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Sound the jubilee: And Other Prehistoric Creatures
By Sandra Forrester, Jan Pienkowski. 1995
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Historical fictionDinosaurs, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
Eleven-year-old Maddie, who works in the big house on River Bend Plantation in North Carolina, longs for freedom. As the…
Civil War approaches and their mistress moves to her summer home on Nags Head, Maddie's family gets their chance at freedom when the bluecoats turn nearby Roanoke Island into an escaped-slave haven. For grades 6-9Mammoths on the move
By Lisa Wheeler, Kurt Cyrus. 2006
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
General fiction, Historical fiction, Animal storiesScience and technology, Dinosaurs, History, Ancient history, Animals and wildlife
Human-transcribed braille
Join a pack of woolly mammoths as they trek south for the winter, braving fierce storms, deadly predators, and raging…
rivers while making their slow journey across the gorgeous unspoiled lands of this continent until finally they reach their goal. The author draws readers into the mystery of prehistory and of one of the most awesome beasts to ever walk the earth. For grades K-3Mixed Harvest: Stories from the Human Past
By Rob Swigart. 2020
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
Historical fictionHistory, Archaeology
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
In unforgettable stories of the human journey, a combination of storytelling and dialog underscore an excavation into the deep past…
of human development and its consequences. Through a first encounter between a Neanderthal woman and the Modern Human she called Traveler, to the emergence and destruction of the world’s first cities, Mixed Harvest tells the tale of the Sedentary Divide, the most significant event since modern humans emerged. Rob Swigart’s latest work humanizes the rapid transition to agriculture and pastoralism with a grounding in the archaeological record.House of the Waterlily: A Novel of the Ancient Maya World
By Kelli Carmean. 2017
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (CD), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
Historical fictionHistory, Archaeology
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Set in the Maya civilization's Late Classic Period House of the Waterlily is a historical novel centered on Lady Winik,…
a young Maya royal. Through tribulations that mirror the political calamities of the Late Classic world, Winik's personal story immerses the reader not only in her daily life, but also in the difficult decisions Maya men and women must have faced as they tried to navigate a rapidly changing world. Kelli Carmean's novel brings to life a people and an era remote from our own, yet recognizably human all the same.