Education audiobooks

Original Sins

By: Eve L. Ewing

Narrated by: Robin Miles & Eve L. Ewing

Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Why don’t our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America’s classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to maintain the nation’s inequalities. It’s a task at which they excel.

“This book will transform... Read more

What If? 10th Anniversary Edition

By: Randall Munroe

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A special tenth anniversary edition of the million-copy bestseller What If? from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd—revised and annotated with answers to important questions you never thought to ask.Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions: What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at ninety percent the speed of light?... Read more

The Jesus Storybook Bible

By: Sally Lloyd-Jones

Narrated by: David Suchet

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Financial Feminist

By: Tori Dunlap

Narrated by: Tori Dunlap, Samantha Tan, Shayna Small, Jaime ...

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

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

That Librarian

By: Amanda Jones

Narrated by: Amanda Jones

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents That Librarian written and read by Amanda Jones.

“Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she’s not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories.”—Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards

"Amanda Jones clearly... Read more

The Good Neighbor

By: Maxwell King

Narrated by: LeVar Burton

Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and to taking their fears, concerns, and questions... Read more

The Berenstain Bears Seasonal Collection 2

By: Jan Berenstain & Mike Berenstain

Narrated by: Jill Blackwood

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Young readers will enjoy The Berenstain Bears Seasonal Collection 2, 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 2—part of the popular Zonderkidz Living Lights... Read more

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

By: Paulo Freire

Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman

Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Raising Human Beings

By: Ross W. Greene

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

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

You Don't Need a Budget

By: Dana Miranda

Narrated by: Dana Miranda

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A simple, no‑stress guide to managing money—free of the toxic messages and shame baked into traditional personal finance advice.

Track every dollar you spend. Check your account balances once a week. Always pay off your credit card bill in full. Make a budget—and stick to it. These are just a few of the edicts you'll find in virtually every... Read more

The Importance of Being Little

By: Erika Christakis

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold challenge to the conventional wisdom about early childhood, with a pragmatic program to encourage parents and teachers to rethink how and where young children learn best by taking the child’s eye view of the learning environmentParents of young children today are embattled: Pick the “wrong” preschool and your child won’t get into the... Read more

What We Talk About When We Talk About Books

By: Leah Price

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggerated Do you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us: the willpower to focus on a sustained argument, the... Read more

Grit

By: Angela Duckworth

Narrated by: Angela Duckworth

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

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

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

By: Patrick Lencioni

Narrated by: Charles Stransky

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

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

The Coddling of the American Mind

By: Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt

Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Never Enough

By: Jennifer Breheny Wallace

Narrated by: Jennifer Breheny Wallace

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

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

How to Write Like a Writer

By: Thomas C. Foster

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from... Read more

Spellbound

By: Phil Hanley

Narrated by: Phil Hanley

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author, comedian and severe dyslexic Phil Hanley, who reveals his unlikely path to success in a story that is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking.

When Phil Hanley was in first grade, he realized something that would forever set him apart from his peers: he couldn’t read. His teachers were ill-equipped to assist... Read more

The Teacher Wars

By: Dana Goldstein

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 11 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education that brings the lessons of the past to bear on the dilemmas we face today—and brilliantly illuminates the path forward for public schools.

“[A] lively account." —New York Times Book Review

In The Teacher Wars, a rich, lively, and unprecedented history of... Read more

Sincerely, Your Autistic Child

By: Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network

Narrated by: Stephanie Jean Mounce

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

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

Buy What You Love Without Going Broke

By: Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni

Narrated by: Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A relatable personal finance guide that gives a fresh take on how to control your impulse spending so you can stick to a budget and pay off debt, without the guilt and shame of traditional financial advice—from the hosts of the beloved Frugal Friends podcast.There’s a lot of noise out there about how to spend (and not spend) your hard-earned... Read more

On the Wrong Side

By: Nicole Bedera

Narrated by: Suzy Jackson

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

THIS EXPLOSIVE INVESTIGATION REVEALS THE PROFOUND FAILURES OF THE TITLE IX SYSTEM AND IDENTIFIES THE STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO PROTECT STUDENTS

On the Wrong Side provides the first comprehensive account of the inner workings of the secretive Title IX system. Drawing on a yearlong study of survivors, perpetrators, and the administrators who oversaw... Read more

To Name the Bigger Lie

By: Sarah Viren

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

“Has the page-turning quality of a thriller.” —NPR
“Strange and wonderful…A book for our times.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Propulsive…mesmerizing…breathtaking.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

This unforgettable memoir traces the ramifications of a series of lies that threaten to derail the author’s life—exploring the line between... Read more

Reading with Patrick

By: Michelle Kuo

Narrated by: Michelle Kuo

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

“In all of the literature addressing education, race, poverty, and criminal justice, there has been nothing quite like Reading with Patrick.”—The Atlantic

A memoir of the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student, jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta

FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE

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