Children's audiobooks

César Chávez: The Struggle for Justice / César Chávez: La lucha por la justicia

By: Richard Griswold del Castillo

Narrated by: Brian Amador

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"César Chávez and his fight for the rights of Hispanic agricultural workers is an inspirational story about unity, justice, and perseverance... Brian Amador reads the compelling text clearly and with power. Original music with a Latin flavor accompanies the production. This would make an excellent listening center and provides important... Read more

Sunwing

By: Kenneth Oppel

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Shade, a young silverwing bat, is searching the countryside for his father when he discovers a huge glass building. When he flies inside, he finds a forest haven where, safe from predatory owls, hundreds of bats are finally living in the sunlight. But when he tries to find an exit, Shade quickly realizes that instead of a paradise, the building... Read more

Pony Problems

By: Carolyn Keene

Narrated by: Cassandra Morris

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This third entry from the much-loved Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series finds the clever detective and her friends investigating a Houdini of a pony. When a new petting zoo opens in town, Buttons becomes the star by escaping every night and showing up on someone else's lawn to eat the flowers. Nancy quickly jumps on the case-because even though... Read more

An Elephant in the Garden

By: Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by: Fiona Clarke

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling and moving tale about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war. Perfect for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The Butterfly Lion… It’s 1945. Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at Dresden zoo, where her favourite animal is a... Read more

On Angel Wings

By: Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by: Jot Davies

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A charming re-telling of the Christmas story from the legendary Michael Morpurgo. Who looks after the sheep when the shepherds rush off to see the new baby Jesus? Read more

Mr Stink

By: David Walliams & Nitin Ganatra

Narrated by: David Walliams & Matt Lucas

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel and audiobook for children performed by David Walliams, Matt Lucas and Nitin Ganatra. The characters from David’s book spring to life with fantastic voices and characters galore that will make you laugh out loud. Read by... Read more

Clothes Then and Now

By: Richard Northcott

Narrated by: Multiple Narrators

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Read and discover all about clothes in the past and clothes today. Where were your clothes made? What is a fashion victim? 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

The Best Christmas Present in the World

By: Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by: Sam Hodges

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s Christmas in 1914 in the trenches of the Western Front. And something wonderful has just happened… A forgotten letter in a secret drawer brings one night in the Great War vividly back to life. Writing home from the front, a soldier has an incredible story to tell. Read more

Little Albatross

By: Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by: Sam Hodges

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

This exciting, beautifully told story will delight all animal lovers. The last snows of winter are melting away and Little Albatross sits snug in the warmth of Mother Albatross' feathers. He grows bigger and stronger until one day Mother and Father Albatross go fishing together, leaving Little Albatross alone for the first... Read more

The Happy Prince And Other Stories

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: John Moffatt

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Hear the best stories ever written with Puffin Classics on audio.

The Happy Prince and Other Stories is a haunting, magical fairy tale collection, in which Oscar Wilde beautifully evokes (amongst others) The Happy Prince, who was not so happy after all, The Selfish Giant who learned to love little children and The Star Child who did not love his... Read more

Colly’s Barn

By: Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by: Jot Davies

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A masterfully crafted tale from the former Children’s Laureate. When Annie's father plans to tear down the old barn and replace it with a modern shed, Annie and her grandfather worry about all the birds that nest in the rickety old structure. Read more

Dolphin Boy

By: Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by: Jot Davies

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A wonderful tale from the former Children’s Laureate. Read by Jot Davies, this enthralling tale from former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo has all the qualities of a classic for generations to come. Read more

Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

By: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrated by: Alan Cumming, Andrew Sachs, Juliet Stevenson & ...

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Download eight timeless audio tales from a magical storyteller

This enchanting collection, retold by writer and critic Naomi Lewis, contains eight of Hans Christian Andersen's magnificent fairy tales. It includes Thumbelina, a little girl no more than a thumb-joint high, The Emperor's New Clothes, the tale of a man who cares only for his... Read more

Tales from Shakespeare

By: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb & William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Alan Cumming, Andrew Sachs, Juliet Stevenson & ...

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover Shakespeare's best-loved plays with this fantastic, unabridged and downloadable audiobook edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, read by Alan Cumming, Juliet Stevenson, Nigel Davenport and Andrew Sachs.

A perfect introduction for all ages to the breadth and beauty of Shakespeare's work. Tales from Shakespeare has... Read more

The Mozart Question

By: Michael Morpurgo

Narrated by: Michael Morpurgo & Alison Read

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

“The time has come, I think, not to lie any more.” This beautiful recording features solo performances by various classical musicians. When cub reporter Lesley is sent to Venice to interview a world-renowned violinist, the journalist is told she can ask Paolo Levi anything about his life and career as a musician,... Read more

The Railway Children - Abridged

By: E. Nesbit

Narrated by: Jenny Agutter

Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of E. Nesbit's classic The Railway Children, brilliantly read by the actress Jenny Agutter.

When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. The children seek solace in the... Read more

What Katy Did - Abridged

By: Susan Coolidge

Narrated by: Kate Harper

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Susan Coolidge's wonderful, family story, What Katy Did, read by actress Kate Harper.

The endearing classic tale of Katy Carr and her family. Gangly, quick-tempered Katy means to be beautiful and beloved and as good as an angel one day. But meanwhile her resolutions somehow get forgotten or go... Read more

Early to Death, Early to Rise

By: Kim Harrison

Narrated by: Mandy Siegfried

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Seventeen, dead, and in charge of heaven's dark angels—all itching to kill someone.Madison Avery's dreams of ever fitting in at her new school died when she did. Especially since she was able to maintain the illusion of a body, deal with a pesky guardian angel, and oh yeah, bring the reaper who killed her to his untimely end. Not exactly... Read more

The Magic Thief: Lost

By: Sarah Prineas

Narrated by: Greg Steinbruner

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Magic Thief: Lost, the second book in Sarah Prineas’s acclaimed middle grade fantasy series, wizard’s apprentice Conn is forced to improvise after he loses his locus magicalicus—with explosive results! Never mix fire with magic!Conn may only be a wizard's apprentice, but even he knows it's dangerous to play with fire . . . especially... Read more

The Magic Thief: Found

By: Sarah Prineas

Narrated by: Greg Steinbruner

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The Magic Thief: Found, the third book in Sarah Prineas’s acclaimed middle grade fantasy series, finds wizard’s apprentice Conn on the run! Sneaking out of prison isn't easy, unless you are a thief, or a wizard. Luckily, Conn is both! Trouble is, once he's out, where does he go? His home is a pile of rubble since he blew it up doing magic. His... Read more

The Magic Thief

By: Sarah Prineas

Narrated by: Greg Steinbruner

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the fantasy and wonder of The Magic Thief, the first book in Sarah Prineas’s acclaimed middle grade fantasy series! Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle, said: ""I couldn't put it down. Wonderful, exciting stuff.""In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure.... Read more

Storm Warning (The 39 Clues, Book 9)

By: Linda Sue Park

Narrated by: David Pittu

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The end is near! Book 9 of the #1 NY Times Bestselling series.The shadow of a man in black has followed fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, on their worldwide search for 39 Clues that lead to a great power. Amy and Dan know the man in black has tried to kill them. They know he's a Madrigal, the most secretive and... Read more

Das Wusel von der Venus, Folge 3: Auf der Venus ist die Hölle los

By: Frank Zander & Claudi Fröhlich

Narrated by: Friedrich Schönfelder

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Frank Zanders spannendes Weltraum-Märchen für Kinder! Kinder lieben es... Es kommt von der Venus, kann fliegen, frißt am liebsten rote Grütze, ist rot und etwas größer als ein Feldhase... Na klar ! Das Wusel von der Venus ist zurück ! Frank Zander, 2009 von der RTL-Chartshow als erfolgreichster Comedy-Sänger aller Zeiten gekürt, hat in den 80er... Read more

Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down

By: Donald J. Sobol

Narrated by: Greg Steinbruner

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Edgar Award-winning author Donald J. Sobol's Encyclopedia Brown mysteries star a humble 10-year-old genius. Here Encyclopedia employs all of his detective skills to investigate 10 more brain-twisting cases with his friend Sally. Thieves and crooks of all ages better beware if they roll into Idaville thinking the town is easy pickings.... Read more