Children's audiobooks

Ollie

By: Olivier Dunrea

Narrated by: Linda Stephens

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Ollie won't come out of his egg-he's waiting. Gossie and Gertie desperately want Ollie to come out. Ollie rolls around, stands on his head, and finally rolls right out of his nest, but he won't come out of his shell. Olivier Dunrea often writes about the farm animals that surrounded him when he was growing up, including this hilarious trio of... Read more

The Railway Children

By: E. Nesbit

Narrated by: Virginia Leishman

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Father has suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. Now Mother has moved Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis from London to an old English country house. Missing the hustle and bustle of the city, the children are ecstatic to find that their new home is near a railway station. Making friends with both the porter and the station master is great fun. So is... Read more

Precious and the Boo Hag

By: Patricia McKissack & O.J. Moss

Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Patricia C. McKissack's books have received numerous awards, including the Coretta Scott King, Newbery Honor and the Caldecott Medal. She teams up with storyteller Onawumi Jean Moss for this suspenseful, but not too scary, story taken from Gullah folklore. Left home alone because of a stomachache, Precious cleverly outwits the Boo Hag by singing... Read more

Steal Away

By: Jennifer Armstrong

Narrated by: Christina Moore, Barbara Caruso & Lynne Thigpen

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1896, Mary Emmons is surprised when her grandmother takes her along to visit an old friend in Toronto named Bethlehem. Mary has led a sheltered life in New York City, far from hardship and danger. But when Mary meets the ancient woman, the personal history she shares removes the blinders from Mary's eyes, forcing the girl to recognize... Read more

Jobs

By: Kamini Khanduri

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Read and discover all about jobs. Where do people work in the cities? What does a vet do? Read and discover more about the world! This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work.An Oxford Press Audio production. Read more

Alida's Song

By: Gary Paulsen

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

The wonderful grandmother whom listeners saw through the eyes of a young boy in The Cookcamp reaches out to him when he is fourteen, offering him a haven from his harsh and painful family life. She arranges a summer job for him on the farm where she is a cook for bachelor brothers Gunnar and Olaf. Farm life offers the camaraderie and the routine... Read more

Penny and Her Marble

By: Kevin Henkes

Narrated by: Cynthia Nixon

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes’s award-winning Penny returns in the third easy-to-read story about a sweet and curious mouse, perfect for fans Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Owen, and Chrysanthemum.When Penny spots a marble in Mrs. Goodwin's front yard, she picks it up, puts it in her pocket, and takes it home. It's a beautiful marble—it's big,... Read more

Broken Wings

By: Shannon Dittemore

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Giant angels with metal wings and visible song. A blind demon restored from the pit of darkness. And a girl who has never felt more broken. Brielle sees the world as it really is: a place where the Celestial exists side by side with human reality. But in the aftermath of a supernatural showdown, her life begins to crumble. Her boyfriend, Jake,... Read more

Mind Games

By: Kiersten White

Narrated by: Emily Bauer

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of We Were Liars, an edgy, heartstopping psychological thriller about two sisters determined to protect each other no matter the cost, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken.Fia was born with flawless instincts—her first impulse is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind—except when her mind is... Read more

Wizzil

By: William Steig

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Wizzil the witch is very, very bored. When her bossy parrot suggests that she find someone to bother, Wizzil turns herself into a fly and buzzes off to do some mischief to the funky Frimp family. But mischief has a way of backfiring, and one spell often leads to another. It's not long before Wizzil has changed so much, she can hardly recognize... Read more

The Enchanted Castle

By: E. Nesbit

Narrated by: Virginia Leishman

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Jerry, Jimmy, and Kathleen can't go home for their school holiday because their cousin is sick with measles there. Instead, they stay at Kathleen's school with the French teacher. One morning, they set out to find adventure. Instead, they find an enchanted place--and magic, too! Walking through a nearby forest, they discover an enormous mansion,... Read more

What Katy Did

By: Susan Coolidge

Narrated by: Barbara Caruso

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever since her mother died, 12-year-old Katy has attempted to look after her five younger brothers and sisters. Her father Dr. Carr depends on her to set a good example while he takes care of patients. But no matter how hard Katy tries to be good, trouble always finds her. She tears all her dresses and breaks the dishes. She forgets to do her... Read more

