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Title: Famous People in History by Nicolas Soames, Trevor Nichols, Katinka Wolf ISBN: 9-6263417-2-6 Publisher: Naxos Audio Books Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $15.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Kids need heroes...
Comment: I entertain my minivan-bound children with books on tape/CD. The best are the Harry Potter series. There are many other good ones. And this is a good non-fiction title for children.
Kids need heroes, and this tape provides my 5 and 7 year old boys with some impressive ones. The heroes come from the worlds of politics, science, literature, religion... This tape is one of my 7 year old son's favorites. It has a very positive message for him. He gets ideas of what he could be.
Volume 2 (the one I have) tells the stories of some historical figures, emphasizing all the positive and heroic qualities of each: Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, Leonardo Da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Ludwig van Beethoven, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Mahatma Gandhi, and George Washington.
As an adult accustomed to having his heroes routinely discredited, I find these idealized portraits naive, but kind of refreshing. If you have kids you know that they have a purpose: to introduce you to the world again, and show you its wonder. These portraits of heroes are simplified and abstracted in a way that highlights their abilities. No jaded cynicism here. These scientists, thinkers, statesmen, musicians, were all leaders. My young leader could do worse than to select a role model from one of these larger than life heroes.
Two other notes.
1. The tapes are abridged, while the CDs are not. Buy the CD.
2. Amazon has one description for both volume 1 and 2. Misleading. They contain different people.
Vol 1 - Queen Elizabeth I, Abraham Lincoln, Christopher Columbus, Horatio Nelson, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Vol 2 - Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, Leonardo Da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Ludwig van Beethoven, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Mahatma Gandhi, George Washington (This is the one I am reviewing)
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Title: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Classic Literature With Classical Music. Junior Classics) by Benedict Flynn, Sean Bean ISBN: 9626341386 Publisher: Naxos Audio Books Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.98 |
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood by Benedict Flynn, John McAndrew ISBN: 9626341920 Publisher: Naxos Audio Books Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.98 |
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Title: Titan : The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by RON CHERNOW ISBN: 0679757031 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Spelling Workout, Grade 2 (Student Edition) by Phillip K. Trocki, Modern Curriculum Press ISBN: 0813628164 Publisher: Modern Curriculum Press Pub. Date: 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Henry Huggins (50th Anniversary Edition) by Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling ISBN: 0380709120 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 March, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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