Children's audiobooks

Julius, The Baby of the World

By: Kevin Henkes

Narrated by: Laura Hamilton

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Big sister Lilly (star of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse) thought it might be fun to have a new baby in the family. But jealousy takes over and her efforts to alienate her oblivious baby brother are both hysterically funny and ultimately comforting for siblings with similar feeling of resentment. A Live Oak Media audio production. Read more

Giant Rhino

By: Michael P. Goecke

Narrated by: Alice Rea

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of a prehistoric relative of the modern-day rhinoceros. Read more

It's a Fair Day, Amber Brown

By: Paula Danziger

Narrated by: Dana Lubotsky

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Amber, her parents, her best friend, Justin, and his family are in the Poconos on vacation and she is ready for a perfect day at the county fair. The morning goes almost as planned until her mom and dad get into a fight, and a perfect day at the fair turns into just a fair day. Read more

Dunk

By: David Lubar

Narrated by: Matt Golden

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A sizzling young adult novel about Chad, a teenager living near the New Jersey boardwalk who becomes obsessed with the Bozo—the clown who sits above a tank of water, taunting people until they pay a couple of bucks to try to dunk him. But even as he tries to master the slashing humor of the Bozo, Chad finds he also needs to learn humor’s healing... Read more

Christmas at Grandma's - Abridged

By: Donald Davis

Narrated by: Donald Davis

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Who doesn't remember the holiday sights and sounds and smells of Grandma's house? The living room aglow with a tree that touches the ceiling, the clatter of silverware and kitchen pans, the banter of relatives, and especially Grandma's bright face—Donald Davis captures these memories and more and relays them through the eyes of a child. Read more

Deutsches Theater

By: Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre

Narrated by: Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Deutsches Theater bietet keinen Blick hinter die Kulissen, sondern einen darauf. Wer spielt was für wen? Wo endet die Bühne? Die Hypothese: Sie endet gar nicht. Als Gäste: Christoph Amend - Manuel Andrack - Sepp Bierbichler - Till Brönner - Fetisch - Karl Ignatz Hennetmair - Hellmuth Karasek - Manfred Krug - Gerd Krüger - Sandra Maischberger -... Read more

Children's Confidence

By: Glenn Harrold

Narrated by: Glenn Harrold

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A superb high quality hypnosis MP3 download by Glenn Harrold - the UK's best selling self-help audio author. This relaxing and calming children's bedtime title combines gentle hypnotherapy techniques with state of the art digital recording technology. It is part of the best selling Diviniti Publishing hypnosis range which regularly features in... Read more

Fair Weather

By: Richard Peck

Narrated by: Estelle Parsons

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes. It's 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition-the "wonder of the age"-a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair. Aunt Euterpe is inviting the Becketts to come for a... Read more

Rascal

By: Sterling North

Narrated by: Jim Weiss

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Who could resist living for a year with a raccoon who is just about your best friend?

In this delightful memoir, Sterling North recalls his year with Rascal--a very mischievous and resourceful raccoon. Sterling, a boy of 11, watches in amazement as this baby raccoon, barely the size of Sterling's hand, instinctively washes everything before... Read more

Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers

By: Cynthia Rylant

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"...the mystery and fascination of a code-cracking spy kit...makes for absorbing readalong material, and narrator Suzanne Toren's kid-friendly pace is also just right.." --AudioFile Magazine Read more

Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move

By: Cynthia Rylant

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"Suzanne Toren narrates Cynthia Rylant's story with distinctive voices for each character...Gentle background noises add to the presentation...This high quality production would be a worthwhile acquisition"--School Library Journal Read more

What Would Joey Do?

By: Jack Gantos

Narrated by: Jack Gantos

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Are they flirting or fighting? This is Joey Pigza’s question when the fireworks suddenly start to explode between his long-separated mom and dad, whom he’s never really had a chance to see together. The more out of control his parents get, the less in control Joey feels and the more he wants to help make things better. But Joey’s ailing,... Read more

Avalon Web of Magic Book 1

By: Rachel Roberts

Narrated by: Mandy Moore

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Deep in the woods, Emily, Adriane, and Kara discover a magical portal through which strange and wondrous animals have emerged. The animals are peaceful and good, but what follows them through the portal is pure evil. Now the three girls must find the magic to keep their friends alive...or perish trying. Read more

The Thief Lord

By: Cornelia Funke

Narrated by: Simon Jones

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious thirteen-year-old boy who calls himself the "Thief Lord." Brilliant and charismatic, the Thief Lord leads a ring of street children who dabble in petty crimes. Prosper and Bo delight in being part of... Read more

Hoot

By: Carl Hiaasen

Narrated by: Chad Lowe

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

This Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller is a beloved modern classic. Hoot features a new kid and his new bully, alligators, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes.

