Disasters in Natural World & Kids Audiobooks

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Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, The

by Michael Burgan ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Unabridged

14 min

Tells the story of the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and the subsequent fires. Written in graphic-novel format. ... Read more

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Tells the story of the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and the subsequent fires. Written in graphic-novel format.
... Read more
Audiobook

Anatomy of a Pandemic

by Amber Keyser ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Disasters
Unabridged

46 min

Sickness is a fact of everyday life. But when sickness spreads from person to person rapidly, a deadly pandemic could result. Find out the causes behind major pandemics of history such as the Spanish flu and the Bubonic plague. Then go behind the scenes to meet the people who are working hard every day to stop pandemics before they start. ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Sickness is a fact of everyday life. But when sickness spreads from person to person rapidly, a deadly pandemic could result. Find out the causes behind major pandemics of history such as the Spanish flu and the Bubonic plague. Then go behind the scenes to meet the people who are working hard every day to stop pandemics before they start.
... Read more
Audiobook

When Forests Burn

The Story of Wildfire in America

by Albert Marrin ...

Narrated by Neil Hellegers ...

Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

A fascinating look at the most destructive wildfires in American history, the impact of climate change, and what we're doing right and wrong to manage forest fire, from a National Book Award finalist. Perfect for young fans of disaster stories and national history.Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as ... Read more

$18.99 USD

A fascinating look at the most destructive wildfires in American history, the impact of climate change, and what we're doing right and wrong to manage forest fire, from a National Book Award finalist. Perfect for young fans of disaster stories and national history.Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as
... Read more
Audiobook

Sinking the Sultana

A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home

by Sally M. Walker ...

Narrated by Janet Metzger ...

Unabridged

4 hours 7 min

The worst maritime disaster in American history wasn’t the Titanic. It was the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River—and it was completely preventable.In 1865, the Civil War was winding down and the country was reeling from Lincoln’s assassination. Thousands of Union soldiers, released from Confederate prisoner-of-war camps, were to be transported home on the steamboat Sultana. With a profit ... Read more

$28.99 USD

The worst maritime disaster in American history wasn’t the Titanic. It was the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River—and it was completely preventable.In 1865, the Civil War was winding down and the country was reeling from Lincoln’s assassination. Thousands of Union soldiers, released from Confederate prisoner-of-war camps, were to be transported home on the steamboat Sultana. With a profit
... Read more
Audiobook

Worst Tsunamis of All Time, The

by Terri Dougherty ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Epic Disasters
Unabridged

28 min

With waves crashing down from heights of 100 feet (30 meters) or more, tsunamis are powerful forces of nature. The towering wall of water can demolish buildings and leave entire cities underwater. Climb to higher ground and explore the world’s worst tsunamis. ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

With waves crashing down from heights of 100 feet (30 meters) or more, tsunamis are powerful forces of nature. The towering wall of water can demolish buildings and leave entire cities underwater. Climb to higher ground and explore the world’s worst tsunamis.
... Read more
Audiobook

Rescue of the Bounty (Young Readers Edition)

Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy

by Douglas A. Campbell, Michael J. Tougias ...

Narrated by Alex Boyles ...

Series Audiobook 6 - The True Rescue Series
Unabridged

3 hours 50 min

Book six in the True Rescue series for young readers, this pulse-pounding account of disaster and survival at sea follows the HMS Bounty whose fateful course through Superstorm Sandy would lead to one of the most heroic Coast Guard rescue missions ever.On October 23, 2012, with Superstorm Sandy fast approaching, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail the HMS Bounty from New ... Read more

$14.95 USD

Book six in the True Rescue series for young readers, this pulse-pounding account of disaster and survival at sea follows the HMS Bounty whose fateful course through Superstorm Sandy would lead to one of the most heroic Coast Guard rescue missions ever.On October 23, 2012, with Superstorm Sandy fast approaching, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail the HMS Bounty from New
... Read more
Audiobook

Sinkholes

by Vanessa Black ...

Narrated by Dana Flemming ...

