Education bestsellers

The Jesus Storybook Bible

Every story whispers his name

Jesus Storybook Bible

By: Sally Lloyd-Jones
Narrated by: David Suchet
Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Trusted and treasured for over a decade,?The Jesus Storybook Bible?has been introducing children to God’s wonderful story, and the Savior at the center of that story.? With over 3 million copies sold,?The Jesus Storybook Bible?is the quintessential book for parents, grandparents, pastors, and anyone else who wants to share God’s??Never Stopping,... Read more

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

A Leadership Fable

By: Patrick Lencioni
Narrated by: Charles Stransky
Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered is she should have taken the job. But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and nothing excited her more than a challenge. What she... Read more

Pushout

The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

By: Monique W. Morris
Narrated by: Kristyl Dawn Tift
Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Fifteen-year-old Diamond stopped going to school the day she was expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and teased her for something everyone on the staff had missed: she was being trafficked for sex. After months on the run, she was arrested and sent to a detention center for violating a court order to attend school.

Just... Read more

Financial Feminist

Overcome the Patriarchy’s Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love

By: Tori Dunlap
Narrated by: Tori Dunlap, Samantha Tan, Shayna Small, Jaime Lamchick & Graham Halstead
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

From the globally-recognized personal finance educator and social media star behind Her First $100K, an inclusive guide to all things money—from managing debt to investing and voting with your dollarsTori Dunlap was always good with money. As a kid, she watched her prudent parents balance their checkbook every month and learned to save for... Read more

The Coddling of the American Mind

How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

By: Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt
Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising—on campus as well as nationally. How did this happen?

First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and... Read more

Raising Critical Thinkers

A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age

By: Julie Bogart
Narrated by: Julie Bogart & Nancy Linari
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in the digital age.

Education is not solely about acquiring information and skills across subject areas, but also about understanding how and why we believe what we do. At a time when online media has created a virtual firehose of information and... Read more

Permission to Feel

Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive

By: Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

This program is read by the author.

The mental wellbeing of our children is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do.

"We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."

Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale University’s Child Study Center and founding director of the Yale... Read more

The Opposite of Spoiled

Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money

By: Ron Lieber
Narrated by: Ron Lieber
Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

New York Times Bestseller“We all want to raise children with good values—children who are the opposite of spoiled—yet we often neglect to talk to our children about money. . . . From handling the tooth fairy, to tips on allowance, chores, charity, checking accounts, and part-time jobs, this engaging and important book is a must-read for... Read more

The Princess and the Goblin with A Christian Readers' Guide

Two Books in One!

By: George MacDonald & Jonathan St. John
Narrated by: Tamaryn Payne & Jonathan St. John
Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Dive into George MacDonald’s journey with Princess Irene through secret mazes, epic battles, and beautiful relationships as the insightful words of Jonathan St. John illuminate the many Christian themes, motifs, and character arcs in this beloved tale. A truly unique resource, this pairing would be perfect to go through with students, parent... Read more

Free to Learn

Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

By: Peter Gray
Narrated by: Dan Woren
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

A leading expert in childhood development makes the case for why self-directed learning -- "unschooling" -- is the best way to get kids to learn. In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that in order to foster children who will thrive in today's constantly changing world, we must entrust them to steer their own learning... Read more

Raising Human Beings

Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child

By: Ross W. Greene
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence.

Parents have an important task: figure out who their child is—his or her skills, preferences, beliefs, values,... Read more

When Kids Can’t Read—What Teachers Can Do - Abridged

A Guide for Teachers 4-12

By: Kylene Beers
Narrated by: Meredith Beers
Length: 12 hours 30 minutes

Dear Teachers,
This new edition of When Kids Can’t Read—What Teachers Can Do, like the original edition, is based on my bedrock belief that reading, though not an innate ability for anyone, is a critical skill for all.
Reading changes us. It changes the way we think, the way we see the world, the way we process information and dream new thoughts.... Read more

Trauma-Responsive Pedagogy

Teaching for Healing and Transformation

By: Arlène Elizabeth Casimir & Courtney N. Baker
Narrated by: Arlène Elizabeth Casimir & Courtney N. Baker
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Trauma and adversity are increasingly common experiences for students and educators, with growing poverty, income inequality, social injustice, institutional inequity, and the global pandemic worsening the situation. Now more children are attending school while experiencing significant chronic and acute stressors. What can educators do to... Read more

Poor

Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan
Narrated by: Katriona O'Sullivan
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Brought to you by Penguin.