Celine Dion

By: Norma Jean Lutz

Narrated by: C.J. Critt

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This Chelsea House's Galaxy of Superstars book features Celine Dion, a frequent chart-topper in the United States for a decade. Read more

At the Sign of the Star

By: Katherine Sturtevant

Narrated by: Emily Gray

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1677, 12-year-old Meg loves working with her widowed father in his London bookshop. When she grows up, she will inherit the shop. Then she will be independent and can choose her own husband. But her father remarries, and Meg's plans are suddenly in ruins. Based on careful research, this novel offers a brilliantly detailed panorama of... Read more

Junebug and the Reverend

By: Alice Mead

Narrated by: J.D. Jackson

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Last year, 10-year-old Junebug desperately wanted to leave the grimy Auburn Street project where he lived with his mother and sister. Now his dream has come true. They have moved to the other side of New Haven into a safe, new apartment complex. His mother takes care of the elderly residents there. Moving means changes, however. And not all of... Read more

Ereth's Birthday

By: Avi

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The fifth book in the beloved Poppy series by Newbery Medal–winning author Avi, with illustrations from Caldecott Medal–winning artist Brian Floca.

Erethizon Dorsatum—better known as Ereth, the self-centered, foul-tempered old porcupine—is having a birthday. And he fully expects his best friend Poppy, a deer mouse, to help him celebrate in a... Read more

The Good Dog

By: Avi

Narrated by: Robert Ramirez

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The 300 dogs of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, all know their places. At the top is McKinley, a malamute who's head dog of the whole town. All of the dogs-and McKinley's human family-rely on him to protect them and maintain order. Avi, the Newbery Medal author of Crispin: The Cross of Lead, peeks into the secret lives of dogs in this thrilling... Read more

Alice and Greta

By: Cyd Moore & Steven J. Simmons

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Though Alice and Greta live on the same mountain, they are about as different as two witches can be. Alice's outlook is always rosy, just like her clothes. Greta always dresses in poison green, a color as putrid as her personality. Alice uses her magic to help people, while Greta uses hers to make people miserable. Steven J. Simmons' delightful... Read more

Dahlia

By: Barbara McClintock

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Charlotte is not very excited about the doll her aunt Edme sends her. It has a prim painted mouth and is dressed in lace and silk. Besides, Charlotte has never really wanted a doll. "We like climbing trees," Charlotte tells the doll. Much to Charlotte's surprise, the new doll doesn't seem to mind her rough way of playing. By the time they are... Read more

Lewis and Clark

By: Richard Kozar

Narrated by: Bill Brooke

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is a history of the team that explored the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase territory from 1804-06 while seeking the elusive Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Read more

The Little Squeegy Bug

By: Bill Martin

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The little squeegy bug doesn't know where he comes from or what he is. He isn't an ant or a cricket, and he definitely isn't a flea. He thinks it might be fun to be a bumblebee, because then he'd have silver wings and a stinger. Buzzer the Bumblebee tells the squeegy bug to climb to the sky and find his own silver wings. When the squeegy bug... Read more

Clever Rachel

By: Debby Waldman

Narrated by: Priscilla Holbrook

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In this retelling of a Jewish folktale, Jacob tries to stump Rachel with his best riddles but fails repeatedly. When a young woman in need of help presents Rachel and Jacob with the trickiest riddles of all, they discover the only way to solve them is to work together. Read more

Casey at the Bat

By: Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

"The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; the score stood four to two with but one inning more to play." Thus begins one of the most famous poems in American history: Ernest L. Thayer's Casey at the Bat. When the powerful Mudville baseball team enters the ninth inning of their game behind by two runs, things seem pretty grim.... Read more

B for Buster

By: Iain Lawrence

Narrated by: Jeff Woodman

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Iain Lawrence is the best-selling author of such heralded books for young readers as Lord of the Nutcracker Men, which broached the complicated subject of human experience in war. His novels have been chosen as Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal on more than one occasion. Lawrence again contemplates war in this... Read more