29 Best Education Books
Education is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Education audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Education audiobooks below.
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The Story for Little Ones
- Length: 51 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: June 21, 2011
- Language: English
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5(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDNow that they know their ABCs and 1-2-3s, are your children ready to start reading? The Picture That! Bible Storybook will help kids ages 6 and under feel like reading is easy-and fun too! This picture reader sprinkles over 90 full-color pictureNow that they know their ABCs and 1-2-3s, are your children ready to start reading? The Picture That! Bible Storybook will help kids ages 6 and under feel like reading is easy-and fun too! This picture reader sprinkles over 90 full-color picture icons into more than 65 Bible stories. Noah and the ark full of animals, David and the giant, Jesus calming the storm, the angel at the empty tomb-these are just a few of the Old and New Testament stories your kids will be reading-yes reading! The icons will encourage them to jump from picture to picture and then try to read some words in between. To help keep things interesting, various layouts with full-page illustrations and some larger picture icons fill the pages of the Picture That! Bible Storybook-readers will be excited to see what’s coming next! And at the end of each story, a simple, one-line lesson helps children remember what it teaches and offers to apply what they learn. Based on the New International Reader’s version (the Bible translation for beginning readers), the Picture That! Bible Storybook is reading at its easiest. This unique, creative book is bound to become a favorite with children and parents alike. Written by best-selling author Tracy Harrast.
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The Book of Virtues: 30th Anniversary Edition
- By: William J. Bennett
- Narrator: Ed Asner
- Length: 22 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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5(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0034.99 USDHelp your children develop moral character with this updated, 30th anniversary edition of the perennial classic The Book of Virtues.Almost 3 million copies of the Book of Virtues have been sold since it was published in 1993. It is one of the mostHelp your children develop moral character with this updated, 30th anniversary edition of the perennial classic The Book of Virtues.
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Almost 3 million copies of the Book of Virtues have been sold since it was published in 1993. It is one of the most popular moral primers ever written, an inspiring anthology that helps children understand and develop character–and helps parents teach it to them. Thirty years ago, readers thought that the times were right for a book about moral literacy. Back then, Americans worried that schools were no longer parents’ allies in teaching good character. As the book’s original introduction noted, “moral anchors and moorings have never been more necessary.” If that was true in the 1990s, it is even more true today. The explosion of information with the Internet has left many unsure of what is valuable and what is not.
Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Loyalty. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Hard work. Self-discipline. Faith. These remain the essentials of good character. The Book of Virtues contains hundreds of exemplary stories offering children examples of good and bad, right and wrong. Drawing on the Bible, American history, Greek mythology, English poetry, fairy tales, and modern fiction, William J. and Elayne Bennett show children the many virtuous paths they can follow–and the ones they ought to avoid. For the 30th anniversary edition, the Bennetts have slimmed down the book’s contents, while also finding room to introduce such figures as Mother Teresa, Colin Powell, and heroes of 9/11 and the War in Afghanistan. Here is a rich mine of moral literacy to teach a new generation of children about American culture, history, and traditions–ultimately, the ideals by which we wish to live our lives. The updated edition of The Book of Virtues will continue a legacy of raising moral children far into a new century. -
Love Letters from God
- By: Glenys Nellist
- Length: 55 minutes
- Publisher: Zonderkidz
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
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4.75(76 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDWhat child does not love to receive mail? What if your child could receive and read his or her own personal mail from God? Love Letters from God will invite them to do just that! With 18 of the most popular Bible stories, every story is accompaniedWhat child does not love to receive mail? What if your child could receive and read his or her own personal mail from God? Love Letters from God will invite them to do just that! With 18 of the most popular Bible stories, every story is accompanied by a special and encouraging letter.
Love Letters from God is the first book of the series written by Glenys Nellist. Unique features include:
- 18 letters from God
- Gorgeous bright illustrations by Sophie Allsopp
- 9 stories from The Old Testament and 9 stories from The New Testament
This picture book is perfect for ages 4-8 and is great for birthdays, Valentine’s Day, holiday gift giving, or as an addition to your child’s digital library.
Check out other titles from this series, Love Letters from God: Bible Stories for a Girl’s Heart, Easter Love Letters from God: Bible Stories, and Christmas Love Letters from God: Bible Stories.
