American History Stories

200 Elementary Stories of American History

By: Mara L. Pratt

Narrated by: Jim Hodges

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings. The 200 chapters cover all of American History from the time of the explorers through the end of the Civil War - stories of conflicts over religion, troubles with the Indians, the French and Indian War, the causes of the American Revolution, the daring exploits of those defending liberty, the early battles and struggles of the army, the heroes who led the colonists to victory, anecdotes from the time Washington became president, the War of 1812, the rise of Andrew Jackson, the sectional differences leading to the Civil War, stories from the time of Lincoln and the southern states seceding, through the battles of Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, until the close of the war.

Written in the 1800s, the Young Listeners Collection features children's stories from yesterday's classics. Learn from our nation's founders whose Christian faith was lived out in the lives of the characters in these stories.

Public Domain (P)2009 Jim Hodges Productions

American History for young children

Mara Pratt's history stories are engaging for early elementary readers. For being an older book, it is not racially insensitive or bigoted towards native peoples as other reviewers imply. However, be aware that she does describe slaves as becoming 'slow' because they weren't educated. But while this may feel uncomfortable for us today, she does a good job describing for children what a slavery is, and why it is a terrible thing that happens. My suggestion is to preread or listen to discuss these chapters with your kids.
As this is geared toward young children, Pratt may not share as many of the horrible things that happened in detail, but she doesn't pretend that the characters of history were all saints, or that nothing bad did happen. She does a good job of sparking the imagination while telling the stories of the people that influenced our continent.
The narrator isn't my all time favorite, but he is nice.

This is a horrible book very bigoted I

bigoted and rurocrntric this book is not to be taken seriously The author is inaccurate