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The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world's most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in London, where his work eventually thrived and made him a famous and wealthy man. Celeste...

Our bestselling series is fit for a queen! The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father's court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A tough, intelligent woman who spoke five...

A JANE ADDAMS BOOK AWARD HONOR BOOK An in-depth examination of the Emmett Till murder case, a hate crime that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement and continues to teach Americans about the urgent need for equal rights—updated and revised with a new chapter. “Crowe pays powerful...

Die besten Geschichten aus GEOlino extra! Begleitet Wigald Boning auf seinem Ausflug ins Mittelalter. Er besucht dort ein Ritterturnier, berichtet vom Kampf der mutigen Jeanne d’Arc, die als Befreierin Frankreichs gilt und erzählt vom Leben im mittelalterlichen Lübeck. Vieles in jener Epoche...

Die besten Geschichten aus GEOlino extra! Woher weiß man eigentlich, was vor Tausenden von Jahren geschehen ist? Und muss man das überhaupt wissen? Fest steht: Es lohnt sich! Denn die Vergangenheit steckt voll aufregender Geschichten. Begleitet Wigald Boning auf seiner Reise zu versteinerten...

Like Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name--a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo contributed to the era's great rebirth of knowledge. He invented a telescope to observe the heavens...

Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog—until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish—and the closest supply is 650 miles away! The only way to get the serum to Nome is by sled, but can the dogs deliver it in time?...

By May 1963, African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama, had had enough of segregation and police brutality. But with their lives and jobs at stake, most adults were hesitant to protest the city’s racist culture. Instead, children and teenagers—like Audrey, Wash, James, and Arnetta— marched...

The award-winning creator of popular survival stories turns his attention to his own real life adventures in Minnesota and Alaska as he prepares for the grueling Iditarod sled dog race. "The lure of the wilderness is always a potent draw, and Paulsen evokes its mysteries as well as anyone has...

The beloved New York Times bestsellers and Kickstarter crowdfunding sensations are available on audio for the first time, read by a star-studded fierce female cast including Alicia Keys, Ashley Judd, Danai Gurira, Esperanza Spalding, Janeane Garofalo, Mozhan Marnò, Phillipa Soo, Rowan Blanchard...

A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of...

Soon to be a major motion picture directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times bestseller freshly adapted for the next generation. Inspiration for the PBS American Experience Documentary 'The Boys of '36' For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the...

THE DEFINITIVE EDITION Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, the remarkable diary that has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Diary’s...

A young reader's adaptation of Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights, the memoir of activist and trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, by Katie McCabe. Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the heart of Jim Crow, Dovey Johnson Roundtree felt the sting of inequality at an early age and made a...

In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an end and forced her and her family into hiding. Who Was Anne Frank? looks closely at Anne’s life before the secret annex, what life was like in hiding, and the...

Learn about the lives and daring deeds of spies during World War II.

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Podcast educativo para niños en el que viajamos en el tiempo hasta el año 1502, a la corte castellana, para conocer a una de las monarcas más influyentes de todos los tiempos: Isabel I de Castilla. Su reinado marcó un antes y un después gracias a su apoyo a Cristóbal Colón. Apostó por una arriesgada expedición que terminó conectando Europa con América, iniciando un intercambio cultural y de alimentos y sentando las bases de las primeras leyes para proteger a los nativos.

Podcast educativo para niños en el que viajamos en el tiempo hasta el año 34 a.C. para charlar con una de las gobernantas más fascinantes de la antigüedad: Cleopatra. En este episodio de "La Historia tiene voz" descubriremos quién fue realmente la última reina del Antiguo Egipto y cómo logró cambiar el rumbo de la historia. Cleopatra VII fue una líder excepcionalmente culta e inteligente que nació en Alejandría y pertenecía a la dinastía de los Ptolomeos.