Holiday Nonfiction

Christmas stories, jokes, and more! Once upon a time, there lived a group of five little penguins. They loved Christmas more than anything! They all teamed up and decided to share the magic of Christmas with everyone they came in contact with, even Grumpy (the eldest penguin). Join the fun with the Christmas penguins! This Christmas audiobook is especially great for bedtime stories, traveling, waiting rooms, and listening aloud with friends and family!

Johnny B. Laughing provides children with lots of fun and laughter with his hilarious and silly jokes. Young listeners will have a blast sharing this revised collection of Christmas jokes with their friends and family! This children's joke audiobook will have youngsters rolling on the floor with laughter and is sure to be a great gift idea for any child. In this audiobook, you will find silly and corny riddles and jokes about Santa Claus, elves, reindeer, and everything Christmas comedy!

You will giggle so hard at these funny Christmas jokes. It's the best time of year to share comedy and humor! They're fun for kids, teens, or adults. Comedy, humor, and joke-telling have many positive benefits. Jokes can bring a smile to the face of others and put you in a great mood!

A poetic and inspiring tribute to the beauty and wonder of America's history, landscape, and symbols. With wonderfully spare, deceptively simple verses, Sarvinder Naberhaus has composed a lyrical celebration of the iconic imagery of our nation, beginning with the American flag. Each spread depicts a richly evocative tableau, from the view of the Statue of Library at Ellis Island to civil rights marchers banded together, to a spacecraft at Cape Canaveral blasting off. This book is an ode to America then and now, from sea to shining sea.

This spooky Halloween collection is perfect for the holiday season. Kids agree, this is a spooktacular book!

Discover the origins and history of Halloween traditions and festivities from ancient times to the present day. Includes page turn track: eight minutes.

Acclaimed poet Robert Frost provides this short poem that reminds us that when it comes to Christmas, maybe money shouldn't be our top priority. Some things may be worth more than a few extra dollars. A feel-good non-rhyming poem story that may help put some perspective in the pageantry.

Christmas is almost here and the excitement is all around! The twinkling Christmas lights and the aroma of freshly baked cookies fills the air. You and your child will enjoy these special Christmas stories for kids. Each story is about includes a moral lesson and is great for early and beginning readers.

A rainy Halloween that is strange and also ends in a weird way.

Every year, thousands of people across the country decorate their homes for the holidays. Do you ever wonder how this wonderful tradition began? Author Tracy Elman and her son Matthew have written and illustrated this charming tale about a special aquarium and the fish who decide to decorate their aquarium for the Christmas holidays.

Written for parents and their newborn; the brand new baby or toddler in your life who loves an innocent adventure that will take them on a journey of endless imagination.

Everyone's a New Yorker on Thanksgiving Day, when young and old rise early to see what giant new balloons will fill the skies for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Who first invented these "upside-down puppets"? Meet Tony Sarg, puppeteer extraordinaire!

Christmas is many things to many people. It celebrates the birth of the Christ child. It is also Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus, angels, lights, Christmas trees, cards, carols, presents, and prayers. Christmas is...peace, love, and joy.

Known as the Thanksgiving Address, this Native American good morning message is based on the belief that the natural world is a precious and rare gift - from the moon and the stars to the tiniest blade of grass.

The olive harvest in Israel is a special time. See how the tiny spring flowers blossom into green fruit, then ripen into shiny black olives. Watch the olives as they're gathered, sorted, and pressed into oil. Then celebrate Hanukkah with an Israeli family, as they use the oil to light their Hanukkah menorah. Come and enjoy the harvest of light.

Based on the much loved African-American spiritual, children will enjoy learning about the human body and having their funny bones tickled at the same time.

Even robots have birthdays! Celebrate Curiosity and wish happy birthday to one of NASA's most famous Mars rovers with this audiobook! Mars is our closest neighbor, and a little robot named Curiosity is investigating the planet for us. Join for a tour of the place this rover calls home. Its birthday is a perfect time to celebrate curiosity. For nerdy parents, fans of space, or those who are just curious, relive the moment when the Curiosity rover sang itself happy birthday in 2013 after one year on Mars.

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World. Overflowing with wonderfully engaging facts, vibrant music and sound effects, it is a celebration of just some of the inspirational women who put their mark on the world we live in. Prepare to be inspired. List of women featured: Elizabeth Blackwell, Qiu Jin, Boudicca, Flora Drummond, Pocahontas, Noor Inayat Khan, Harriet Tubman, Valentina Tereshkova, Ada Lovelace, Sayyida al-Hurra, Hatshepsut, Josephine Baker, Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.

Enjoy the beautiful imagery and vibrant words of Psalm 23, featuring the traditional King James Version, with this audiobook edition specifically for children. Perfect for bedtime, verse memorization, or on-the-go listening, Psalm 23 will soon be a staple in your child’s day.

This magical Ladybird treasury features a wonderful collection of traditional Christmas carols. Perfect bedtime listening to settle young children excited for Santa's arrival. Specially commissioned music and sound effects to capture the imagination of little ones.