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Modern Miss Mason
- By: Leah Boden
- Narrator: Leah Boden
- Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: January 10, 2023
- Language: English
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4.7(79 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThis 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 andThis 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 to choose? What would best guide and inspire her children? Whose voices should she trust? That’s when she discovered the timeless work and words of Charlotte Mason. A ground-breaking and revolutionary voice in education, Charlotte breathed life and beauty back into childhood in a stiff, archaic age, opening the eyes of parent-teachers and the hearts of students?and changing the future of home education. Let Leah Boden show you how Charlotte Mason’s ideas can transform your homeschooling experience. She will help you do the following: find methods that you and your children can explore by learning through books, by being outdoors, and through living experiences; recognize that each child is unique and discover how to plan their learning journey accordingly; and learn how to practically incorporate Charlotte’s timeless philosophy into your home every day. In an overwhelming digital age that can distract and divert our attention from the past, turn back to Charlotte Mason’s educational ideas that started it all?and discover what they can do for you and your family.
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Learning and Teaching While White
- By: Jenna Chandler-Ward
- Narrator: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 6 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.62(8 ratings)
4.62(8 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDWe need to name whiteness in order to move toward antiracism. For too long, white educators have relied on people of color to make change to a relentlessly racist school system. Racial equity will not come until white educators recognize their roleWe need to name whiteness in order to move toward antiracism.
For too long, white educators have relied on people of color to make change to a relentlessly racist school system. Racial equity will not come until white educators recognize their role in supporting racist policies and practices, and take responsibility for dismantling them.
Learning and Teaching While White is an accessible guide to help white educators, leaders, students, and parents develop an explicit, skills-based antiracist practice. Through their own experiences working with school communities, and the strategies and tools they have developed, Jenna Chandler-Ward and Elizabeth Denevi share how white educators can gain greater consciousness of their own white racial identity, analyze the role of whiteness in their school systems, rethink pedagogical approaches and curricular topics, address the role of white parents in the pursuit of racial literacy and equity, and much more. Their book will empower white educators to be part of creating a more equitable educational system for all students.
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Learning America
- By: Luma Mufleh
- Narrator: Luma Mufleh
- Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 05, 2022
- Language: English
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4.5(199 ratings)
4.5(199 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USD“[From] an influential educational leader and activist…an impassioned, penetrating critique and inspiring model for progress.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review It was a wrong turn that changed everything. When Luma“[From] an influential educational leader and activist…an impassioned, penetrating critique and inspiring model for progress.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
It was a wrong turn that changed everything. When Luma Mufleh—a Muslim, gay, refugee woman from hyper-conservative Jordan—stumbled upon a pick-up game of soccer in Clarkston, Georgia, something compelled her to join.  The players, 11- and 12-year-olds from Liberia, Afghanistan, and Sudan, soon welcomed her as coach of their ragtag but fiercely competitive group. Drawn into their lives, Mufleh learned that few of her players, all local public school students, could read a single word. She asks, “Where was the America that took me in? That protected me? How can I get these kids to that America?”
Learning America¬†traces the story of how Mufleh grew a group of kids into a soccer team and then into a nationally acclaimed network of schools for refugee children. The journey is inspiring and hard-won: Fugees schools accept only those most in need; no student passes a grade without earning it; the failure of any student is the responsibility of all.¬†Soccer as a part of every school day is a powerful catalyst to heal trauma, create belonging, and accelerate learning.¬†Finally, this gifted storyteller delivers provocative, indelible portraits of student after student making leaps in learning that aren‚Äôt supposed to be possible for children born into trauma–stories that shine powerful light on the path to educational justice for all of America‚Äôs most left-behind.
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My Bedtime Story Bible
- By: Jean E. Syswerda
- Length: 56 minutes
- Publisher: Zonderkidz
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
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4.46(13 ratings)
4.46(13 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.008.99 USDMy Bedtime Story Bible focuses not only on biblical characters and stories, but also on the quiet times of those characters before sleep. Children will enjoy listening to My Bedtime Story just before bed, hearing stories about Bible charactersMy Bedtime Story Bible focuses not only on biblical characters and stories, but also on the quiet times of those characters before sleep. Children will enjoy listening to My Bedtime Story just before bed, hearing stories about Bible characters and the truths they can learn from them—all in a manner that promotes quiet, settled moments rather than noisy, busy times.
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Beyond Birds and Bees
- By: Bonnie J. Rough
- Narrator: Bonnie J. Rough
- Length: 9 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 21, 2018
- Language: English
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4.46(298 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDA provocative inquiry into how we teach our children about bodies, sex, relationships and equality — with revelatory, practical takeaways from the author’s research and eye-opening observations from the world-famous Dutch approachA provocative inquiry into how we teach our children about bodies, sex, relationships and equality — with revelatory, practical takeaways from the author’s research and eye-opening observations from the world-famous Dutch approach
Award-winning author Bonnie J. Rough never expected to write a book about sex, but life handed her a revelation too vital to ignore. As an American parent grappling with concerns about raising children in a society steeped in stereotypes and sexual shame, she couldn’t quite picture how to teach the facts of life with a fearless, easygoing, positive attitude. Then a job change relocated her family to Amsterdam, where she soon witnessed the relaxed and egalitarian sexual attitudes of the Dutch. There, she discovered, children learn from babyhood that bodies are normal, the world’s best sex ed begins in kindergarten, cooties are a foreign concept, puberty is no big surprise, and questions about sex are welcome at the dinner table.
