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The Bill of Rights in Translation: What It Really Means
3-6 ┊ 2195 words ┊ ◄)) 3-6, 2195 words, 18 minutes audio time. How long is four score and seven years? Just what are unalienable rights? These translations make important historical documents meaningf…- 24
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The Declaration of Independence in Translation: What It Really Means
3-6 ┊ 2559 words ┊ ◄)) 3-6, 2559 words, 21 minutes audio time. How long is four score and seven years? Just what are unalienable rights? These translations make important historical documents meaningf…- 23
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The Dollar Bill in Translation: What It Really Means
3-6 ┊ 2021 words ┊ ◄)) 3-6, 2021 words, 17 minutes audio time. "Novus ordo seclorum" sounds like something from a magic spell, doesn't it? So why is it on the back of the dollar bill? H…- 59
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The Gettysburg Address in Translation: What It Really Means
3-6 ┊ 2042 words ┊ ◄)) 3-6, 2042 words, 16 minutes audio time. How long is four score and seven years? Just what are unalienable rights? These translations make important historical documents meaningf…- 5
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The Star Spangled Banner in Translation: What It Really Means
3-6 ┊ 2117 words ┊ ◄)) 3-6, 2117 words, 17 minutes audio time. How long is four score and seven years? Just what are unalienable rights? These translations make important historical documents meaningf…- 97
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Float and Sting!: One Round with Muhammad Ali
3-6 ┊ 3715 words ┊ ◄)) 3-6, 3715 words, 29 minutes audio time. Davis Miller is a puny, little mouse at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. At least that's what the other stu…- 18
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The Creation of the U.S. Constitution
3-9 ┊ 2529 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 2529 words, 23 minutes audio time. Tells the story of the debates, disagreements, and compromises that led to the formation of the U.S. Constitution during the Constitution…- 14
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition
3-9 ┊ 2041 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 2041 words, 15 minutes audio time. Explains the dramatic story of Lewis and Clark's exploration of the unmapped American west. Written in graphic-novel format. READ- 17
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The Boston Tea Party
3-9 ┊ 1339 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 1339 words, 11 minutes audio time. Tells the events of the Boston Tea Party, one of the acts by American Patriots that led to the American Revolution. Written in graphic-no…- 22
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
3-9 ┊ 1240 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 1240 words, 10 minutes audio time. Tells the story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Written in graphic-novel format. READ- 19
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The Salem Witch Trials
3-9 ┊ 1572 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 1572 words, 14 minutes audio time. Tells the story of the 1692 witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Written in graphic-novel format. READ- 21
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The Sinking of the Titanic
3-9 ┊ 1371 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 1371 words, 12 minutes audio time. Tells the story of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. Written in graphic-novel format. READ- 17
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Who Invented Basketball?: And Other Questions Kids Have About Sports
K-2 ┊ 1416 words ┊ ◄)) K-2, 1416 words, 11 minutes audio time. How many players are on a football team? Why is a baseball white with red stitches? What are triathlons? You've got questions about …- 28
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No Snow for Christmas
K-2 ┊ 571 words ┊ ◄)) K-2, 571 words, 7 minutes audio time. Fawn Braun is worried. There is no snow, and Christmas Eve is tomorrow. Without snow, Christmas may silently pass by Pfeffernut County. With…- 31
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Hope!: A Story of Change in Obama’s America
3-6 ┊ 3889 words ┊ ◄)) 3-6, 3889 words, 29 minutes audio time. When Anton Fox is sentenced to community service on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, he thinks it's just a punishment fit for someone w…- 19
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Storm of the Century: A Hurricane Katrina Story
3-6 ┊ 4378 words ┊ ◄)) 3-6, 4378 words, 34 minutes audio time. When a Hurricane Katrina threatens New Orleans, Louisiana, 14-year-old Ricky Thompson and his family must flee the city. Unfortunately, t…- 59
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Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Farmworkers
3-9 ┊ 2227 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 2227 words, 20 minutes audio time. A biography telling the life of labor leader Cesar Chavez and the boycotts that he led to gain fair working conditions for farmworkers. W…- 14
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Women’s Rights Pioneer
3-9 ┊ 1953 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 1953 words, 15 minutes audio time. A biography telling the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a staunch supporter of women's rights including women's right to vote. …- 18
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Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World
3-9 ┊ 1994 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 1994 words, 15 minutes audio time. A biography describing the childhood, private life, and years of public service of the popular First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. Written in …- 49
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Thomas Jefferson: Great American
3-9 ┊ 2240 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 2240 words, 18 minutes audio time. Tells the life story of President Thomas Jefferson, the individual who authored the Declaration of Independence. Written in graphic-novel…- 31
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Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
3-9 ┊ 2253 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 2253 words, 19 minutes audio time. Tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the Southern United States. Written in graphic-nove…- 109
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Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion
3-9 ┊ 1779 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 1779 words, 14 minutes audio time. Tells the story of how Isaac Newton developed the laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. Written in graphic-novel format. R…- 37
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Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
3-9 ┊ 1877 words ┊ ◄)) 3-9, 1877 words, 18 minutes audio time. Tells the story of Jonas Salk's involvement in the development of a polio vaccine. Written in graphic-novel format. READ- 32
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