Jim Weiss

Jim Weiss (born November 24, 1948, in Highland Park, Illinois) is an American children's audio storyteller, book narrator and author.
Since 1989 Weiss has released over seventy audio recordings, for preschool through college, of classic and/or historical books with an emphasis on character building. He is a Storytelling World Award winner and his work has been recognized by the Film Advisory Board, American Library Association, and Parents' Guide to Children's Media for his contribution to storytelling and audio entertainment.
Examples of his expressive retellings include various works of Shakespeare, The Three Musketeers, American Tall Tales, Sherlock Holmes and Aesop's fables. The book selections are supportive of educators within the classical education movement in addition to having a following within homeschool circles and Christian families. Weiss is also the narrator for the audio versions of Susan Wise Bauer's popular The Story of the World series.
His work was originally released by Great Hall Productions founded by Weiss and his wife Randy with the maxim "Intelligent Entertainment for the Thinking Family." Today his body of work is published by Well-Trained Mind Press, available on CDs and streaming with audiobook services and apps. As of 2022 he was producing two recordings a year. The Weiss' have one daughter along with her family, and live in Tucson, Arizona.
Book Recordings - partial listing
G.A. Henty
Henty Short Stories (Volume I) | 1800s, frontier Ohio & England
The Cat of Bubastes | 1250 BC Egypt
The Young Carthaginian | 220 BC Rome & Carthage
Beric the Briton. | 62 AD Ancient Britain & Rome
For the Temple | 70 AD Jerusalem
Wulf the Saxon | 1066, England
In Freedom’s Cause | 1296-1314, Scotland & England
The Lion of St Mark | 1300s, Venice, Italy
The Lion of the North | 1618-1648, Thirty Years War, Europe
In the Reign of Terror | 1793, French Revolution
The nine Henty novels are “thoughtfully abridged” which is described as minor edits removing vast amounts of repetition.
World history and stories
The Ancient World to 70 AD
Story of the World, Vol. I: The Ancients | 5000 BC – 400 AD
Bible Stories: Great Men and Women From Noah through Solomon | 2000s BC - 900s BC Middle East
Tales from the Old Testament | 6000 BC - 400 BC Middle East
Egyptian Treasures: Mummies & Myths | 3000 BC
Tales from Cultures Far & Near | 3000 BC, China
The Dragon Diaries: Dragon Stories From Around the World | 3000 BC
Jewish Holiday Stories | 2000 BC - 300 BC, Middle East
Pharaohs and Queens of Ancient Egypt | 1500 BC - 1200 BC
The Cat of Bubastes by G. A. Henty | 1250 BC, Egypt
Greek Myths | 1000 BC
She & He: Adventures in Mythology | 1000 BC, Greece
Courage and a Clear Mind: True Adventures of Ancient Greeks | 1000 BC
Shakespeare for Children, A Midsummer’s Night Dream | 1000 BC, Greece
Heroes in Mythology | 1000 BC, Greece
A Treasury of Wisdom (Solomon) | 1000 BC, Israel
Animal Tales (Aesop) | 600 BC
Galileo & the Stargazers (Archimedes) | 400 BC, Sicily
A Treasury of Wisdom (Diogenes) | 400 BC, Greece
A Treasury of Wisdom (Alexander the Great) | 300 BC, Greece
The Young Carthaginian by G. A. Henty | 220 BC, Rome/Carthage
Julius Caesar and the Story of Rome | 44 BC
A Treasury of Wisdom (The Good Samaritan) | 1st Century AD
Beric the Briton | 62 AD, Ancient Britain, Rome
For The Temple by G. A. Henty | 70 AD. Jerusalem
References
External links
Official website: Great Hall - Storytelling Recordings and Performances by Jim Weiss,
Facebook
Well Trained Mind
Audible
Apple Books
Amazon
YouTube - Great Hall Productions
Audiobook narrators
Living people
1948 births