In Beyond Birds and Bees, Rough reveals how although normalizing human sexuality may sound risky, doing so actually prevents unintended consequences, leads to better health and success for our children, and lays the foundation for a future of gender equality. Exploring how the Dutch example translates to American life, Rough highlights a growing wave of ambitious American parents, educators, and influencers poised to transform sex ed — and our society — for the better, and shows how families everywhere can give a modern lift to the birds and bees.
Down to earth and up to the minute with our profound new cultural conversations about gender, sex, power, autonomy, diversity, and consent, Rough’s careful research and engaging storytelling illuminate a forward path for a groundbreaking generation of Americans who want clear examples and actionable steps for how to support children’s sexual development — and overall wellbeing — from birth onward at home, in schools, and across our evolving culture.
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The Art of Teaching Children
- By: Phillip Done
- Narrator: Phillip Done
- Length: 19 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.45(117 ratings)
4.45(117 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDAn essential guide for teachers and parents that’s destined to become a classic, The Art of Teaching Children is one of those rare and masterful books that not only defines a craft but offers a magical reading experience.After more than thirtyAn essential guide for teachers and parents that’s destined to become a classic, The Art of Teaching Children is one of those rare and masterful books that not only defines a craft but offers a magical reading experience.
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After more than thirty years in the classroom, award-winning teacher Phillip Done decided that it was time to retire. But a teacher’s job is never truly finished, and he set out to write the greatest lesson of his career: a book for educators and parents that would pass along everything he learned about working with kids. From the first-day-of-school jitters to the last day’s tears, Done writes about the teacher’s craft, classrooms and curriculums, the challenges of the profession, and the reason all teachers do it–the children.
Drawing upon decades of experience, Done shares time-tested tips and sage advice: Real learning is messy, not linear. Greeting kids in the morning as they enter the classroom is an important part of the school day. If a student is having trouble, look at what you can do differently before pointing the finger at the child. Ask yourself: Would I want to be a student in my class? When children watch you, they are learning how to be people, and one of the most important things we can do for our students is to model the kind of people we would like them to be. Done tackles topics you won’t find in any other teaching book, including Back to School Night nerves, teacher pride, the Sunday Blues, Pinterest envy, teacher guilt, and the things they never warn you about in “teacher school” but should, like how to survive recess duty, field trips, and lunch supervision. Done also addresses some of the most important issues schools face today: bullying, excessive screen time, the system’s obsession with testing, teacher burnout, and the ever-increasing demands of meeting the diverse learning needs of students.
But The Art of Teaching Children is more than a guide to educating today’s young learners. These pages are alive with inspiration, humor, and tales of humanity. Done welcomes us like visitors at Open House Night to the world of elementary school, where we witness lessons that go well and others that flop, periods that run smoothly and ones that go haywire when a bee flies into the room. We meet master teachers and new ones, librarians and lunch supervisors, principals and parents (some with too much time on their hands). We get to know kids who want to hold a ball and those who’d rather hold a marker, students with difficult home lives and children with disabilities, youngsters who need drawing out and those who happily announce (in the middle of a math lesson) that they have a loose tooth.
With great wit and wisdom, irresistible storytelling, and boundless compassion, The Art of Teaching Children is the new educator’s bible for teachers, parents, and all who work with kids and care about their learning and success. -
Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers
- By: Fred Rogers
- Narrator: Lily Tomlin
- Length: 1 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 27, 2005
- Language: English
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4.45(1170 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDAn inspiring collection of thoughts to take with us on the paths we travel in life. For all the roads we choose to travel, and even those we don’t, Fred Rogers has an observation, a story, some insights to share. Whether you’re facingAn inspiring collection of thoughts to take with us on the paths we travel in life.
For all the roads we choose to travel, and even those we don’t, Fred Rogers has an observation, a story, some insights to share. Whether you’re facing graduation, a new job, a new baby, marriage, any change in your life–expected or not–the wisdom that Mister Rogers offers can contribute mightily to the grace with which you handle the change.