'We love a rags-to-riches story, and we love to see someone triumph through sheer determination. But the story is rarely that simple. My story isn't, anyway.'

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan making anything of her life. When she became a mother at 15 and... Read more

Asian American Is Not a Color

Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family

By: OiYan A. Poon
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter’s many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian Americans

Before being struck down by the US Supreme Court in June 2023, affirmative action remained one of the few remaining policy tools to address... Read more

Teaching White Supremacy

America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity

By: Donald Yacovone
Narrated by: Cary Hite
Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

A powerful exploration of the past and present arc of America’s white supremacy—from the country’s inception and Revolutionary years to its 19th century flashpoint of civil war; to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and today’s Black Lives Matter.
 
“The most profoundly original cultural history in recent memory.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,... Read more

How Children Learn (50th anniversary edition)

A Merloyd Lawrence Book

By: John Holt
Narrated by: Matt Kugler
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

This enduring classic of educational thought offers teachers and parents deep, original insight into the nature of early learning. John Holt was the first to make clear that, for small children, "learning is as natural as breathing." In this delightful yet profound book, he looks at how we learn to talk, to read, to count, and to reason, and how... Read more

Homeschool Rising

Shattering Myths, Finding Courage, and Opting Out of the School System

By: Christy-Faith
Narrated by: Randye Kaye
Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Homeschool Rising is a guide for anyone interested in homeschooling their children, regardless of background.

In Homeschool Rising, educator Christy-Faith offers insights from more than twenty years in the field and her experience working with thousands of students to debunk these myths and misconceptions.

The truth is, homeschooling sets... Read more

Mothership

A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis

By: Greg Wrenn
Narrated by: Greg Wrenn
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Professor Greg Wrenn likes to tell his nature-writing students, "The ecological is personal, and the personal is ecological." What he's never told them is how he's lived out those correspondences to heal from childhood abuse at the hands of his mother.

Weaving together memoir and cutting-edge science, Mothership is not just a queer... Read more

They Came for the Schools

One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms

By: Mike Hixenbaugh
Narrated by: Mike Hixenbaugh
Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas suburb inspired a Christian nationalist campaign now threatening to undermine public education in America—from an NBC investigative reporter and co-creator of the Peabody Award–winning and Pulitzer Prize finalist Southlake podcast. Award-winning... Read more

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

50th Anniversary Edition

By: Paulo Freire
Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and has taken on special urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and... Read more

The Good Neighbor

The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

By: Maxwell King
Narrated by: LeVar Burton
Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

“A wonderful biography of an American icon who seemed too good to be true. And yet, believe it or not, he was an even better, more caring man than he portrayed on television. If you are a fan of Fred Rogers and want to understand what drove him to create Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, this is an essential read. Learning more about Rogers’ life through... Read more

Grit

The Power of Passion and Perseverance

By: Angela Duckworth
Narrated by: Angela Duckworth
Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People).

The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela... Read more

Start Here, Start Now - Abridged

A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community

By: Liz Kleinrock
Narrated by: Liz Kleinrock
Length: 4 hours 20 minutes

Most educators want to cultivate an antibias and antiracist classroom and school community, but they often struggle with where and how to get started. Liz helps us set ourselves up for success and prepare for the mistakes we’ll make along the way. 
Each chapter in Start Here, Start Now addresses many of the questions and challenges educators have... Read more

We Want to Do More Than Survive

Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

By: Bettina L. Love
Narrated by: Misty Monroe
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Winner of the 2020 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award

Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists.

Drawing on her life’s work of teaching and researching in urban schools, Bettina Love... Read more

Textured Teaching - Abridged

A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices

By: Lorena Escoto Germán
Narrated by: Lorena Escoto Germán
Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

“Be prepared to be embraced with words, images, stories, examples, experiences, and a love for teaching in community with young people toward social and cultural justice.”—Django Paris
As middle and high school teachers, we know that students begin to develop racial identities and ideologies as early as preschool.  By the time they reach us,... Read more

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

And Other Conversations About Race

By: Beverly Daniel Tatum
Narrated by: Beverly Daniel Tatum
Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

The classic, New York Times-bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America.

Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? How can we get past our reluctance to... Read more

The Berenstain Bears Seasonal Collection 1

Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story

By: Mike Berenstain
Narrated by: Kate Russell & Angela Park
Length: 33 minutes

Young readers will enjoy The Berenstain Bears Seasonal Collection 1, a four-book treasury of Berenstain Bears Living Lights™ audiobooks. Children will learn biblical values through these classic seasonal stories about the familiar and well-loved Bear family.The Berenstain Bears Seasonal Collection 1—part of the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights... Read more

Never Enough

When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

By: Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Narrated by: Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The definitive book on the rise of “toxic achievement culture” overtaking our kids' and parents' lives, and a new framework for fighting back

In the ever more competitive race to secure the best possible future, today’s students face unprecedented pressure to succeed. They jam-pack their schedules with AP... Read more

The Story of the World, Vol. 1 Audiobook

By: Susan Wise Bauer
Narrated by: Jim Weiss
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

History will never be the same again! This spirited reading of the first in Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World history series brings to life the stories and records of the peoples of ancient times. Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives-and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the... Read more

Why Smart People Hurt

A Guide for the Bright, the Sensitive, and the Creative

By: Eric Maisel
Narrated by: Seth Podowitz
Length: 5 hours 43 minutes

Make Your Gifted Life MeaningfulOvercome your unique challenges. The challenges smart and creative people encounter―from scientific researchers and genius award winners to bestselling novelists, Broadway actors, high-powered attorneys, and academics―often include anxiety, overthinking, mania, sadness, and despair. In Why Smart People Hurt,... Read more

The Water Is Wide

By: Pat Conroy
Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

“A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail.” —Charleston News and CourierYamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by boat. But for the handful of families that lived on Yamacraw,... Read more

The Joy of Reading - Abridged

By: Donalyn Miller & Teri Lesesne
Narrated by: Donalyn Miller
Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

What reading experiences have entertained you, provoked you, taught you, inspired you, helped you to see your own life more clearly, or connected you with others?  As teachers, librarians, school administrators, and caregivers who love reading, we know what it feels like to fall into a book and let the world fall away. We have joyous reading... Read more

The Berenstain Bears Values and Virtues Treasury

8 Books in 1

Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story

By: Mike Berenstain
Narrated by: Jill Blackwood, Angela Park & Julia Barnett Tracy
Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Calling all Berenstain Bears fans! Young readers will enjoy this collection of 8 stories in this addition to the Living Lights™ series of Berenstain Bears books. Children will learn about kindness, patience, love, respect, and much more alongside Brother, Sister and Honey Bear.Join the Berenstain Bear cubs as they explore the values of... Read more

Literacy Moves Outdoors - Abridged

Learning Approaches for Any Environment

By: Valerie Bang-Jensen
Narrated by: Valerie Bang-Jensen
Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Why is outdoor learning important? Research shows nature-based education can boost academic performance and support physical, mental, and emotional health. Providing outdoor learning experiences allows students to expand knowledge and apply concepts. Inviting students to connect with nature offers a chance to use their senses to explore, leading... Read more

Up Home

One Girl's Journey

By: Ruth J. Simmons
Narrated by: Ruth J. Simmons
Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Simmons’s evocative account of her remarkable trajectory from Jim Crow Texas, where she was the youngest of twelve children in a sharecropping family, to the presidencies of Smith College and Brown University shines with tenderness and dignity.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

“A riveting work of... Read more

The Story of the World, Vol. 2 Audiobook

By: Susan Wise Bauer
Narrated by: Jim Weiss
Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

History will never be the same again! This spirited reading of the first in Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World history series brings to life the stories and records of the peoples of ancient times. Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives-and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the... Read more

VeggieTales Children's Book Collection

Big Idea Books / VeggieTales

By: Cindy Kenney & Karen Poth
Narrated by: Phil Vischer
Length: 27 minutes

This audiobook bundle includes six favorite VeggieTales titles:Easter CarolEbenezer Nezzer is confused about what Easter really means, and he’s determined to turn a little town into Easter Land—filled with Easter egg hunts and chocolate bunnies. Can anyone stop him? When he receives a visit from a tiny angel, Ebenezer gets a glimpse at Easter... Read more

Visual Thinking

The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions

By: Temple Grandin, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Andrea Gallo & Temple Grandin, Ph.D.
Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS GOLD AWARD

“A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century.” —Steve Silberman

“An absolute eye-opener.” —Frans de Waal

A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds... Read more

Sincerely, Your Autistic Child

What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity

By: Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network
Narrated by: Stephanie Jean Mounce
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

A diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights how parents can avoid common mistakes and misconceptions, and make their child feel truly accepted, valued, and celebrated for who they are.

