Children's Non-fiction

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…

Romulus

by Jacob Abbott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface t…

A Child's Life of St. Joan of Arc

by Mary E. Mannix Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
A biography of Saint Joan of Arc, geared towards children, but also can easily be enjoyed by adults.

Beautiful Birds

by Edmund Selous Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
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 abo…

The Bible For Young People

by William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
"The Bible for Young People tells the sweet and simple stories of the Bible in the Bible language, omitting only genealogies and doctri…

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…

The Principles of the Christian Religion

by Philip Doddridge Read by InTheDesert 5
The little verses now before the reader were written at the desire of my most worthy and honoured friend, the Reverend Mr. Clark of St. Alba…

The Christmas Tree

by Anonymousandalice Maude Kellogg, William James McGlothlin and Alice Maude Kellogg Read by LibriVox Volunteers
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Christmas Tree by Anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 19, 2010This…

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…

History of Japan

by Helen Ainslie Smith Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A simplified history of the country of Japan, from ancient Prehistoric times to the late 19th century, written chiefly in words of one sylla…

Madam How and Lady Why

by Charles Kingsley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.1
Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book ha…

Our Feathered Friends

by Elizabeth Grinnell Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This volume displays the romance of birds in beautiful prose and dialog in simple language for children and adults alike. Written by a moth…

Mozart's Youth

by Franz Hoffmann Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This short account of the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is part of the “Life Stories for Young People” series. It is written in an engaging …

An Elementary Study of Insects

by Leonard Haseman Read by Jeffery 4.5
An overview of notable insect groups intended for the young reader. Focus is on economically important insects. (Summary by Jeffery Smith)

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…

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…

Sea Stories for Wonder Eyes

by Mary Earle Hardy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Water is fascinating! Which child is not delighted by the sea shore, by rivers, even by puddles in the street? This little book explains to …

Stories That Words Tell Us

by Elizabeth O'Neill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.3
A history of English words, written for younger readers.Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms …

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…

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…

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