With sections titled Who You Are Right Now, Loving and Being Loved, and Guided Drift, Fred addresses the scope of human transitions. It all comes down to knowing we’re valuable, and that we’re worthy of that value. As Fred would say, “You don’t have to be anything more than who you are right now.”
In her foreword, Joanne Rogers shares the Fred she knew. With stories from their life together, the joys as well as the struggles, Joanne shows how Fred looked at life as a journey–with the ups and downs and in-betweens.
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Believe Storybook
- By: Randy Frazee
- Length: 2 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: June 02, 2015
- Language: English
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4.43(23 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDBelieve Storybook Bible is part of the national church-wide program led by Randy Frazee that shows children how they can think, act, and be more like Jesus. -
The Inequality Machine
- By: Paul Tough
- Narrator: Paul Tough
- Length: 13 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 10, 2019
- Language: English
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4.41(222 ratings)
4.41(222 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDFirst published as The Years That Matter Most From best-selling author Paul Tough, an indelible and explosive book on the glaring injustices of higher education, including unfair admissions tests, entrenched racial barriers, and crushingFirst published as The Years That Matter Most
From best-selling author Paul Tough, an indelible and explosive book on the glaring injustices of higher education, including unfair admissions tests, entrenched racial barriers, and crushing student debt. Now updated and expanded for the pandemic era.
When higher education works the way it’s supposed to, there is no better tool for social mobility—for lifting young people out of challenging circumstances and into the middle class and beyond. In reality, though, American colleges and universities have become the ultimate tool of social immobility—a system that secures a comfortable future for the children of the wealthy while throwing roadblocks in the way of students from struggling families.
 
Combining vivid and powerful personal stories with deep, authoritative reporting, Paul Tough explains how we got into this mess and explores the innovative reforms that might get us out. Tough examines the systemic racism that pervades American higher education, shows exactly how the SATs give an unfair advantage to wealthy students, and guides readers from Ivy League seminar rooms to the welding shop at a rural community college. At every stop, he introduces us to young Americans yearning for a better life—and praying that a college education might help them get there.
 
With a new preface and afterword by the author exposing how the coronavirus pandemic has shaken the higher education system anew.‚ÄãRead by the author
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Pups of the Spirit
- Length: 5 minutes
- Publisher: Zonderkidz
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USD“God gave each puppy a gift of its own, and PUPS OF THE SPIRIT is how they are known!” Peanut is patient, and Kay is so kind. Each of these nine loveable puppies has a special trait to help them grow closer to God. From love and joy to“God gave each puppy a gift of its own,
and PUPS OF THE SPIRIT is how they are known!”
Peanut is patient, and Kay is so kind. Each of these nine loveable puppies has a special trait to help them grow closer to God. From love and joy to patience and kindness, children will have fun learning about the fruits of the spirit with these playful and cuddly companions.
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Heaven God’s Promise for Me
- By: Anne Graham Lotz
- Length: 10 minutes
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
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4.4(33 ratings)
4.4(33 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USDThe light is always on because Jesus is waiting for you. The very best part of Heaven is that he’s going to be there too. Heaven is a real place. It’s where Jesus lives and waits for those he loves to come to him. It’s a place ofThe light is always on because Jesus is waiting for you. The very best part of Heaven is that he’s going to be there too. Heaven is a real place. It’s where Jesus lives and waits for those he loves to come to him. It’s a place of joy and love and hope—a place where all of God’s children, young and old, will stay and be happy forever. Engaging questions from the book will help parents reinforce the message that Heaven is a place of love that we can all look forward to seeing one day.
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Many Ways to Say I Love You
- By: Fred Rogers
- Narrator: Fred Rogers
- Length: 2 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 11, 2006
- Language: English
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4.39(285 ratings)
4.39(285 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDInspirational words on parenting from the beloved PBS series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, for new parents and those whose children are grown. Fred Rogers has long been a wonderful resource for parents, offering their children entertainmentInspirational words on parenting from the beloved PBS series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, for new parents and those whose children are grown.
Fred Rogers has long been a wonderful resource for parents, offering their children entertainment and education through his enduring television show. Now his special brand of good cheer and wisdom are brought together especially for parents in this newest book based on never-before-published works.
Many Ways to Say I Love You is a treasury of segments from speeches and observations from his years of working with parents and children, as well as other materials from books, songs, TV commentary, and more. Using stories from his own life, Mister Rogers discusses the importance of children and the role of parents.
