Showing results for "August" in Children's Audiobooks

Su cara lo hace distinto y él solo quiere ser uno más. Camina siempre mirando al suelo, la cabeza gacha, y con el flequillo tratando en vano de esconder su rostro, pero, aun así, es objeto de miradas furtivas, susurros ahogados y codazos de asombro. August sale poco. Su vida transcurre entre las acogedoras paredes de su casa, entre la compañía de su familia, su perra Daisy, y las increíbles historias de La guerra de las galaxias.

August Wilson (1945-2005) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who had a particular talent for capturing the authentic everyday voice of black Americans. As a child, he read off soup cans and cereal boxes, and when his mother brought him to the library, his whole world opened up. After facing intense prejudice at school from both students and some teachers, August dropped out. However, he continued reading and educating himself independently.

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 42nd issue of the serial was published on August 17th, 1880. In this issue, "The Moral Pirates" go diving to recover lost gear and later confront a huge nighttime intruder in camp; a harrowing account is given of a legendary and bloody conflict between Indians and colonialists in "Old Times in the Colonies"; and the story of "The Roverings at Coney Island" tells the amusing tale of a family's attempted daytrip to the ...

Around the world each night, parents tell stories to children as they put them to bed. Margaret Read MacDonald - a folklorist, storyteller, and children's librarian - uses bedtime tales in the daytime to end her story hours on a calm note. Here, with accompaniment on dulcimer and autoharp by musician Richard Scholtz, she includes seven of her favorites from around the world.

In this cumulative retelling of an ancient and widely circulated legend, storyteller Heather Forest shows that when each person makes a small contribution, the collective impact can be huge. Illustrated by Susan Gaber.

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 40th issue of the serial was published on August 3rd, 1880. In this issue, "The Moral Pirates" enter the Erie Canal and carefully pass the Whitewing through and trudge it around the canal's many locks; two American settler children are taken by Canadian Indians and live with them through one winter before they attempt a dangerous escape in the third part of "Old Times in the Colonies"; and a boy visits Colorado's Rocky ...

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other entertainment. This 43rd issue of the serial was published on August 24th, 1880. In this issue, the story of "The Moral Pirates" continues with more drama as the Whitewing breaks loose leaving the boys stranded on an island with dwindling food supplies. Also in this issue, a how-to guide for building "A Fresh Water Aquarium" to house plants, arthropods, fish, and more; the story of "The Tall Clock" that terrifies its young master; ...

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 41st issue of the serial was published on August 10th, 1880. In this issue, "The Moral Pirates" enjoy a day of rest until campsite intruders put the boys in great danger; newly-arrived Russian immigrant, Karl, impresses his fellow immigrants and a Russian soldier with his brilliant mind in "The Boy Emigrant in Russia"; and Charley and Jeff enter a fishing competition with a friendly stranger and are impressed with his ...

With material gleamed on that trip and from the tradition of African tellers in North America, Bobby Norfolk electrifies audiences with energized retellings of Anansi the wise, Anansi the resourceful, and Anansi the mythic underdog figure who is never undone or outdone.

Listening to this collection, one has the sense of being in the presence of a master performer of the oral tradition. Bobby Norfolk's dynamic pacing, the range of his incredible voice, and his mastery of the story material itself, make this new recording an important and satisfying addition to your storytelling or folklore shelf.

Family storytelling at its most hilarious, the Maynard Moose tales of Willy Claflin entertain all ages. An excellent choice for family car trips, these whimsical retellings excite young imaginations and delight young and old with their creative use of language.

Certified Bad Example is a weekly podcast hosted by August Black and Jameel Mayers that turns terrible parenting moments into teachable ones. Each episode digs into real stories from current events, history, and everyday life where parental figures made spectacularly bad choices. Instead of just judging, August and Jameel break down what went wrong, why it matters, and how those “bad examples” can actually help us become better parents and people. Because sometimes the best way to learn what to do… is seeing exactly what not to do.

Three of the most popular mysteries of all time in one audiobook. Includes stories of Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, and Edgar Allan Poe’s detective Auguste Dupin.

It started out as a small zombie problem. Then four more zombies tagged along. Now there are too many to count! From the acclaimed illustrator of Flora & Ulysses comes the exciting conclusion to the Zombie Problems trilogy. After facing an alligator attack and a paddle boat accident in search of...

Hvad sker der med de ting, folk går og glemmer. Og når folk glemmer hinanden? Det finder August og Omar ud af, da de begiver sig ud på et halsbrækkende eventyr for at redde deres glemte ven ud af Borteherskerens kløer. En spændende og underfundig oplæsningsbog til cartoon-network-generationen. En historie man ikke lige glemmer.

En skæbnesvanger nat bliver alle de historier Mormor har fortalt August, siden han var lille, virkelige. Kaptajnen der sejlede på De Syv Have, Den fede dame der lokkede skibene på grund. Og spøgelsespigen Rikke, der altid har drømt om at få en legekammerat som August.

Men hvor er Augusts mormor? Hvad er det for en mærkelig billet, August tager imod? Og hvad sker der med folk når de dør? Sammen med Rikke begiver August sig ud på en rejse gennem natten og sneen med både nervepirrende spænding og morsomme optrin undervejs.

En selvstændig fortsættelse til August går i Glemmebogen.

Arlo freut sich auf einen Sommer voller Abenteuer mit Indra und Wu im Camp Rote Feder. Doch schon vor den Ferien geraten die Freunde in Gefahr: Mächte von außerhalb der Long Woods lauern auf einen mysteriösen Gegenstand, den nur Arlo finden kann. Ein lang gehütetes Geheimnis führt ihn schließlich auf die andere Seite des Mondsees. Und dort ist nichts mehr wie es war... Endlich ist das erste Schuljahr in Pine Mountain zu Ende und vor Arlo, Indra und Henry Wu liegen lange Sommerferien.

Expanding upon the four-line nursery rhyme, storyteller David Novak spins an epic tale as young Itsy prepares to attempt what no spider has done before: scale the water spout. A nervous Mother Bitsy prepares her little Itsy as nourishing lunch; a fly salad sandwich, a bag of grasshopper chips, and a bottle of fresh-squeezed moth juice (100% natural). The result is an epic on a child's scale, in which determination, concentration, and grit are championed.

"Extremely fun and heartfelt... we can't stop listening!" The Kluxen brothers (ages 9 & 13) --Asbury Park, NJ. I found the handwritten pages of this true cozy-adventure-mystery story after it washed onto the shore of August Island, NJ. There is no author listed. Written for ages 9-135, I am hoping you can help me figure out who wrote it while solving the mystery along with the Young Detectives. SYNOPSIS: When twelve-year-old Lucy and her fellow Young Detectives are hired to find a kidnapped pet parrot of unknown origin and incredible linguistic ability, the pack of friends uncover ancient ...

Gemütlich treibt der 8-jährige August auf einem aufblasbaren Gummi-Krokodil mitten auf dem Meer. Eigentlich hätte er jetzt gern ein Eis, stattdessen begegnet er Juli. Die schippert da ganz lässig auf ihrem Floß herum. Das Floß ist ihr Zuhause, bestens ausgestattet mit Hängematte, Huhn und einer Meerwasserdusche. Nur zu gerne würde August bei Juli als Schiffsjunge anheuern. Aber Juli lässt nicht jeden auf ihr Floß, erst muss August beweisen, dass er geeignet ist. Nach und nach freunden die zwei sich an und erleben gemeinsam die Abenteuer, Gefahren und Glücksmomente eines Vagabunden-Lebens auf hoher See.