AuthorStewart Ross
NarratorPaul Vates
Duration1h 10m
CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, Science
Key StageKS2
PublisherInhouse
VersionUnabridged
Meet the man whose investigations into eletricity, chemistry, magnetism and electrolysis eventually led to the invention of motors, generators, electroplating and many other scientific breakthroughs. Follow Faraday's life story and find out how his greatest discoveries are affecting us today.
Author: Chelsea Clinton
Author Chelsea Clinton
Narrator Chelsea Clinton
Duration 20m
Did you know that blue whales are the largest animals in the world? Or that sea otters wash their paws after every meal? The world is filled with millions of animal species, and all of them are unique and special. Many are on the path to extinction. In this audiobook, Chelsea Clinton introduces young readers to a selection of endangered animals, sh...
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Author: Stacy Mcanulty
Author Stacy Mcanulty
Narrator Taylor Meskimen
SeriesOur Universe, Book 3
Duration 19m
From writer Stacy McAnulty and illustrator Stevie Lewis, Moon! Earth's Best Friend is a light-hearted nonfiction audiobook about the formation and history of the moon-told from the perspective of the moon itself. Meet Moon! She's more than just a rock-she's Earth's rock, her best friend she can always count on. Moon never turns her back on her frie...
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Writers In Britain: William Shakespeare
Author: Stewart Ross
Author Stewart Ross
Narrator Benedikte Faulkner
Duration 58m
This audiobook paints an outline of Shakespeare's life within the contemporary political and social scene, and introduces his work in the context of the theatre of his day. Suitable for young students of Britain's master dramatist and poet.
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Author: Katherine Johnson
Author Katherine Johnson
Narrator Heather Alicia Sims
Duration 5h 19m
The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11. As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportu...
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Author: Steven Johnson
Author Steven Johnson
Narrator Steven Johnson
Duration 2h 57m
Did you drink a glass of water today? Did you turn on a light? Did you think about how miraculous either one of those things is when you did it? Of course not-but you should, and New York Timesbestselling author Steven Johnson has. This adaptation of his adult book and popular PBS series explores the fascinating and interconnected stories of innova...
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Guglielmo Marconi: Scientists Who Made History
Author: Dr. Mark Goldsmith
Author Dr. Mark Goldsmith
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 1h 10m
Meet the man who created radio, an invention that made travel safer, transformed warfare and brought live news and entertainment into our homes. Follow his life story and find out how his greatest discoveries are still affecting us today.
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You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Coding!
Author: Alex Woolf
Author Alex Woolf
Narrator Mariam Keen
Duration 30m
Coding means creating a set of instructions (or algorithms) that tells a computer how to perform a task. Another word for coding is programming. Learn about the origins of coding, how it is done and how much control it has over our daily lives
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Author: Gail Herman
Author Gail Herman
Narrator Suzanne Elise Freeman
Duration 1h 20m
Learn more about what climate change means and how it's affecting our planet. The earth is definitely getting warmer. There's no argument about that, but who or what is the cause? And why has climate change become a political issue? Are humans at fault? Is this just a natural development? While the vast majority of scientists who study the environ...
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Author: Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Author Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Narrator Tara Sands
Duration 1h 16m
If a black hole is not a hole, then what is it? Find out what black holes are, what causes them, and how scientists first discovered them. Learn how astronomers find black holes, get to know our nearest black-hole neighbor, and take a journey that will literally s-t-r-e-t-c-h the mind.
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Author: Stewart Ross
Author Stewart Ross
Narrator Jane Steel
Duration 43m
'Beware the King' is the story of England's brutal monarch, Henry VIII, and his love for Anne Boleyn. The story starts with the young and glamorous King Hal riding in a tournament and ends with the tragic public execution of Anne.
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