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Rally Point
- By: Chris Gibson
- Narrator: Chris Gibson
- Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 03, 2017
- Language: English
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4.38(26 ratings)
4.38(26 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDA smart and surprising political inventory for how America can reunite and revitalize in a time of crisis. Written by an admired leader of the Republican party, Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream looksA smart and surprising political inventory for how America can reunite and revitalize in a time of crisis.... Read moreWritten by an admired leader of the Republican party, Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream looks past the 2016 election, past the finger pointing and conventional political thinking, to focus on clear, primary principles that conservatives must debate and defend to protect the future of America.
Raised in a working-class family in upstate New York, the first in his family to go to college, paid for in part by his service in the National Guard, Chris Gibson rose from Private to Colonel in the Army, including combat command in the storied 82nd Airborne Division. RALLY POINT is his story: what he’s learned from the “School of Hard Knocks” and how he’s applied those precious life lessons during his service in Iraq and in Congress.
Drawn from a deep appreciation of history and American exceptionalism, Gibson provides incisive and frank analysis of the current political environment, including President Trump, and provides a roadmap based on time-tested Founding principles to help unite our country and revitalize the American Dream. RALLY POINT is a thoughtful, compelling, enjoyable read – a must for serious-minded Americans looking for answers in this challenging political environment.
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The Class of ’65
- By: Jim Auchmutey
- Narrator: Adam Verner
- Length: 7 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 14, 2015
- Language: English
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4.37(228 ratings)
4.37(228 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDBeing a student at Americus High School was the worst experience of Greg Wittkamper’s life. Greg came from a nearby Christian commune, Koinonia, whose members devoutly and publicly supported racial equality. When he refused to insult andBeing a student at Americus High School was the worst experience of Greg Wittkamper’s life. Greg came from a nearby Christian commune, Koinonia, whose members devoutly and publicly supported racial equality. When he refused to insult and attack his school’s first black students in 1964, Greg was mistreated as badly as they were: harassed and bullied and beaten. In the summer after his senior year, as racial strife in Americus – and the nation – reached its peak, Greg left Georgia. Forty-one years later, a dozen former classmates wrote letters to Greg, asking his forgiveness and inviting him to return for a class reunion. Their words opened a vein of painful memory and unresolved emotion, and set him on a journey that would prove healing and saddening.
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May Tomorrow Be Awake
- By: Chris Martin
- Narrator: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: August 09, 2022
- Language: English
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4.37(32 ratings)
4.37(32 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDAn author and educator’s pioneering approach to helping autistic students find their voices through poetry–a powerful and uplifting story that shows us how to better communicate with people on the spectrum and explores how we useAn author and educator’s pioneering approach to helping autistic students find their voices through poetry–a powerful and uplifting story that shows us how to better communicate with people on the spectrum and explores how we use language to express our seemingly limitless interior lives.
Adults often find it difficult to communicate with autistic students and try to “fix” them. But what if we found a way to help these kids use their natural gifts to convey their thoughts and feelings? What if the traditional structure of language prevents them from communicating the full depth of their experiences? What if the most effective and most immediate way for people on the spectrum to express themselves is through verse, which mirrors their sensory-rich experiences and patterned thoughts?
May Tomorrow Be Awake explores these questions and opens our eyes to a world of possibility. It is the inspiring story of one educator’s journey to understand and communicate with his students–and the profound lessons he learned. Chris Martin, an award-winning poet and celebrated educator, works with non-verbal children and adults on the spectrum, teaching them to write poetry. The results have been nothing short of staggering for both these students and their teacher. Through his student’s breathtaking poems, Martin discovered what it means to be fully human.
Martin introduces the techniques he uses in the classroom and celebrates an inspiring group of young autistic thinkers–Mark, Christophe, Zach, and Wallace–and their electric verse, which is as artistically dazzling as it is stereotype-shattering. In telling each of their stories, Martin illuminates the diverse range of autism and illustrates how each so-called “deficit” can be transformed into an asset when writing poems. Meeting these remarkable students offers new insight into disability advocacy and reaffirms the depth of our shared humanity.
Martin is a teacher and a lifelong learner, May Tomorrow Be Awake is written from a desire to teach and to learn–about the mind, about language, about human potential–and the lessons we have to share with one other.
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Financial Feminist
- By: Tori Dunlap
- Narrator: Tori Dunlap
- Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: December 27, 2022
- Language: English
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4.37(687 ratings)
4.37(687 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDFrom 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 dollars Tori Dunlap was always good with money. AsFrom 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 dollars
Tori Dunlap was always good with money. As a kid, she watched her prudent parents balance their checkbook every month and learned to save for musical tickets by gathering pennies in an Altoids tin. But she quickly discovered that her experience with money was pretty unusual, especially among her female friends.
