Paideia Collection
Audiobooks of Great Literature
Free
Great books, read aloud — with the illustrations synced to the audio.
Paideia Collection is a growing library of enduring literature: the histories, nature studies, myths, and stories that formed generations of readers. Each title is recorded in full and paired with the artwork from its original edition.
OUR MISSION
The Paideia Collection exists to bless families with the living books that have shaped the foundations of the Western canon, carrying forward the oral tradition of old. In an age when many of these rich titles are difficult to find — and some on the verge of being lost — our mission is to preserve them and make them accessible once again.
Paideia was the ancient Greek word for the formation of a whole person — mind, heart, and character — through immersion in a living inheritance passed from one generation to the next. It understood what modern schooling often forgets: children are not vessels to be filled, but souls to be formed.
ILLUSTRATED LISTENING
As the narration moves, the plates from the printed book appear in time with it — Penn's Treaty as the story reaches Pennsylvania, a kingfisher as Arabella Buckley describes the riverbank. Not stock imagery. The engravings and paintings the author's first readers saw.
A LIBRARY WORTH KEEPING
Charlotte Mason's Home Education series. M. B. Synge's Story of the World. Henrietta Marshall's Our Island Story. H. A. Guerber's histories. Arabella Buckley's nature studies. The Federalist Papers. Stories that order the affections toward wonder, beauty, and courage — because what we love is shaped long before we can explain why.
BUILT FOR A HOUSEHOLD
Give each member of the family their own profile, with their own place in every book. Grown-ups can guide what each child reaches, and see what everyone is reading. A four-digit code keeps the grown-up area to the grown-ups.
THE COMMONPLACE BOOK
Keep the passages worth keeping. Save a quote as you listen, with the book, chapter, and moment already attached — the old practice of the commonplace book, carried into the app.
MADE FOR REAL LISTENING
Download for offline listening in the car or on a plane. Pick up where you left off across devices. Listen through CarPlay. No advertising, ever.
We are a storied people. Join families who are raising their children with knights, sea captains, heroes, and saints — through the timeless power of great stories, told beautifully.
An active Paideia Collection membership is required to listen.
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• Grown-ups get their own sign-in: invite another adult by email and they can listen on their own devices — their progress, their commonplace book, never your account settings.
• Commonplace: create your own headings right from the entry form, and filter by one lens at a time.
• "What are we reading" now shows each reader's character.
• Smoother sheets and drawers — swipe-to-dismiss now works everywhere it should.
• Polish: library layout, author portraits, PIN entry.
The developer, Paideia Collection LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Paideia Collection LLC
- Size
- 61.6 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- This app is rated 13+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Parental Controls
Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Realistic Violence
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Guns or Other Weapons
- Copyright
- © 2026 Paideia Collection LLC