Everybody loves Mother Paula's pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on... Read more

The Sands of Time: A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure

By: Michael Hoeye

Narrated by: Campbell Scott

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

This second book, THE SANDS OF TIME continues the adventures of Hermux Tantamoq, mouse and watchmaker in the imaginary city of Pinchester. When the museum announces a show of Mirrin Stentrill's latest paintings - monumental, visionary portraits of cats - Mayor Hooster Pinkwiggin vows to shut it down. Cats are a touchy subject amoung Pinchester's... Read more

Pictures of Hollis Woods

By: Patricia Reilly Giff

Narrated by: Hope Davis

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

This Newbery Honor book about a girl who has never known family fighting for her first true home “will leave readers . . . satisfied” (Kirkus Reviews).
 
Hollis Woods
is the place where a baby was abandoned
is the baby’s name
is an artist
is now a twelve-year-old girl
who’s been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all.
 
When... Read more

A Week in the Woods

By: Andrew Clements

Narrated by: Ron Livingston

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Mark Chelmsley IV has never felt truly at home anywhere. With only four months left in the fifth grade before he starts at an exclusive boarding school, Mark doesn't think it's even worth trying to settle in. What changes his mind is a Week in the Woods- the annual school camping trip. But even there, things go wrong. Mark covers for a... Read more

The Breadwinner

By: Deborah Ellis

Narrated by: Rita Wolf

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

Imagine living in a country in which women and girls are not allowed to leave the house without a man. Imagine having to wear clothes that cover every part of your body, including your face, whenever you go out.

In this powerful and realistic tale, eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in... Read more

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles Book Four: Talking to Dragons

By: Patricia C. Wrede

Narrated by: Words Take Wing Repertory Co

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

“Mother taught me to be polite to dragons.”

Daystar never thought he’d be walking through the Enchanted Forest with a magic sword, a fire-witch, and a baby dragon. He never dreamed his mother, Cimorene, would tell him to leave their home and not to return until his task was complete. Or that he alone held the power to release King Mendanbar and... Read more

Floodland

By: Marcus Sedgwick

Narrated by: Amanda Root

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

What if the sea began to rise . . . and rise . . . until the land began to disappear? A brilliant futuristic fantasy by an acclaimed new writer.

Global warming has caused the sea to rise until cities are turning into islands and civilization is crumbling. Ten-year-old Zoe discovers a small rowboat and keeps it a secret until she sets out alone... Read more

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

By: Bruce Coville

Narrated by: Bruce Coville & Full Cast

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

"To quicken the egg, take it outside at midnight on the night of the next full moon. Lift it to the moonlight and wisper:

Full moon's light to wake the egg
Full moon's light to hatch it;
Midsummer Night will crack the world,
But St. John's day will patch it."

When Jeremy Thatcher follows the strange instructions given to him by the weird old... Read more

46: Der merkwürdige Ferienbesuch - Abridged

By: Olaf Franke & Tim Thomas

Narrated by: Martin Mehlitz, Christina Gustmann & Mike Bowd

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Merkwürdiger Ferienbesuch auf dem Bauernhof von Freddy dem Esel! Endlich eine Gelegenheit, den Hof mal so richtig auf Vordermann zu bringen - das findet zumindest Cordelia, die Gans. Mit ihrer Putzwut sorgt sie mächtig für Wirbel. Und auch Freddy und seine Freunde werden von ihr mit eingespannt. Das passt dem bequemen Kater Sokrates und den... Read more

47: Kriemhilds Rache - Abridged

By: Olaf Franke & Tim Thomas

Narrated by: Martin Mehlitz, Christina Gustmann & Mike Bowd

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Solch eine schlechte Stimmung gab es auf dem Bauernhof lange nicht mehr: Alle giften sich gegenseitig an. Und das nur, weil Eugen Eule und Henning Hahn so gemein zu Kriemhild, der Ziege sind! Immer wenn Kriemhild vorbeikommt, fangen die beiden an zu tuscheln und zu lachen. Die aufbrausende Ziege lässt sich das natürlich nicht lange gefallen.... Read more