It wasn’t our fault. Investigating this financial literacy and wealth gap, Tori found that girls are significantly less likely to receive a holistic financial education; we’re taught to restrain our spending, while boys are taught about investing and rewarded for pursuing wealth. In adulthood, women are hounded by the unfounded stereotype of the frivolous spenders whose lattes are to blame for the wealth gap. And when something like, say, a global pandemic happens, we’re the first to have jobs cut and the last to re-enter the workforce. It’s no wonder money is a source of anxiety and a barrier to equality for so many of us.
But what if money didn’t mean restriction, and instead, choice? The ability to luxuriously travel, quit toxic jobs, donate to important organizations, retire early? The freedom to live the life you want, and change the world while you do it?
Tori founded Her First $100K to teach women to overcome the unique obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. In Financial Feminist, she distills the principles of her shame- and judgment-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out your value categories to spend mindfully, saving money without monk-like deprivation, and investing in order to spend your retirement tanning in Tulum.
Featuring journaling prompts, deep-dives into the invisible aspects of the financial landscape, and interviews with experts on everything money–from predatory credit card companies to the racial wealth gap and voting with your dollars–Financial Feminist is the ultimate guide to making your money work harder for you (rather than the other way around.)
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The Complete 101 Collection
- By: John C. Maxwell
- Length: 17 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
- Publish date: April 07, 2015
- Language: English
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4.36(224 ratings)
4.36(224 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0038.99 USDGet everything you need to start your successful leadership journey through the 101 series compiled into one collection by John C. Maxwell. As the founder of EQUIP and the John Maxwell Company, bestselling author, speaker, and leadership expert JohnGet everything you need to start your successful leadership journey through the 101 series compiled into one collection by John C. Maxwell.
As the founder of EQUIP and the John Maxwell Company, bestselling author, speaker, and leadership expert John C. Maxwell is responsible for helping train more than 5 million leaders worldwide.
In The Complete 101 Collection, he has combined his introductory works on eight core fundamentals every professional needs such as:
- Attitude
- Self-Improvement
- Leadership
- Relationships
- Success
- Teamwork
- Equipping
- Mentoring
Whether one is needing a refresher course on these basic but essential principles or even mentoring a young leader to develop in business and leadership within their own lives, this concentrated collection of briefcase-sized leadership books is the starting point you need to sharpen these crucial bedrocks for leaders in any industry or environment.
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The Montessori Toddler
- By: Simone Davies
- Narrator: Susie Berneis
- Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 22, 2019
- Language: English
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4.35(6348 ratings)
4.35(6348 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIt’s time to change the way we see toddlers. Using the pedagogical principles developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with a “terrible two” into a mutually rich and rewarding time of curiosity,It’s time to change the way we see toddlers. Using the pedagogical principles developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with a “terrible two” into a mutually rich and rewarding time of curiosity, learning, respect, and discovery. With hundreds of practical ideas for every aspect of living with a toddler, you’ll learn how to feed your child’s natural curiosity while also cultivating daily routines, like brushing teeth, toilet-training, dealing with siblings, and losing the pacifier. Plus, you’ll learn how to – Stay composed when your toddler is not, and set limits with love and respect–without resorting to bribes or punishment – Set up your home and get rid of the chaos – Create Montessori activities that are just right for your one-to-three-year-old – Raise an inquisitive learner who loves exploring the world around them – See the world through your toddler’s eyes and be surprised and delighted by their perspective – Be your child’s guide–and truly celebrate every stage
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
- By: Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Narrator: Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Length: 13 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 05, 2017
- Language: English
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4.33(19837 ratings)
4.33(19837 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.98 USDThe 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. IsThe 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 discuss racial issues?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about communicating across racial and ethnic divides and pursuing antiracism. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious. This fully revised edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand dynamics of race and racial inequality in America.
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An African American Dilemma
- By: Zoe Burkholder
- Length: 12 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: January 11, 2022
- Language: English
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4.33(5 ratings)
4.33(5 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDSince Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 Americans have viewed school integration as a central tenet of the Black civil rights movement. Yet, school integration was not the only–or even always the dominant–civil rights strategy. AtSince Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 Americans have viewed school integration as a central tenet of the Black civil rights movement. Yet, school integration was not the only–or even always the dominant–civil rights strategy.