Series series Disaster Zone
Unabridged

7 min

In Sinkholes, early fluent readers learn about the conditions that lead to and result from catastrophic sinkholes. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about the deadliest sinkholes and how to stay safe in areas with sinkholes.An infographic illustrates how a sinkhole forms, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In Sinkholes, early fluent readers learn about the conditions that lead to and result from catastrophic sinkholes. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about the deadliest sinkholes and how to stay safe in areas with sinkholes.An infographic illustrates how a sinkhole forms, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery.
... Read more
Audiobook

Search and Rescue Teams

Saving People in Danger

by Justin Petersen ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series EMERGENCY!
Unabridged

23 min

When a boy is lost in the wilderness, it’s time for the experts to go to work. Curious readers can first learn how Search and Rescue teams prepare to search for lost people or help those whose lives are in danger. Then they can go on an exciting ride along to see how these brave people work to find people or save them in emergency situations. ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

When a boy is lost in the wilderness, it’s time for the experts to go to work. Curious readers can first learn how Search and Rescue teams prepare to search for lost people or help those whose lives are in danger. Then they can go on an exciting ride along to see how these brave people work to find people or save them in emergency situations.
... Read more
Audiobook

Chasing Eruptions

How Volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft Helped Save 60,000 Lives-But Lost Their Own

by Curtis Manley ...

Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

Unabridged

2 hours 5 min

The gripping story of volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft, perfect for armchair adventurers who loved The Mona Lisa Vanishes and Becoming Muhammad Ali. Complete with extensive backmatter for school and at-home conversations.This beautiful biography in verse is about two French scientists who changed what we know about volcanoes. Katia, a curious girl who collected pebbles and dreamed of ... Read more

$15.99 USD

The gripping story of volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft, perfect for armchair adventurers who loved The Mona Lisa Vanishes and Becoming Muhammad Ali. Complete with extensive backmatter for school and at-home conversations.This beautiful biography in verse is about two French scientists who changed what we know about volcanoes. Katia, a curious girl who collected pebbles and dreamed of
... Read more
Audiobook

Heat Waves

by Vanessa Black ...

Narrated by Dana Flemming ...

Series series Disaster Zone
Unabridged

7 min

In Heat Waves, early fluent readers learn about the conditions that lead to and result from catastrophic heat waves. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about the deadliest heat waves and how to stay safe in heat wave conditions.An infographic illustrates how a heat wave forms, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In Heat Waves, early fluent readers learn about the conditions that lead to and result from catastrophic heat waves. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about the deadliest heat waves and how to stay safe in heat wave conditions.An infographic illustrates how a heat wave forms, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery.
... Read more
Audiobook

Detecting Hurricanes

by Samantha S. Bell ...

Narrated by Charon Normand-Widmer ...

Series series Focus Readers: Detecting Disasters
Unabridged

15 min

Examines how scientists study hurricanes. With fun facts and engaging discussion topics, this short audiobook provides an exciting look at the science of disaster detection. ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Examines how scientists study hurricanes. With fun facts and engaging discussion topics, this short audiobook provides an exciting look at the science of disaster detection.
... Read more
Audiobook

The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition)

The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue

by Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman ...

Narrated by Alex Boyles ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The True Rescue Series
Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm.This middle-grade adaptation of the adult nonfiction book, a New York Times bestseller, tells the story of the shipwreck and a harrowing Coast Guard rescue in which four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame ... Read more

$14.95 USD

On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm.This middle-grade adaptation of the adult nonfiction book, a New York Times bestseller, tells the story of the shipwreck and a harrowing Coast Guard rescue in which four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame
... Read more
Audiobook

Impact!

Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World

by Elizabeth Rusch ...

Narrated by Aaron Shedlock ...

Series series Scientists in the Field
Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

In this this thrilling entry into the Scientists in the Field series, follow scientists as they search for dangerous asteroids in space, study asteroids that have crashed into the ground, and strive to prevent an asteroid strike if one ever threatens our planet.Asteroids bombard our atmosphere all the time. Some are harmless, burning up in a flash of light. But others explode with a great sonic ... Read more

$15.99 USD

In this this thrilling entry into the Scientists in the Field series, follow scientists as they search for dangerous asteroids in space, study asteroids that have crashed into the ground, and strive to prevent an asteroid strike if one ever threatens our planet.Asteroids bombard our atmosphere all the time. Some are harmless, burning up in a flash of light. But others explode with a great sonic
... Read more
Audiobook

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition

Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code

by Walter Isaacson ...

