Download high-resolution image
Listen to a clip from the audiobook
audio play button
0:00
0:00

History Smashers Four-Audiobook Collection

Listen to a clip from the audiobook
audio play button
0:00
0:00
Audiobook Download
On sale Nov 04, 2025 | 10 Hours and 25 Minutes | 9798217348060

Secrets? Myths? One giant boxed set? The award-winning History Smashers series delivers a four-audiobook collection that takes down some of the biggest misconceptions, secrets, and outright lies of early American history!

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean and discovered America. Right? WRONG!

Okay, but in 1620, the Pilgrims did land on Plymouth Rock and made friends with the Wampanoag people. Right? DEFINITELY NOT. 

What about on April 18, 1775 when Paul Revere rode through Massachusetts shouting, "The British are coming!" to start the American Revolution. That happened, right? NOPE!

Does that mean that before the Civil War, abolitionists didn't actually use quilts and signal lanterns to guide enslaved people along the Underground Railroad? NOW YOU'RE GETTING IT!

Smash the stories and learn the TRUTH behind the historical moments of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS & THE TAINO PEOPLE, THE MAYFLOWER, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, and THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD!
Kate Messner is a New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy books for curious readers. Her titles include award-winning picture books like Over and Under the Coral Reef and Axolotl-Ella, graphic novels like Camp Monster, the popular Ranger in Time and Wildlife Rescue chapter books, and novels like The Trouble with Heroes and All the Answers. Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and has climbed all forty-six of the Adirondack High Peaks. View titles by Kate Messner

About

Secrets? Myths? One giant boxed set? The award-winning History Smashers series delivers a four-audiobook collection that takes down some of the biggest misconceptions, secrets, and outright lies of early American history!

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean and discovered America. Right? WRONG!

Okay, but in 1620, the Pilgrims did land on Plymouth Rock and made friends with the Wampanoag people. Right? DEFINITELY NOT. 

What about on April 18, 1775 when Paul Revere rode through Massachusetts shouting, "The British are coming!" to start the American Revolution. That happened, right? NOPE!

Does that mean that before the Civil War, abolitionists didn't actually use quilts and signal lanterns to guide enslaved people along the Underground Railroad? NOW YOU'RE GETTING IT!

Smash the stories and learn the TRUTH behind the historical moments of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS & THE TAINO PEOPLE, THE MAYFLOWER, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, and THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD!

Author

Kate Messner is a New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy books for curious readers. Her titles include award-winning picture books like Over and Under the Coral Reef and Axolotl-Ella, graphic novels like Camp Monster, the popular Ranger in Time and Wildlife Rescue chapter books, and novels like The Trouble with Heroes and All the Answers. Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and has climbed all forty-six of the Adirondack High Peaks. View titles by Kate Messner

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

Read more