At times, African Americans also fought for separate, Black-controlled schools dedicated to racial uplift and community empowerment.An African American Dilemma offers a social history of these debates within northern Black communities from the 1840s to the present. Drawing on sources including the Black press, school board records, social science studies, the papers
of civil rights activists, and court cases, it reveals that northern Black communities, urban and suburban, vacillated between a preference for either school integration or separation during specific eras. Yet, there was never a consensus. It also
highlights the chorus of dissent, debate, and counter-narratives that pushed families to consider a fuller range of educational reforms.A sweeping historical analysis that covers the entire history of public education in the North, this work complicates our understanding of school integration by highlighting the diverse perspectives of Black students, parents, teachers, and
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community leaders all committed to improving public education. It finds that Black school integrationists and separatists have worked together in a dynamic tension that fueled effective strategies for educational reform and the Black civil
rights movement, a discussion that continues to be highly charged in present-day schooling choices. -
Strings Attached
- By: Joanne Lipman
- Narrator: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 01, 2013
- Language: English
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4.32(471 ratings)
4.32(471 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDTHE FINE ART OF TOUGH LOVE. If you’re lucky, somewhere in your past is that one person who changed your life forever. The one who pushed you to dream bigger and to reach higher, and who set you straight on what matters in life. Perhaps it wasTHE FINE ART OF TOUGH LOVE.
If you’re lucky, somewhere in your past is that one person who changed your life forever. The one who pushed you to dream bigger and to reach higher, and who set you straight on what matters in life. Perhaps it was a coach, or a professor, or a family friend.
For Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky, that person was a public-school music teacher, Jerry Kupchynsky, known as Mr. K–a Ukrainian-born taskmaster who yelled and stomped and screamed, and who drove his students harder than anyone had ever driven them before. Through sheer force of will, he made them better than they had any right to be.
Strings Attached tells the inspiring, poignant, and powerful story of this remarkable man, whose life seemed to conspire against him at every turn and yet who was able to transform his own heartache into triumph for his students.
Lyrically recounted by two former students — acclaimed journalist Joanne Lipman and Mr. K’s daughter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Melanie Kupchynsky — Strings Attached takes you on a journey that spans from his days as a forced Nazi laborer and his later home life as a husband to an invalid wife, to his heart-breaking search for his missing daughter, Melanie’s sister.
This is an unforgettable tale — a captivating narrative that is as absorbing as fiction — about the power of a great teacher, but also about the legacy that remains long after the last note has faded into silence: lessons in resilience, excellence, and tough love.
Strings Attached is for anyone indebted to a mentor and for those devoted to igniting excellence in others.
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The Call of the Wild and Free
- By: Ainsley Arment
- Narrator: Piper Goodeve
- Length: 9 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 03, 2019
- Language: English
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4.31(4583 ratings)
4.31(4583 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDAllow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practical guide that provides all the information, inspiration, and advice you need for creating a modern, quality homeschool education. Inspired by theAllow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practical guide that provides all the information, inspiration, and advice you need for creating a modern, quality homeschool education.
Inspired by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau–“All good things are wild and free”–mother of five Ainsley Arment founded Wild + Free. This growing online community of mothers and families want their children to receive a quality education at home by challenging their intellectual abilities and nurturing their sense of curiosity, joy and awe–the essence of a positive childhood.
The homeschool approach of past generations is gone–including the stigma of socially awkward kids, conservative clothes, and a classroom setting replicated in the home. The Wild + Free movement is focused on a love of nature, reading great books, pursuing interests and hobbies, making the entire world a classroom, and prolonging the wonder of childhood, an appealing philosophy that is unpacked during this audiobook.
The Call of the Wild and Free offers advice, information, and positive encouragement for parents considering homeschooling, those currently in the trenches looking for inspiration, as well as parents, educators, and caregivers who want supplementary resources to enhance their kids’ traditional educations.
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Rigged Justice
- By: John Vandemoer
- Narrator: Graham Halstead
- Length: 7 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 28, 2021
- Language: English
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4.28(96 ratings)
4.28(96 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDThe former Stanford University sailing coach sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal tells the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit in this eye-opening memoir that offers a damning portrait ofThe former Stanford University sailing coach sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal tells the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit in this eye-opening memoir that offers a damning portrait of modern college administration and the ways in which justice and fairness do not always intersect.
For eleven years, John Vandemoer ran the prestigious Stanford University sailing program in which he coached Olympians and All-Americans. Though the hours were long and the program struggled for funding, sailing gave Vandemoer’s life shape and meaning.
But early one morning, everything came crashing down when Vandemoer, still in his pajamas, opened the door to find FBI and IRS agents on his doorstep. He quickly learned that a recruiter named Rick Singer had used him as a stooge in a sophisticated scheme designed to take advantage of college coaches and play to the endless appetite for university fundraising–and wealthy parents looking for an edge for their college-bound children.
Vandemoer was summarily fired, kicked out of campus housing, his children booted from campus daycare. The next year of his life was a Kafkaesque hellscape, and though he was an innocent man who never received a dime was the first person to be convicted in what became known as the Varsity Blues scandal.