Narrated by Kathe Mazur ...

Unabridged

7 hours 38 min

Walter Isaacson’s #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers!When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was The Double Helix, James Watson’s account of how he and Francis ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Walter Isaacson’s #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers!When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and found a book on her bed. It was The Double Helix, James Watson’s account of how he and Francis
... Read more
Audiobook

BASEBALL JOE IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE (UNABRIDGED)

by LESTER CHADWICK ...

Narrated by Jeannie Mitchell ...

Unabridged

5 hours 7 min

Baseball Joe Matson's great ambition is to become a professional baseball pitcher. The Baseball Joe series follows his career as he seeks to attain his goal. In this fourth volume, Joe accepts a contract to play baseball professionally, and leaves Yale to play on the Pittston team for the Central League, a "bush league" in the professional baseball hierarchy. Joe's career is helped by "Pop" Dutton ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Baseball Joe Matson's great ambition is to become a professional baseball pitcher. The Baseball Joe series follows his career as he seeks to attain his goal. In this fourth volume, Joe accepts a contract to play baseball professionally, and leaves Yale to play on the Pittston team for the Central League, a "bush league" in the professional baseball hierarchy. Joe's career is helped by "Pop" Dutton
... Read more
Audiobook

Wisdom, the Midway Albatross

Surviving the Japanese Tsunami and Other Dangers for Over 60 Years

by Darcy Pattison ...

Narrated by Greg Robinson ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Children's Animal Book Series
Unabridged

10 min

Survival! The oldest bird in the world had survived plastic pollution, longline fishing, and lead poisoning. But in 2011, she faced one of her hardest challenges: the Japanese tsunami.On March 11, 2011, an earthquake struck off the shore of Japan sending a tsunami wave west to overrun Tōhoku, Japan. It killed thousands and destroyed a nuclear plant. But it also sent a tsunami wave east toward ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Survival! The oldest bird in the world had survived plastic pollution, longline fishing, and lead poisoning. But in 2011, she faced one of her hardest challenges: the Japanese tsunami.On March 11, 2011, an earthquake struck off the shore of Japan sending a tsunami wave west to overrun Tōhoku, Japan. It killed thousands and destroyed a nuclear plant. But it also sent a tsunami wave east toward
... Read more
Audiobook

Hindenburg Explosion, The

Core Events of a Disaster in the Air

by Steven Otfinoski ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series What Went Wrong?
Unabridged

27 min

Before commercial airplanes became a common form of travel, giant airships were a popular mode of long distance transportation for those who could afford it. But airships could be quite dangerous. In an instant, they could explode or catch fire. Explore what happened when the Hindenburg ignited and became a flaming fireball in the sky. Could anyone survive such a horrific disaster? ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Before commercial airplanes became a common form of travel, giant airships were a popular mode of long distance transportation for those who could afford it. But airships could be quite dangerous. In an instant, they could explode or catch fire. Explore what happened when the Hindenburg ignited and became a flaming fireball in the sky. Could anyone survive such a horrific disaster?
... Read more
Audiobook

Fire Truce, The

A Wildlife Story about Fire Adaptation

by Alice Louise Meredith ...

Narrated by Alice Louise Meredith ...

Series Audiobook 48 - A Teapot Full of Tales - Individual Stories
Unabridged

10 min

One burrow. Seven animals. One impossible truce.In the Florida flatwoods, wildfire isn't a disaster. It's a season. And for the animals that live there, a gopher tortoise burrow is the safest place on earth when the flames arrive.In this narrative nonfiction story, six Florida wildlife species, each a real animal with real fire-adapted behaviors, find their way to one ancient burrow. Florida Mouse ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

One burrow. Seven animals. One impossible truce.In the Florida flatwoods, wildfire isn't a disaster. It's a season. And for the animals that live there, a gopher tortoise burrow is the safest place on earth when the flames arrive.In this narrative nonfiction story, six Florida wildlife species, each a real animal with real fire-adapted behaviors, find their way to one ancient burrow. Florida Mouse
... Read more
Audiobook

Investigating Tornadoes

by Elizabeth Elkins ...

