Stephanie Boyd has narrated 7 audiobooks on Listento.it by 7 authors, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 2 ratings. The most-rated is His Indian Brother.
His Indian Brother
Summary
The water bubbled up clear and cold, forming a small but deep pool fringed with tall grass. Brad had not been to the spring since the day before, and he saw that since then the grass on the far side of the pool had turned purple. Looking more closely, he saw that the bright sun had brought hundreds of violets into bloom. Brad dipped his pail in the spring. As he raised it, brimming with water, he noticed a large sheet of birch bark pinned to the trunk of the willow overlooking the spring. Where in the world had that come from? Who had pinned it there? Brad was so startled that he let go of the handle of the pail and let it sink in the spring as he ran to the tree. Brad and his father paddle up the river to land they have just purchased in the wilds of Maine. After building a simple cabin and starting a garden, Brad's father leaves to get the rest of his family. Brad is brave and industrious while his father is gone, but the young teenager starts to worry when he sees signs of Indians passing through the area. Things, however, go terribly wrong for Brad, and it appears his father may never return. Will he need the help of the Indians to survive? Based loosely on a true experience, this exciting book shows how two very different teenage boys, both who think they are superior to the other, learn important life lessons about respect, tolerance, humility, brotherhood, hard work, and appreciation. "Beautiful writing, wonderful messages, an engaging plot, and fantastic educational value make this book a fantastic pick. This is just the kind of book that engenders the love of reading worthwhile, uplifting books." (Jenny Phillips)
©2018 Jenny Phillips (P)2018 Steven Lerud
New Boy in School
Summary
Seven-year-old Lennie has just moved with his family to a new home. On his first day of school, at a time when racial integration in schools was new, he discovers he is the only black person in his classroom. With the gentle support of his parents and a positive attitude, Lennie finds solutions to his troubles. This sweet story is packed with great moral messages for young listeners. "May Justus (1898-1989) authored over 60 children's books, almost all of which were set in her home state of Tennessee. I am grateful that this talented writer left us a treasury of such delightful literature, and I am grateful that we can bring her books back to children. It's not surprising that behind such admirable literature is such an admirable woman. Not only was May Justus an inspiring school teacher, but she also served children with special needs, maintained a children's library in her attic for 20 years, and was a committed supporter of racial equality, losing membership in her church for her bold efforts to end racism." (Jenny Phillips)
©2018 Jenny Phillips (P)2019 Steven Lerud
Juddie
Summary
Juddie lay for a while staring up at the twinkling stars overhead. Spread thickly across the dark, clear heavens, they looked close enough to touch. "Someday," Juddie thought, "when I can read, I'll find out more about the stars from books." Ever since Juddie can remember, he has wanted to learn how to read and write. The nearest school, however, is many miles away, and Pa needs Juddie to help work their farm. With wonderful, vivid writing, Florence Wightman Rowland tells a heartwarming story that explores the adventures of a hardworking, lively young man growing up in the Canadian Rockies during the mid-1900s.
©2018 Jenny Phillips (P)2018 Steven Lerud
Nearby
Summary
This warm, inspiring story set in a rural New England village called Nearby is brought to life through the eyes of Mary, the new teacher who devotes herself to changing prejudices and lifting her students' minds and hearts to a higher place. With beautiful description, award-winning author Elizabeth Yates weaves a complex plot packed with endearing characters and powerful messages.
©2019 Jenny Phillips (P)2019 Steven Lerud
Race for the Prairie
Summary
That's what everyone said it would be - the greatest race in history! "Come September 16, 1893, we'll see the biggest hoss race in the world," folks said. "Nearly six-and-a-half million acres of land for settlement. Why, that's as big as the whole state of Vermont. Far and away bigger than the state of Massachusetts. It's even bigger than Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island put together! Come September 16, we'll see the last great run for cheap land. The last frontier!" Becky and her family leave their farmland in the Ozarks to join nearly 100,000 people in a race for homesteads during the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893. With a fast horse named Sprinter, Becky's family hopes to get some of the best land, but unexpected events threaten their dreams. Interesting characters, an exciting plot, and feel-good messages all come together in this wonderful historical-fiction audiobook.
©2018 Jenny Phillips (P)2018 Steven Lerud
Just David
Summary
David was raised in an isolated mountain cabin by a devoted father who taught David to love beauty, nature, and music. When David's father becomes seriously ill, he decides to take David to relatives that the boy has never met. But partway into the journey, his father dies. David does not know the names of his relatives or even the name of his father, which his father had a reason for not telling him. This story is not just about what happens to David, but also what happens to all those who enter his life after this tragic event.
©2018 Jenny Phillips (P)2018 Steven Lerud
Prudence Crandall
Summary
In the quiet little town of Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall is living her dream as a teacher. She has opened her own school for young ladies and is enjoying great success from the start. Yet all of her good fortune is jeopardized when Prudence admits a young African American student named Sarah Harris. What unfurls is the true and stirring story of Prudence's faith and courage as she combats the deep-seated prejudices of the town and offers an opportunity for a life-changing education to eager African American female students. "The idea of having such a school is insupportable-reckless hostility-determined to thwart-property no longer safe-break down natural distinction between black and white.... A dire calamity faces Canterbury-shall we surrender to any other nation or race?" "No! No! No!" the people shouted, rising in a body to give their words more force. Elizabeth Yates masterfully chronicles the efforts of the people of Canterbury to force the school's closure through intimidation, vandalism, slander, and legal persecution, as well as Prudence's truly courageous perseverance against such deplorable aggression. Through it all, Prudence stands a stalwart warrior of what is right and good. This story of an admirable fight for educational equality and human dignity is one that continues to inspire and uplift.
©2019 Jenny Phillips (P)2020 Steven Lerud