Dear Jim,
Your voice was the soundtrack of my kids childhood – everywhere we went we had different stories playing on the CD player. My son is now a senior at Harvard with a major in Organismal Biology and a minor in Myth and Folklore. We were just talking today about different authors that have shaped him and he said that your stories probably impacted him the most… he is currently in a class on the Arthurian legends… where they were surprised how many Celtic myths he knew… so I asked, “what about the science interests” and he said said, “that too, Galileo and Archimedes…”.
My daughter is a Freshwoman in HS and is taking A.P. Geography where she walks away proudly saying things like, “I already knew a lot of the stuff we were talking about”… which she attributes to the series on the History of the World that we actually listened to (all 4 volumes) from start to finish several times!
I want you to know that I noticed how well written and thoughtful all your short stories on thematic albums were and how easy your voice was to listen to on the longer adventures with Susan Bauer…
Thank you!
B.T.
Here is a quick look at all of the Jim Weiss full-length titles, categorized by suggested age levels, that are available from Well-Trained Mind Press. Please see full descriptions for all of these recordings in the “Recordings Currently Available from Well-Trained Mind Press” located elsewhere on this website.
AGES 3 and UP
Aesop’s Fables
Sweet Dreams
Good Night
Uncle Wiggly’s Storybook
Tell Me A Story! A Treasury of Classics
Animal Tales
Just So Stories
First Stories to Last a Lifetime
Fairytale Favorites in Story and Song
AGES 5 and UP
Constellations and Their Myths: The Stories Behind Our Stars
Once Upon a Fairytale
The Dragon Diaries
Heroes, Horses and Harvest Moons: A Cornucopia of Best-Loved Poems, Vol. I
My Father’s Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon
Greek Myths
Good Luck Duck
Giants! A Colossal Collection of Tales & Tunes
Arabian Nights
Tales from Cultures Far and Near
Famously Funny! A Collection of Beloved Stories and Poems
Good Luck Duck
Best Loved Stories in Song and Dance
Giants! A Colossal Collection of Tales & Tunes
King Arthur and His Knights
A Christmas Carol and Other Favorites
Rip Van Winkle/Gulliver’s Travels
The Prince and the Pauper
Tales from the Old Testament
Jewish Holiday Stories
Bible Stories: Great Men and Women from Noah through Solomon
AGES 7 and UP
Napoleon and the French Revolution
Jim Weiss Presents: New Stories from New Friends
The Adventurous Life of Theodore Roosevelt
The Boxcar Children
Genius Times Four: Scientists and Mathematicians Who Fought Diseases, Stopped Time, and Opened New Worlds
Ten Thousand Stars: A Cornucopia of Best-Loved Poems, Vol. 2
George Washington, First in the Hearts of His Countrymen Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America
Thomas Jefferson’s America
Women in Blue or Gray: True Stories from Both Sides of the American Civil War
Gone West: Bold Adventures of American Explorers and Pioneers
I Said I Could and I Did: True Stories of 20th Century Americans
Pharaohs and Queens of Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and Myths
Courage and a Clear Mind: True Adventures of the Ancient Greeks
Heroes in Mythology
Celtic Treasures
The Queen’s Pirate: Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Drake
Shakespeare for Children
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar and the Story of Rome
Masters of the Renaissance
A Treasury of Wisdom: True Stories of Hope and Inspiration
Galileo and the Stargazers
The Jungle Book
Treasure Island
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Spooky Classics for Children
Sherlock Holmes for Children
Mystery! Mystery! for Children
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Swordsmen, Saints and Scholars: Great Men and Women of the Middle Ages
Story of the World I: Ancient Times
Story of the World II: Middle Ages
Story of the World III: Early Modern Times
Story of the World IV: The Modern Age
AGES 9 and UP
The Count of Monte Cristo
A Tale of Two Cities
Carry on Mr. Bowditch
Men of Iron
COMING SOON FROM THE WELL-TRAINED MIND PRESS:
More Jim Weiss recordings will be available in 2024 and beyond…