Grade 6 Summer Audiobook Sampler

Grade 6 Summer Audiobook Sampler

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This collection includes first chapters and other excerpts from works at the sixth grade reading level. They were selected from the Lit2Go free audiobook collection by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology at USF. The Lit2Go Collection features more than 200 complete works including over 5…

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    • May 31, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 20m AVG DURATION
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    Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Part 1, Chapter 1: A Runaway Reef

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 14:51


    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax. In chapter one, talk spreads throughout Europe and America about the sighting of a huge sea creature. The public becomes concerned with a series of shipwrecks.

    The Heart of Happy Hollow: Chapter 1, The Scapegoat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 25:42


    The Heart of Happy Hollow is a short story collection by Paul Laurence Dunbar that focuses on the experiences of African-Americans after the conclusion of the Civil War. In chapter one we find Mr. Asbury is a businessman who successfully works his way up from a barbershop owner to a lawyer. Upon his success, Mr. Bingo conspires against him to make Mr. Asbury the scapegoat for his crimes.

    A Little Princess, Chapter 1: Sara

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 21:12


    Sara Crewe is left in the care of Miss Minchin's Seminary when her father departs for India. After arriving from India by ship, Captaing Crewe reluctantly leaves his daughter in the care of Miss Minchin.

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    The Open Boat: A Tale Intended to be After the Fact. Being the Experience of Four Men Sunk from the Steamer Commodore, Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 6:13


    Published in 1897, The Open Boat is based on an actual incident from Stephen Crane’s life. While on his way to Cuba, Crane's ship sank off the coast of Florida. Crane and other survivors were stranded at sea for thirty hours. They eventually made their way to safety in a small boat, but one of the men drowned while trying to swim to shore. Crane wrote this story soon after the incident occurred. In chapter one, the men aboard a tiny boat discover they are sinking. The captain is hurt and unable to assist the men other than moral support. The men continue to fear each crashing wave that threatens to sink their dingy.

    The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 1: The River Bank

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 27:51


    The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie. In chapter one, The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie.

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Adventure 1: A Scandal in Bohemia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 45:15


    In chapter one, the King of Bohemia seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes in securing a picture that could be used against him in the political scene.

    Sylvie and Bruno, Chapter 1: Less Bread! More Taxes!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 13:53


    Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its 1893 second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. Both volumes were illustrated by Harry Furniss. The novel has two main plots: one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fictional world of Fairyland. While the latter plot is a fairytale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll’s most famous children’s book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the story set in Victorian Britain is a social novel, with its characters discussing various concepts and aspects of religion, society, philosophy and morality.

    The Story of Siegfried, Adventure 1: Mimer, the Master

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 29:07


    The Story of Siegfried is James Baldwin's retelling of ancient yet perpetually popular Norse and Germanic tales about the hero Siegfried. The stories tell of a young man who had many adventures that readers might find familiar from modern movies and books, such as forging a legendary sword, rescuing a beautiful woman from a deep sleep, fighting dragons and armies, and so forth. Baldwin's sources included the Eddas, the Volsung Saga, and the Nibelungenlied, some of the oldest surviving references to the legends.

    The Journey to the Center of the Earth, Chapter 1: The Professor and His Family

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 8:54


    Originally published in French in 1864, the first English translation of this classic of adventure and science fiction was published in 1871. The book describes the journey of a scientist, his nephew, and their guide through the Earth's interior by way of volcanic tubes. Along the way, they encounter various threats and wonders, seeing evidence of earlier stages in the planet's development.

    The Emerald City of Oz, Chapter 1. How the Nome King Became Angry

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 10:07


    The Emerald City of Oz is the sixth of L. Frank Baum’s fourteen Land of Oz books. Originally published in 1910, it is the story of Dorothy and her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em coming to live in Oz permanently. While they tour through the Quadling Country, the Nome King assembles allies for an invasion of Oz. Baum had intended to cease writing Oz stories with this book, but financial pressures prompted him to write and publish The Patchwork Girl of Oz, with seven other Oz books to follow. In chapter one, the Nome King is angry because Dorothy and Ozma had stolen his Magic Belt. He asks his Chancellor, Kaliko, and General Blug what to do. The King vows revenge upon Ozma and Dorothy.

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