A true story that reads like a suspense novel, Rigged Justice lays bare how a sophisticated scheme could take advantage of college coaches and university money–and how one family became collateral damage in a large government investigation that dominated national headlines.
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Peace on Earth, A Christmas Collection
- By: Mary Engelbreit
- Length: 26 minutes
- Publisher: Zonderkidz
- Publish date: January 21, 2020
- Language: English
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4.25(59 ratings)
4.25(59 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDMary Engelbreit, New York Times bestselling illustrator of the blockbuster Christmas classic The Night Before Christmas, presents a holiday collection that’s sure to become a family favorite, filled with Christmas-centered quotes, stories, andMary Engelbreit, New York Times bestselling illustrator of the blockbuster Christmas classic The Night Before Christmas, presents a holiday collection that’s sure to become a family favorite, filled with Christmas-centered quotes, stories, and poems to celebrate the joyful season of Christmas.
Peace on Earth, a Christmas Collection contains Mary Engelbreit’s favorite inspiring verses, poems, stories, and carols tied to the holidays that will touch the heart and help you and your children celebrate the Christmas season and the joy it brings. Highlights include:
- The birth of Jesus as told in Luke 2
- The poem “Friendly Beasts”
- Christmas carols including “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Silent Night,” and “The First Noel”
- Quotes, stories, and poems from well-known authors
In addition, Peace on Earth, a Christmas Collection:
- Makes an ideal gift for fans and collectors of Mary Engelbreit, as well as a present for children 4-8, grandchildren, and nieces and nephews
- Is perfect for family listening during Advent or as a Christmas morning tradition
- Centers on the message of Jesus’s birth, the reason for the Christmas season
I surely wish with all my heart,
This day of Jesus’ birth,
That peace and love and happiness
Soon cover all the earth.
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Learning in Public
- By: Courtney E. Martin
- Narrator: Courtney E. Martin
- Length: 10 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 03, 2021
- Language: English
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4.25(738 ratings)
4.25(738 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDThis “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. FromThis “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 Elementary, a public school down the street from her Oakland home. She learned that White families in their gentrifying neighborhood largely avoided the majority-Black, poorly-rated school. As she began asking why, a journey of a thousand moral miles began.
Learning in Public is the story, not just Courtney’s journey, but a whole country’s. Many of us are newly awakened to the continuing racial injustice all around us, but unsure of how to go beyond hashtags and yard signs to be a part of transforming the country. Courtney discovers that her public school, the foundation of our fragile democracy, is a powerful place to dig deeper.
Courtney E. Martin examines her own fears, assumptions, and conversations with other moms and dads as they navigate school choice. A vivid portrait of integration’s virtues and complexities, and yes, the palpable joy of trying to live differently in a country re-making itself. Learning in Public might also set your family’s life on a different course forever. ... Read more -
Who Gets In and Why
- By: Jeffrey Selingo
- Narrator: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 10 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.24(2083 ratings)
4.24(2083 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDFrom award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Selingo comes a revealing look from inside the admissions office–one that identifies surprising strategies that will aid in the college search.From award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Selingo comes a revealing look from inside the admissions office–one that identifies surprising strategies that will aid in the college search.
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Getting into a top-ranked college has never seemed more impossible, with acceptance rates at some elite universities dipping into the single digits. In Who Gets In and Why, journalist and higher education expert Jeffrey Selingo dispels entrenched notions of how to compete and win at the admissions game, and reveals that teenagers and parents have much to gain by broadening their notion of what qualifies as a “good college.” Hint: it’s not all about the sticker on the car window.
Selingo, who was embedded in three different admissions offices–a selective private university, a leading liberal arts college, and a flagship public campus–closely observed gatekeepers as they made their often agonizing and sometimes life-changing decisions. He also followed select students and their parents, and he traveled around the country meeting with high school counselors, marketers, behind-the-scenes consultants, and college rankers.
While many have long believed that admissions is merit-based, rewarding the best students, Who Gets In and Why presents a more complicated truth, showing that “who gets in” is frequently more about the college’s agenda than the applicant. In a world where thousands of equally qualified students vie for a fixed number of spots at elite institutions, admissions officers often make split-second decisions based on a variety of factors–like diversity, money, and, ultimately, whether a student will enroll if accepted.
One of the most insightful books ever about “getting in” and what higher education has become, Who Gets In and Why not only provides an unusually intimate look at how admissions decisions get made, but guides prospective students on how to honestly assess their strengths and match with the schools that will best serve their interests.
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