Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythological figures in simple, easy-to-understand language appropriate for intermediate readers and listeners of all ages. Contained within are the fascinating and thrilling stories from science and myth, from Camelot and Rome, that every child should know. In James Baldwin's introduction he explains that: "Nearly all the stories are true, and there are not more than three or four that might not have happened. In every one there is something worth learning and remembering."
Latest episodes of the podcast Thirty More Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin
- Dedication; To the Boys and Girls
- Columbus and the Egg
- Upon A Peak in Darien--First Story
- Upon A Peak in Darien--Second Story
- The Fountain of Youth
- Eureka!
- Galileo and the Lamps
- Sir Isaac Newton and the Apple
- The First Printer
- John Gutenberg and the Voices
- James Watt and the Teakettle
- Dr. John and His Father
- Webster and the Woodchuck
- Friar Bacon and the Brazen Head
- As Rich as Croesus
- The Gordian Knot
- Why Alexander Wept
- King Richard and Blondel
- King John and Prince Arthur
- King John and the Magna Charta
- Frederick Barbarossa
- The Man in the Iron Mask
- The Fall of Troy
- Penelope's Web
- How Rome Was Founded
- How Decius Mus Saved Rome
- Delenda est Carthago!
- Hannibal, the Hero of Carthage
- Crossing the Rubicon
- The White-headed Zal
- Peter Klaus the Goatherd