Showing results for "John Owen" in Children's Audiobooks

Who were the Puritans, and why are they important? What can we learn from them today? The Puritan movement began in England during the sixteenth century and continued all the way into the early eighteenth century. Although the Church of England was formed as a result of the Reformation, the Puritans believed it needed much more reform.

John Owen was a great Puritan preacher who lived in England. In this book, Simonetta Carr informs listeners about Owen's life, revealing some of the things that interested him while in school, the care he showed to people when he became a pastor, and the influential books that he wrote. Listeners will also come to understand the difficult times in which Owen lived, and how he handled the terrors of war and religious persecution.

In this collection of stories by John Owens, childhood is a hilarious, insightful flashback packed with joyfully offbeat characters and you-can't-make-this-up experiences. The audiobook also explores the disturbing frailty of the American dream and how it can devastate families. John takes listeners to his own youth in suburban Long Island.

John Smith may have the most boring name in the world, but his life is anything but dull! When Ivan the Horrible and his gang of bloodthirsty villains are out to cause mayhem and misery in the Queen's castle, there's only one boy who can defeat him - Sir John the (Mostly) Brave! And only Cap'n John the (Slightly) Fierce can stand up to Cap'n Black, the meanest, grizzliest pirate who ever lived!