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Courage and a Clear Mind

by Jim Weiss

Published 6 September 2016
In these vivid, true stories, Jim Weiss takes you back 25 centuries to Golden Age Greece. You'll charge into land & sea battles to defend the world's first democracy against a vast, tyrannical empire; attend the original Olympics; hear history's most famous storyteller, Homer, spin his classic adventure, "The Trojan Horse;" laugh and learn with Socrates, the wisest (and funniest) man in Greece; and meet artists and authors, as well as typical families, in the rival cities of Athens and Sparta. Jim Weiss's "Courage and a Clear Mind" is sure to inspire your own exploration of the potential that lies within us all.

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Galileo & the Stargazers

by Jim Weiss

Published 5 April 2000

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Jim Weiss Presents

by Priscilla Chung and Jim Weiss

Published 15 November 2022
In Jim’s fresh retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Wild Swans, fifteen-year-old Elise must rescue her brothers from the curse of an evil witch. Natalia Bilbao’s TennisFrenemies is the story of a passionate young tennis player who forms an unlikely friendship with her rival. Pricilla Chung weaves a magical tale of children in a dreamlike land of talking animals from the Chinese zodiac in Aria’s Dragon Light. Finally, in Dale Madison’s The Wedding Challenge, an African princess declares that she’ll only marry the man who can convince her to climb down from a tree.   Approximately 80 minutes. Ages 7 & Up

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Aesop's Fables, as Told by Jim Weiss

by Jim Weiss

Published 22 September 2023
Master storyteller Jim Weiss brings these classic stories to a new generation of listeners!

From the greedy dog to the hardworking ants, from a contest between Sun and Wind to the boy who cried "Wolf!", each tale will entertain the whole family while also teaching a gentle lesson about how to live a kind, wise life.

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King Arthur and His Knights Bundle

by Jim Weiss

Published 18 October 2017

In this bundle (illustrated book and CD audiobook), beloved storyteller Jim Weiss brings tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table to life with action, wonder, and humor.

Gorgeous paintings and whimsical medieval style illuminated illustrations by Rebecca Sorge will fascinate and delight young readers. This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of the award-winning storytelling performance, available in audio CD from Well-Trained Mind Press. The Reader can be enjoyed on its own or used along with the recorded performance to build strong language skills. It also includes instructions for casting, preparing, and staging a play of King Arthur's adventures, along with a full script.

Listen to the Jim Weiss stories on the CD, read along in the book to improve fluency, vocabulary, and grammar, and then speak great words and sentences out loud by practicing and performing the play based on the stories. Jim's entertaining and literate audio tales make long car rides and rainy days a joy rather than a trial and introduce children to the great stories and sophisticated language of the world's classics.


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American Tall Tales Bundle

by Jim Weiss

Published 15 November 2019

Save when you get the audio and illustrated text together--this beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of Jim Weiss's award-winning storytelling performance of three classic American stories and one original tall tale.

The Reader can be enjoyed on its own, or used along with the recorded performance to build strong language skills. Listen to the Jim Weiss stories, read along in the book to improve fluency, vocabulary, and grammar, and then speak great words and sentences out loud by practicing and performing the short, accessible dramatic versions of Jim's performances (including a stage play, a puppet show, and a dramatic monologue).

Jim's entertaining and literate audio tales make long car rides and rainy days a joy rather than a trial and introduce children to the great stories and sophisticated language of the world's classics.


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Classic poems about nature, bravery, love, and the wild journeys of the imagination, beautifully illustrated by Crystal Cregge.


Once Upon a Fairytale

by Jim Weiss

Published 2 April 2024