# Jim Weiss
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jim Weiss
| occupation = Storyteller
| image = Jim Wiess.jpg
| caption = Weiss in 2023 at the GHISfCE conference
| years_active = 1989–present
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'''Jim Weiss''' (born November 24, 1948, in [Highland Park, Illinois](/source/Highland_Park%2C_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.[{{Cite web |title=Virtues & Values |url=https://www.jimweiss.com/virtues-values/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |language=en-US}}] He is a Storytelling World Award[{{Cite web |title=Storytelling World |url=http://www.storytellingworld.com/Awards/2000win.htm |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=www.storytellingworld.com}}] winner and his work has been recognized by the [Film Advisory Board](/source/Film_Advisory_Board),[{{Cite web |date=2003-07-29 |title=Film Advisory Board, Inc. |url=http://www.filmadvisoryboard.org/aoe/Detail.asp?TitleID=27 |access-date=2023-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030729124859/http://www.filmadvisoryboard.org/aoe/Detail.asp?TitleID=27 |archive-date=2003-07-29 }}] [American Library Association](/source/American_Library_Association), and Parents' Guide to Children's Media for his contribution to storytelling and audio entertainment.["[http://www.greathall.com/aboutus.html Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804110355/http://www.greathall.com/aboutus.html|date=2018-08-04}}"][{{Cite web |title=Awards Storytelling World Award |url=https://www.jimweiss.com/awards/storytelling-world-award/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |language=en-US}}]
Examples of his expressive retellings include various works of [Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare), ''[The Three Musketeers](/source/The_Three_Musketeers), American Tall Tales, [Sherlock Holmes](/source/Sherlock_Holmes) and [Aesop's fables](/source/Aesop's_Fables)''. The book selections are supportive of educators within the [classical education movement](/source/classical_education_movement) in addition to having a following within [homeschool](/source/Homeschooling) circles and Christian families.[{{Cite book |url=https://www.audible.com/author/Jim-Weiss/B000APPFU0 |title=Jim Weiss – Audio Books, Best Sellers, Author Bio {{!}} Audible.com |language=en}}][{{Cite web |last=Megan |date=2014-10-22 |title=Interview with Storyteller Jim Weiss |url=https://redeemedreader.com/2014/10/interview-with-storyteller-jim-weiss/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Redeemed Reader |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |title=The Story of the World series |url=https://susanwisebauer.com/book/the-story-of-the-world-series/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Susan Wise Bauer |language=en-US}}]
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''."[{{Cite web |title=Jim Weiss {{!}} Penguin Random House |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/44466/jim-weiss |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |title=Jim Weiss — INTELLIGENT ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE THINKING FAMILY |url=https://www.jimweiss.com/ |access-date=2023-03-19 |language=en-US}}] Today his body of work is published by Well-Trained Mind Press, available on CDs and streaming with [audiobook](/source/audiobook) services and [apps](/source/App_store). As of 2022 he was producing two recordings a year. The Weiss' have one daughter along with her family, and live in [Tucson, Arizona](/source/Tucson%2C_Arizona).[{{Cite web |last=Sloan |first=Amy |title=The Joyful Power of Storytelling for the Homeschool Family (with Jim Weiss) |url=https://www.humilityanddoxology.com/jim-weiss/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Humility and Doxology |language=en-US}}]
== Book Recordings - partial listing ==
=== [G.A. Henty](/source/G._A._Henty) ===
* ''Henty Short Stories'' (Volume I) | 1800s, frontier Ohio & England
* ''[The Cat of Bubastes](/source/The_Cat_of_Bubastes)'' | 1250 BC Egypt
* ''The Young Carthaginian'' | 220 BC Rome & [Carthage](/source/Ancient_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
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* ''The Lion of the North'' | 1618-1648, [Thirty Years War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War), Europe
* ''[In the Reign of Terror](/source/In_the_Reign_of_Terror)'' | 1793, [French Revolution](/source/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](/source/William_Shakespeare) for Children, [A Midsummer’s Night Dream](/source/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream)'' | 1000 BC, Greece
* ''Heroes in Mythology'' | 1000 BC, Greece
* ''A Treasury of Wisdom'' ([Solomon](/source/Solomon)) | 1000 BC, Israel
* ''Animal Tales'' ([Aesop](/source/Aesop's_Fables)) | 600 BC
* ''[Galileo](/source/Galileo_Galilei) & the Stargazers'' ([Archimedes](/source/Archimedes)) | 400 BC, Sicily
* ''A Treasury of Wisdom'' ([Diogenes](/source/Diogenes)) | 400 BC, Greece
* ''A Treasury of Wisdom'' ([Alexander the Great](/source/Alexander_the_Great)) | 300 BC, Greece
* ''The Young Carthaginian'' by G. A. Henty | 220 BC, Rome/Carthage
* ''[Julius Caesar](/source/Julius_Caesar) and the Story of Rome'' | 44 BC
* ''A Treasury of Wisdom'' ([The Good Samaritan](/source/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan)) | 1st Century AD
* ''Beric the [Briton](/source/Briton)'' | 62 AD, Ancient Britain, Rome
* ''For The Temple'' by G. A. Henty | 70 AD. Jerusalem
==References==
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==External links==
*Official website: [http://www.greathall.com/ Great Hall - Storytelling Recordings and Performances by Jim Weiss],
*[https://www.facebook.com/Greathall/ Facebook]
*[https://welltrainedmind.com/?s=JIM+WEISS Well Trained Mind]
*[https://www.audible.com/author/Jim-Weiss/B000APPFU0 Audible]
*[https://books.apple.com/us/author/jim-weiss/id315103325 Apple Books]
*[https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%22jim+weiss%22&crid=2WZA51X5P0G1J&sprefix=%2Caps%2C158&ref=nb_sb_ss_recent_3_0_recent Amazon]
*YouTube - [https://www.youtube.com/@GreathallProductions Great Hall Productions]
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