Do you know which President had to deal with rats in the dining room, ponies in the elevator, and butter on the bannisters?
Mr. President: Ponies in the Elevator (MP3 audio)
“Mr. President… at home in the White House — the elected leader of our people, our fellow citizen and neighbor. These are little-known stories of the men who have lived in the White House — dramatic, exciting events in their lives that you and I so rarely hear…”
In this great episode of the classic radio program “Mr. President”, we find this Mr. President trying to take care of the country’s business while chaos reigns at the White House. Which President is it? Listen and see if you can figure it out!
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The Origin of the Constitution
The King of Ice
Young Davy Crockett (MP3 audio & PDF study guide) – Today’s resource is this excellent, quite moving half hour audio dramatization of the early life of the legendary frontier hero and teller of tall tales, Davy Crockett, and his experiences growing up on the American frontier. This dramatization of Crockett’s own remembrances of his early life on the frontier was adapted for radio by Earl Hamner, who later went on to create the TV program “The Waltons”. Great stuff!
To Download the Listening Guide to “The Story of Young Davy Crockett” (PDF ebook, 2 pgs.) 
Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells (MP3 audio)
Washington Irving was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” published in 1819.
Today we have the third audiobook in the wonderful Betsy-Tacy series, read by Kara Shallenberg. Here’s her description of this volume:
Here’s the second book in the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace, and read by Kara Shallenberg! Kara writes about this volume: