Children's audiobooks
Beauty and The Beast - Abridged
By: Arcadia
Narrated by: Full cast
Length: 27 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Beauty's merchant father promises to brign her a rose as a gift from his travels. On his journey home, he takes shelter in a mysteriously deserted castle and picks a rose from the garden. The Beast appears - he will spare the life of the merchant only if he sends Beauty to live in the castle. As time passes, Beauty gets used to the Beast's... Read more
View audiobookThe Wind In The Willows - Abridged
By: Arcadia
Narrated by: Full cast
Length: 51 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Mole enjoys a quiet life but when spring comes, his longing for adventure takes him to the river. There, he meets Water Rat and his friends Otter, Badger and Toad. With messing about in boats and Toad's love of fast cars, Mole's life is no longer quiet - especially when the friends have to join forces against the animals from the Wild Wood.
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame - Abridged
By: Arcadia
Narrated by: Full cast
Length: 38 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The famous story of the ugliest man in Paris, Quasimodo, and the beautiful gypsey dancer Esmeralda who casts her spell over all men who see her, with tragic results. Can Quasimodo's love for Esmeralda save her?
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Black Beauty - Abridged
By: Arcadia
Narrated by: Full cast
Length: 37 minutes
Abridged: Yes
When Duchess has a new foal, he is so handsome that he's named Black Beauty. As he grows up, Beauty gallops happily in meadows and works hard for his kindly master. When his owner has to sell him, Black Beauty discovers a world of cruelty and danger - but his brave spirit makes him determined to survive.
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A Christmas Carol - Abridged
By: Arcadia
Narrated by: Full cast
Length: 39 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Charles Dickens' famous tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who has devoted his life to becoming wealthy. he values nothing apart from money - neither friendship, love nor enjoyment. But one night before Christmas, Scrooge receives some unexpected anad ghostly visitors who try to change his mind...
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Peter Pan - Abridged
By: Arcadia
Narrated by: Full cast
Length: 39 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Second left - and then straight on until morning: that's the way to the magical place where Peter Pan lives, a land where no one ever grows up. Helped by fairy Tinkerbell, Wendy and her brothers fly off with Peter to Neverland. There, they meet the Lost Boys - and the terrifying Captain hook and his band of pirates.
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Robin Hood - Abridged
By: Arcadia
Narrated by: Full cast
Length: 40 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Always loyal to his king, Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood follows him to fight the crusades in the Holy Land. Captured and imprisoned, Robin and the ever-faithful Will dream of returning home to live in peace. Surviving pirates, prison and shipwreck, they do return to England - only to find another fight, this time against the wicked prince... Read more
View audiobookHuckleberry Finn - Abridged
By: Arcadia
Narrated by: Full cast
Length: 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The adventures of Huck after his escape from his brutal father, and his growing friendship with Jim, the slave who is also on the run. As they journey down the Mississippi, their wit and courage are all they have to help them escape their pursuers.
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The Wizard Of Oz - Abridged
By: Arcadia
Narrated by: Full cast
Length: 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The magical story of Dorothy's adventures when a tornado transports her to the land of Oz. Wishing to return home, Dorothy and her dog travel along the Yellow Brick Road to find the Wizard of Oz to help them. On her way she meets a Scarecrow who wishes for a brain, a Tin Man who wants a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who desperately needs... Read more
View audiobookOf Thee I Sing
By: Barack Obama
Narrated by: Andre Braugher
Length: 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Barack Obama delivers a tender, beautiful letter to his daughters in this powerful picture book illustrated by award-winner Loren Long that's made to be treasured!
In this poignant letter to his daughters, Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the... Read more
The Man and the Figs
By: Traditional & Hugh Fraser
Narrated by: Natasha-Lee Lewis
Length: 5 minutes
Abridged: No
This Jewish tale is wise, witty, and very ancient.
The story comes from the Talmud - and is about an old man who impresses the Roman emperor. Read more
Nussknacker & Mausekönig - Titania Special Folge 6
By: E.T.A. Hoffmann
Narrated by: Susanne Uhlen, Gabrielle Pietermann & Marcel Collè
Length: 1 hour 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Marie Stahlbaum hat eine rege Phantasie. Alles, was ihr begegnet, birgt für sie ein Geheimnis. Beim Rest ihrer Familie stößt sie damit auf größtes Unverständnis. Einzig der etwas wunderliche Onkel Drosselmeier scheint sein Patenkind zu verstehen. Zu Weihnachten schenkt er Marie einen Nussknacker. Postwendend gerät das junge Mädchen des Nachts in... Read more
View audiobookHow to Stay Healthy
By: Julie Penn
Narrated by: Multiple Narrators
Length: 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Read and discover all about how to stay healthy. How much water should you drink every day? Why is exercise good for you? 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
View audiobookThe Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon
By: David Almond
Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Crackpot notions, community spirit, and sky-high aspirations transform a quiet boy’s life in this whimsical tale from the stellar team of David Almond and Polly Dunbar.There are some strange ideas floating around in Paul’s apartment block. There’s Mabel, who now calls herself Molly and whose brother hides under a paper bag. Then there’s... Read more
View audiobookMy Dad's a Birdman
By: David Almond
Narrated by: Sarah Coomes
Length: 1 hour 47 minutes
Abridged: No
In a rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on.Dad is building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his nest. Auntie Doreen is getting cross and making dumplings. Mr. Poop is parading the streets, shouting LOUDER and LOUDER, and even Mr. Mint, the headmaster, is getting in a flap. And watching it all is Lizzie,... Read more
View audiobookDiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
By: Jeff Kinney
Narrated by: Ramón De Ocampo
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it’s cracked up to be?
Greg suddenly finds himself dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older—all without his best friend, Rowley, at his side. Can Greg make it through on... Read more
The Birthday Ball
By: Lois Lowry
Narrated by: Elissa Steele
Length: 3 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Bored, bored, bored. It’s all Princess Patricia Priscilla can think as her sixteenth birthday approaches. It’s less than a week before the Birthday Ball, where she will choose her husband from a group of unappealing suitors.
Boring.
But things around the kingdom get pretty interesting when Princess Patricia Priscilla disguises herself as a peasant... Read more
The Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus Novel
By: Jonathan Stroud
Narrated by: Simon Jones
Length: 12 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
It is 950 B.C.E., and King Solomon rules Jerusalem with a steely hand; a hand on which gleams a magic ring of immense and unforgiving power. Solomon has just begun work on his marvelous temple, charging Khaba, a formidable magician in his royal court, to oversee its construction. The workforce is an ill-behaved bunch of demons, a particularly... Read more
View audiobookWizard's Hall
By: Jane Yolen
Narrated by: Words Take Wing Repertory Co
Length: 2 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
An inept wizard-in-training is the only one who can save his classmates from the terrible sorcery that threatens to devour their magical school
Acclaimed master fantasist Jane Yolen imagines an academic world of wonders where paintings speak, walls move, monsters are made real, and absolutely anything can happen—as she introduces readers to a... Read more
The Arkadians
By: Lloyd Alexander
Narrated by: Words Take Wing Repertory Co
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Lucian, a young man of ancient Greece's Arkadia, embarks on a classical quest of danger, daring, and romance and encounters a remarkable cast of heroes, poets, seamen, horsemen, wise women, kings, and peasants. Read more
View audiobookBruce Coville's Book of Monsters
By: Bruce Coville
Narrated by: Bruce Coville & Words Take Wing Repertory Co
Length: 3 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Thirteen thrills! Thirteen chills! Authors Bruce Coville, Jane Yolen, Laura Simms and others share their sometimes frightening, sometimes funny, but always satisfying tales - all about monsters! Read more
View audiobookThe Cat Who Wished to Be a Man
By: Lloyd Alexander
Narrated by: Words Take Wing Repertory Co
Length: 2 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
When he begins dealing with humanity, Lionel the cat begins to understand why his wizard master was reluctant to change him into a man. Read more
View audiobookThalia Book Club: Wendy Mass' The Candymakers
By: Wendy Mass
Narrated by: Rebecca Stead & Max Bier
Length: 1 hour 5 minutes
Abridged: No
Wendy Mass sits down with Rebecca Stead to discuss her book The Candymakers. Max Bier reads an excerpt. Read more
View audiobookThe House of Dead Maids
By: Clare B. Dunkle
Narrated by: Emily Gray
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Clare B. Dunkle's works have received numerous honors, including the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and a Publishers Weekly Flying Start. The House of Dead Maids, a prelude to the classic Wuthering Heights, features Heathcliff, his newly arrived nursemaid Tabby Akroyd, and the restless... Read more
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