Narrated by Various Narrators ...

Series series Investigating Natural Disasters
Unabridged

24 min

Overturned cars. Destroyed houses. Snapped power lines. The powerful winds of a tornado can cause a devastating amount of damage in a short time. Get an up-close look at how tornadoes form and learn about some of history’s worst twisters. ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Overturned cars. Destroyed houses. Snapped power lines. The powerful winds of a tornado can cause a devastating amount of damage in a short time. Get an up-close look at how tornadoes form and learn about some of history’s worst twisters.
... Read more
Audiobook

Wildlife Crossings of Hope

Connecting Creatures Around the Globe (Books for a Better Earth)

by Teddi Lynn Chichester ...

Narrated by Sarah Welborn ...

Unabridged

3 hours 55 min

An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12Let's explore together how scientists, engineers, and lots of everyday people are working to make sure that the wildlife so essential to Earth's health and beauty continues to freely move through the landscapes, waterways, and skylines of this richly inhabited planet.Wildlife Crossings of Hope takes a personal, in-depth look at wildlife ... Read more

$12.99 USD

An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12Let's explore together how scientists, engineers, and lots of everyday people are working to make sure that the wildlife so essential to Earth's health and beauty continues to freely move through the landscapes, waterways, and skylines of this richly inhabited planet.Wildlife Crossings of Hope takes a personal, in-depth look at wildlife
... Read more
Audiobook

Fire Escape

How Animals and Plants Survive Wildfires

by Jessica Stremer ...

Narrated by Chloe Cannon ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

A captivating overview of the clever ways animals detect, respond, and adapt to wildfires, as well as how climate change is affecting the frequency and severity of these devastating events in nature.Goats and beavers. Drones and parachutes. Pinecones and beetles. What do they have in common? Believe it or not, they are all crucial tools in fighting, preventing, and adapting to wildfires!These ... Read more

$9.99 USD

A captivating overview of the clever ways animals detect, respond, and adapt to wildfires, as well as how climate change is affecting the frequency and severity of these devastating events in nature.Goats and beavers. Drones and parachutes. Pinecones and beetles. What do they have in common? Believe it or not, they are all crucial tools in fighting, preventing, and adapting to wildfires!These
... Read more
Audiobook

Underground Fire

by Sally M. Walker ...

Narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya ...

Unabridged

3 hours 41 min

"It is November 13, 1909, and the coal miners of Cherry, Illinois, head to work with lunch pails in hand, just like any other day. By seven a.m., 484 of these men are underground, starting jobs that range from taking care of the mules that haul coal to operating cages that raise and lower workers and coal to chiseling out rocks and coal from the tunnels of the mine. With the electrical system ... Read more

$24.99 USD

"It is November 13, 1909, and the coal miners of Cherry, Illinois, head to work with lunch pails in hand, just like any other day. By seven a.m., 484 of these men are underground, starting jobs that range from taking care of the mules that haul coal to operating cages that raise and lower workers and coal to chiseling out rocks and coal from the tunnels of the mine. With the electrical system
... Read more
Audiobook

What Was the San Francisco Earthquake?

by Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler, Who HQ ...

Narrated by Akaina Ghosh ...

Series series What Was?
Unabridged

1 hour 5 min

In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake.One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake—one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines ... Read more

$6.99 USD

In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake.One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake—one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines
... Read more
Audiobook

Disaster by Choice

How our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes

by Ilan Kelman ...

Narrated by Rupert Bush ...

Unabridged

5 hours 17 min

An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'. Science recounts a different story, however: disasters are not the consequence of natural causes; they are the consequence of human choices and decisions. we put ourselves in harm's way; we fail to take measures which we know would prevent ... Read more

$13.99 USD

An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'. Science recounts a different story, however: disasters are not the consequence of natural causes; they are the consequence of human choices and decisions. we put ourselves in harm's way; we fail to take measures which we know would prevent
... Read more

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