Travel with Little Lucy around the globe and learn a little geography and small bits
Audiobook: Grammar-Land
In this charming 1877 book of grammar instruction for children, we are introduced to the
Audiobook: Carpenter’s Geographical Reader: Australia and the Islands
_128kb.mp3″> The purpose of this book is to give the children who read it a
Audiobook: My Very First Little German Book
An adorable picture book with 29 little lessons in German. Learn many simple phrases, such
Audiobook: Makers of Many Things
How are friction matches made? How do rags and trees become paper? Who makes the
Audiobook: Little Candy Book for a Little Girl
Join Betsey Bobbitt, a girl with an undeniable sweet tooth, as she discovers new recipes
Audiobook: Carpenter’s Geographical Reader: North America
The purpose of this book is to give to its readers a living knowledge of
Audiobook: Carpenter’s Geographical Reader: South America
In this book the children are taken by the author upon a personally conducted tour
Audiobook: Carpenter’s Geographical Reader: Europe
The book tries to give its young readers a living knowledge of Europe. The author
Audiobook: Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Volume 1
The first volume in Frazer’s seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of
Audiobook: Around the World with the Children
An introduction to world geography for young and old alike. Topics such as China, Japan,
Audiobook: On The Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls
Lina and Adelia Beard, co-founders of the first American girls’ scouting group, originally called the
Audiobook: Stories That Words Tell Us
A history of English words, written for younger readers. Parental advisory: the text was published
Audiobook: Oration by Frederick Douglass Delivered on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument, April 14, 1876
This is the speech given by Fredrick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument
Audiobook: London Labour and the London Poor Volume III
Subtitled, “A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that
Audiobook: Guide to Mythology
My aim in this book on Mythology for young readers has been to give them
Audiobook: Bird World: A Bird Book for Children
Bird World is a children’s guide to New England Birds. It explores the characteristics, habitat,
Audiobook: Really So Stories
These stories for young people are Really So; they are not made up stories about