Most resources available for parents come from psychologists, educators, and doctors, offering parents a narrow and technical approach to autism.... Read more

4 Essential Studies - Abridged

Beliefs and Practices to Reclaim Student Agency

By: Penny Kittle & Kelly Gallagher
Narrated by: Penny Kittle & Kelly Gallagher
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Essay. Poetry. Book Clubs. Digital Composition. Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher extend their work in 180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents by taking a deep dive into four essential studies. Their aim is to move beyond compliance and formula, and to develop students’ agency, independence, and decision-making... Read more

Learning in Public

Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School

By: Courtney E. Martin
Narrated by: Courtney E. Martin
Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

This "provocative and personally searching"memoir follows one mother's story of enrolling her daughter in a local public school (San Francisco Chronicle), and the surprising, necessary lessons she learned with her neighbors. From the time Courtney E. Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her chest for long walks, she was curious about Emerson... Read more

Complaint!

By: Sara Ahmed
Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
Length: 14 hours 32 minutes

In Complaint! Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying, and unequal working conditions at universities, Ahmed explores the gap between what is supposed to happen when... Read more

God Made the Dinosaurs

Full of Dinotastic Illustrations and Facts

By: Michael Carroll & Caroline Carroll
Narrated by: Bob Hartman
Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

In this beautifully illustrated softcover picture book for young readers, discover fun facts and scientific information about dinosaurs, fossils, and prehistoric life, all in a faith-based context. Learn how the Bible and science connect, what the fossil record and paleontologists throughout history have taught us, and how dinosaurs embody the... Read more

Defining Moments in Black History

Reading Between the Lies

By: Dick Gregory
Narrated by: James Shippy
Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America.A friend of luminaries including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medgar Evers, and the forebear of today’s popular... Read more

Modern Miss Mason

By: Leah Boden
Narrated by: Leah Boden
Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

This book is your invitation to an adventure, a call to turn a corner on your already incredible journey of parenting and let Leah Boden show you the fresh face of an age-old perspective on motherhood, childhood, and education. As a young mother and new home educator, Leah was overwhelmed by the breadth of available resources. How to know which... Read more

How to Take Smart Notes

One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers

By: Sönke Ahrens
Narrated by: Nigel Fyfe
Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

The key to good and efficient writing lies in the intelligent organisation of ideas and notes. This book helps students, academics and nonfiction writers to get more done, write intelligent texts and learn for the long run. It teaches you how to take smart notes and ensure they bring you and your projects forward.The Take Smart Notes principle... Read more

To Name the Bigger Lie

A Memoir in Two Stories

By: Sarah Viren
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

“What really goes through the mind of those who believe in conspiracy theories despite compelling evidence to the contrary? Where is the line between espousing a conspiracy theory and challenging conventional thinking? Sarah Viren explores these questions as she revisits the views of a particularly impactful high school philosophy teacher. In... Read more

Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race

By: Debby Irving
Narrated by: Debby Irving
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Debby Irving is an emerging voice in the national racial justice community. Combining her organization development skills, classroom teaching experience, and understanding of systemic racism, Irving educates and consults with individuals and organizations seeking to create racial equity at both the personal and institutional level.
Irving grew up... Read more

A Philosophy of Education

Annotated Edition

The Annotated Home Education Series

By: Charlotte Mason & Rachel Lebowitz
Narrated by: Rachel Lebowitz
Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Reading and understanding Charlotte Mason's Volumes just got a whole lot easier! Don't have time to sit down and read? Now you can LISTEN! The Annotated Edition of Volume 6 includes the full, unabridged text of Charlotte Mason’s original work: A Philosophy of Education as well as ANNOTATIONS to help you understand it!All her words and wisdom... Read more