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This is an innovative audiobook that combines narration with actually hearing the instruments playing well-known classical pieces from the best known composers as part of an orchestra. The book introduces the major sections of the orchestra - strings, brass, woodwind, and percussion including describing the individual instruments within each section. This book is a great introduction to the orchestra for younger children where it brings classical music and the different instruments that perform it to life.

Join Mrs Beckett's class as they learn all about what happens to trash and how recycling works. They learn about the impact of waste on the environment and how to reuse, reduce, and recycle. Presenting these stories through a familiar classroom setting provides a way for kids to immediate relate to import environmental issues.

Abridged Shakespeare productions written for kids and performed by voice actors. This set includes Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Comedy of Errors, as well as additional content on the life and times of Shakespeare. This is great introduction to some of Shakespeare's finest works, made more accessible for younger listeners.

This set of stories set on the farm in the context of a family explains nature concepts to kids through storytelling. In listening to these stories, children will learn about the role insects, manure, squirrels, and bees all play in maintaining a healthy natural environment. The stories are told from a child's perspective, making concepts accessible and easy to follow. If you want to build your younger child's understanding of the natural world, this is a great place to start. 

This plain-English version of King Lear clocks in at just under 20 minutes, ensuring the subject matter is appropriate for a younger audience. King Lear is one of Shakespeare's best-known tragedies from the 1600s and tells the story of a king's relationships with his three daughters. It is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare's most accomplished plays.

Plain English Shakespeare adapts and abridges Shakespeare's classic plays presenting them in shorter versions in plain English. Antony and Cleopatra is a Roman tragedy with romantic and comedic aspects, first performed around 1607, based on Thomas North's translation of the story Plutarch's lives in Ancient Greek. The plays follows Antony and Cleopatra at a time of strife in Sicily and the Roman Republic more broadly.

Shakespeare for Kids adapts and abridges Shakespeare's classic plays presenting them in shorter versions in plain English, in this case our abridged adaptation of The Merchant of Venice runs just under 20 minutes. Short enough to retain the interest of a younger audience. The Merchant Of Venice is considered a romantic comedy, though has its share of dramatic scenes. A young nobleman wishes to borrow money to spend on a wealthy heiress, but falls foul of an unethical moneylender.

Plain English Shakespeare adapts and abridges Shakespeare's classic plays presenting them in shorter versions in plain English. In this case All's Well That Ends Well is performed in 13 minutes. This conversion from Shakespearian language to today’s English, makes it easier to grasp the narrative structure of the play and appreciate Shakespeare's incredible gift for storytelling. This can be helpful for a younger audience, for those who are newer to the Shakespeare canon and for those who simply looking for a fresh approach to the great works of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare for Kids adapts and abridges Shakespeare's classic plays, presenting them in shorter versions in plain English. This conversion from Shakespearian language to today’s English, makes it easier to grasp the narrative structure of the play and appreciate Shakespeare's incredible gift for storytelling. This can be helpful for a younger audience, for those who are newer to the Shakespeare canon, and for those who simply looking for a fresh approach to the great works of Shakespeare.

Love's Labour's Lost is believed to be among Shakespeare's earlier plays and was performed before Queen Elizabeth in 16th-century England. It is a comedy as the King of Narrarre and his three friends (Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville) take an oath to avoid the company of women for three years. The arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies in waiting quickly disrupts their scheme. The result is a level of confusion common to Shakespearean comedies.

If you know a child who has a speech coming up or is simply interested in improving their ability to speak in public, this is a useful resource filled with tips and tricks as well as numerous excerpts from presidential speeches for inspiration. This audiobook explains the key elements of speech-making to a younger audience from picking the right topic, to how to structure a speech, to offering a great delivery. The audiobook contains numerous tips and tricks to write a good speech and then perform it well.

This book provides a quick introduction for children to the responsibilities of dog ownership. In simple language it details the types of dog breed, how to care for a dog and first steps in dog training. This book should make your young child a better dog owner if you have a puppy on the way. Topics covered include the major dog breeds and their typical traits, and how that breed characteristics impacts the selecting an appropriate dog. The book also covers caring for a dog including exercise, grooming, safety, and basic medical topics.

This book helps elementary school children better understand nocturnal animals, those creatures that come out at night. The book covers bats, raccoons, owls, opossums, cats, and beavers. This is a fact-based book offering a clear summary of what makes each animal special in language kids can understand.

If you have a five- or six-year-old you want to introduce to cooking, or who is already showing interest in the kitchen, then this audiobook is a useful guide. It outlines the basic principles of cooking and food and kitchen safety, ending with several simple ideas for kitchen projects. This book will build an interest in cooking and and an understanding of how to cook safely.

If you have a seven-year-old who wants to explore classical music, this audiobook can launch that journey. This audiobook tells a set of stories about a child and his grandparents and the power of classical music. Each chapter reviews a particular piece of classical music and the emotion it creates without getting too technical. The piece captures the theme of that story and showcases the range of classical music across the book. Composers featured include Beethoven, Vivaldi, and Chopin and the range of moods they can create with different compositions.

If your child has a birthday coming up, it can be interesting for children to learn about how different birthday traditions are celebrated around the world. These stories are told through the eyes of children from India to Ireland and lots of places in between. We learn what's similar and what's different about birthday traditions across the world. This is an ideal book if your child is excited for their own birthday. They are narrated in a calming way by a teacher, and the stories are set to calming music. 

This set of stories set on the farm in the context of a family explains nature concepts to kids through storytelling. In listening to these stories, children will learn about the role bees, renewable energy, seasons, and care for animals all play in maintaining a healthy, natural environment.  

This set of stories set on the farm in the context of a family explains nature concepts to kids through storytelling. In listening to these stories children will learn about the role bees and other insects, squirrels, manure, renewable energy, seasons, and care for animals all play in maintaining a healthy natural environment. The stories are told from a child's perspective making concepts accessible and easy to follow. Importantly, each stories contains educational nuggets for curious minds.

This audiobook for elementary-school children provides education on what minerals are and how we can obtain them through the foods we eat. Your kids will learn why junk food is not nutritious. The audiobook explains major minerals you need for a balanced diet and what the core food groups are.