Chapter House

American Chapters presents short stories in vivid and easy-to-listen, 500-word chapters, perfect for English language learners internationally and adult literacy learners in countries where English is commonly used. All stories are offered as audiobooks for learners who want to hear the sounds of American English.

In the fourth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC's mom is getting married...to the President of the United States! KC wants the day to be perfect, but someone keeps leaking wedding secrets. They newspapers have even printed where the president and his bride are going on their honeymoon. To save the wedding, KC and Marshall have to track down the spy in the White House!

Existen numerosos motivos por los cuales una mujer desea, tiene o necesita dejar de dar la teta. A este acto se lo conoce como "destetar". Los procesos vitales que atravesamos las personas están influidos por un sinfín de situaciones que no tienen que ver necesariamente con nuestra decisión. Muchos no los podemos modificar, aunque tengamos el deseo de hacerlo; otros nos proponen un cambio de rumbo con muy poco tiempo para organizarnos, y están los que nos exigen de hoy para mañana que lo cotidiano se modifique sin importar el contexto, el calendario y nuestro estado emocional.

Devora's perfect future shatters. Instead of attending Vlacklear Academy, she is sent to the Fortress: a prison holding murderers and thieves that make up the soldiers in His Majesty's Army. She fears it is the end of her.

There was a man named Lot who God considered to be righteous. He lived the way that God wanted and did right in his sight. However, there were two cities near Lot's house that did all kinds of evil, and God wanted it to stop. So God decided that he would do something about it in order to bring it to an end. This book will teach children about obedience to God and why he destroyed two cities that were determined to sin.

Piper's dad - the Navy Chief - might be gone again, but Piper's got plenty to keep her busy at home: new neighbors, a spaceship beach house, a trip to New Orleans, and most important, the upcoming Gypsy Club pet show. Piper is determined to win, but teaching tricks to her dog seems nearly impossible. Bruna is simply unteachable! Or is she? Join Piper as she embarks on new and exciting adventures!

Frank isn't much looking forward to the school visit to a local stately home. Still, not even in his worst nightmares did he expect anything like what actually happens! When "Not-Sheba", the servant girl from the picture, just walks out of her frame and demands Frank's help to find out her true identity, Frank realises that there is no escape. Charlie the celebrity-mad mummy doesn't help much either and nor do the Indian statues.

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us - is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In India, Zimmern almost eats himself to death during the 36 course meal.

The rundown house at the end of the street is empty - or is it? Could the ghost of a murder victim really be haunting the home? Suddenly, a pair of blood-red eyes stares out from the top window! Then the eyes vanish. Get ready to listen to four hair-raising stories about houses that are home to restless spirits! This audiobook features controlled, narrative nonfiction text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction.

In The Old House, a boy is invited to meet the old man across the street, and he offers the old man a gift of a toy soldier. The toy soldier, unhappy with his new surroundings, flings himself through a hole in the floor and disappears. After the old man dies, the old house is torn down, and a new one is built, but the toy soldier remains to be rediscovered.

Teams of kids are baking, building, and decorating. The project guidelines are clear: The winning house must stand upright on its own and a gingerbread boy and girl must fit inside. Sounds easy? It would be except…cookies burn, the icing is too thin, the house caves-in, someone is eating the candy decorations, and — oh! — they forgot about the gingerbread boy and girl.

Home buying experienced through the eyes of a four year old child.

Uncle Jake builds a tree house for Henry. But after 14 minutes up the tree, Henry really misses Mudge. What fun is a tree house if you can't share it with your favorite pal?

This audiobook is a lesson on teaching children the many career choices available to them. It shows the bonding of a parent with his child. It also shows, through actions rather than just words, what it is like to do something.

Cam Jansen and her friend Eric are spending the day at the amusement park. They take Cam’s aunt and uncle with them through the scary haunted house. Plastic skeletons hang from the ceiling. A large black form jumps out of the shadows of a dark room. Everyone has a wonderful time until they get hungry and thirsty. When Cam’s aunt tries to pay for some snacks, she discovers her wallet is no longer in her purse. Will Cam be able to solve the mystery of the missing wallet with her amazing photographic memory?

When Arthur stays at Lottie's mysterious house, he makes sure he's prepared for anything. But the night turns out to be so scary that he is forced to use his ghost-fighting kit – with unexpected results.

Heidi is a small hermit crab who lives on a sandy beach near the ocean. She had a beautiful spotted shell. Like all hermit crabs, her shell was her home and she carried it around on her back. She loved her shell but it was getting too small, and her parents told her that it was time to pick out a new one. Will she ever replace her old shell?

Brian knows the removalists are taking away the wrong house. Yet no one believes him - not his father, not the removalists. How can he stop them?

Mathe-Nerd trifft Feenflüsterin: Ob das wohl gut geht? Nach seinem ersten Eishockey-Versuch hat der 12-jährige Luis einen Zahn weniger und dafür eine völlig durchgeknallte Zahnfee an der Backe, sichtbar nur für ihn. Dabei glaubt er doch gar nicht an solch unwissenschaftlichen Firlefanz! Die zornige "Zafezupro" (Zahnfee zur Probe) hat ein Problem: Sie braucht Luis' Zahn, sonst ist sie ihre Lizenz für immer los.

A Azul le gusta el rosa, a Lía el azul. Una brinca y se impacienta, la otra no para de preguntar. ¡SON GRANDES AMIGAS! Juntas son superheroínas y van a rescatar la Isla del Unicornio. Primero deben sortear el encantamiento de una sirena, pues quiere ser reina y se ha puesto fúrica.