Children's audiobooks

Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures)

By: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Narrated by: Richard Davidson

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog—until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish—and the closest supply is 650 miles away! The only way to get the serum to Nome is by sled, but can the dogs deliver it in time? Heading bravely into a brutal blizzard, Balto leads the race... Read more

Deeper

By: Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 18 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

BOOK TWO IN THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL TUNNELS SERIES BY RODERICK GORDON AND BRIAN WILLIAMSThe Tunnels adventure is far from over for Will Burrows.In his quest to find his father, Will is plunged even deeper underground. And as if things weren't bad enough already in the heat and darkness, he stumbles across a Styx plot with terrible implications for... Read more

The Kind of Friends We Used to Be

By: Frances O'Roark Dowell

Narrated by: Jessica Almasy

Length: 4 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Having spent her youth travelling the world, Edgar Award winner Frances O'Roark Dowell is the author of the critically acclaimed Shooting the Moon. A compelling coming-of-age story, The Kind of Friends We Used to Be will resonate in the minds of listeners of all ages long after its conclusion. Read more

Bearskinner

By: Laura Amy Schlitz

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Cybils Award-winning author Laura Amy Schlitz crafts a masterful interpretation of one of the Grimm Brothers' most engrossing fairy tales. A cold and hungry soldier is returning from war. He has no money, so he makes a pact with the devil. If he can wear a bearskin for seven years, he will always have plenty of gold. But if he tells anyone of... Read more

RuneWarriors

By: Tom S. Parker & James Jennewein

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Hollywood screenwriters James Jennewein and Tom S. Parker bring Norse mythology to life with an adventure-filled saga told in kid-friendly language. A Viking boy named Dane must choose a nickname for himself to keep up tradition. Will he become Dane the Dangerous or Dane the Despicable? When an evil warlord named Thidrek kidnaps Dane's... Read more

Mothstorm

By: Philip Reeve

Narrated by: Greg Steinbruner

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Author of the widely acclaimed Larklight books, Philip Reeve won the Gold NestlE Smarties Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize Children's Book Award. At the edge of space, a mysterious cloud appears. The last transmission from a remote outpost near the cloud warns of grave danger. Now Art, Myrtle, and the rest of the family... Read more

Little Lord Fauntleroy

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Narrated by: Johanna Ward

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

"The best version of the Cinderella story in modern idiom that exists," is how Marghanita Laski describes Frances Hodgson Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy. It is the charming story of a seven-year-old American boy, Ceddie Errol, who lives on the edge of poverty in New York. One day he is visited by a gruff lawyer at the tiny house he shares with... Read more

Dandelion Fire

By: N. D. Wilson

Narrated by: Russell Horton

Length: 12 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Will Henry’s fiery new magic consume him in the second book of the bestselling 100 Cupboard series, about 100 cupboard doors leading to 100 worlds of adventure?
 
Henry has discovered that the hundred cupboard doors hidden behind his bedroom wall are actually portals to other worlds. Now he must go through the cupboards to find the truth about... Read more

The Grand Finale

By: Janet Evanovich

Narrated by: C. J. Critt

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a revised, repackaged novel sure to please her many fans. She writes ""high speed comic mayhem"" (Detroit Free Press); she's ""a blast of fresh air"" (Washington Post); ""side-splitting funny"" (Publishers Weekly) and ""a winner"" (Glamour). In other words, she's Janet Evanovich.Berry Knudson... Read more

The Problem with the Puddles

By: Kate Feiffer

Narrated by: Halley Feiffer

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

What if your parents agreed to disagree?

Eight-and-a-half years ago, when their beautiful baby girl was born, Mr. and Mrs. Puddle couldn’t agree on what to name her. So Mrs. Puddle calls her daughter Emily and Mr. Puddle calls her Ferdinanda. And everyone else? They call her Baby.

Having parents who agree to disagree does mean twice as many... Read more

Amélie and the ferry and other stories

By: Kim Hoffmeister

Narrated by: Kim Hoffmeister

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Amélie is a naughty little French girl who lives in Brittany with Maman, Papa and little brother Louis. In this set of four exciting stories, Amélie takes a trip on a ferry, goes to the seaside, stays on a farm and looses a tooth! Stories are narrated in English but have a generous sprinkling of French words and phrases to help children learn... Read more

Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book

By: Cynthia Rylant

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

While the snow swirls outdoors and the fire crackles in the hearth, Mr. Putter decides to write a mystery book. But he soon learns that writing isn't as easy as he thought it would be. John McDonough's cozy voice artfully captures the whimsical flavor of Cynthia Rylant's gentle humor and endearing characters. Kids simply adore the books of this... Read more

Habibi

By: Naomi Shihab Nye

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

For 14-year-old Liyana Abboud, life in St. Louis, Missouri is perfect. She loves shopping in the nearby stores and walking down streets where she knows everyone. Even better, she has just had her first kiss. But her father is moving the family to Jerusalem-the land where he was born. Suddenly Liyana finds herself a stranger in a threatening... Read more

Mr. Putter & Tabby Toot the Horn

By: Cynthia Rylant

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Mr. Putter and his neighbor Mrs. Teaberry both like music. He likes the broken hearts and big round heroes of opera. She likes the broken hearts and big-haired stars of country music. One day Mrs. Teaberry has one of her famous ideas. She and Mr. Putter will form their own band. Mr. Putter is a good sport. He buys a little horn and practices for... Read more

Suite Scarlett

By: Maureen Johnson

Narrated by: Jeannie Stith

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Scarlett Martin has grown up in a most unusual way. Her family owns the Hopewell, a small Art Deco hotel in the heart of New York City. When each of the Martins turns fifteen, they are expected to take over the care of a suite. For Scarlett’s fifteenth birthday, she gets both a room called the Empire Suite and a permanent guest named Mrs.... Read more

The Old Willis Place

By: Mary Downing Hahn

Narrated by: Ellen Grafton

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Diana and her little brother Georgie have been living in the woods behind the old Willis place, a decaying Victorian mansion, for what already seems like forever. They aren't allowed to leave the property or show themselves to anyone. But when a new caretaker comes to live there with his young daughter, Lissa, Diana is tempted to break the... Read more

Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea

By: Cynthia Rylant

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Mr. Putter is tired of living all alone, with no one to share his morning English muffins or his afternoon tea. He has many wonderful stories to tell, but no one to tell them to. What Mr. Putter needs is some good company. But good company is hard to find. This first adventure in award-winning author Cynthia Rylant's popular series introduces... Read more

Shadows on the Sea

By: Joan Hiatt Harlow

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Internationally acclaimed author Joan Hiatt Harlow bases this riveting historical novel on real-life events. It is 1942, and 14-year-old Jill is spending the summer with her grandmother in the coastal village of Winter Haven, Maine. The U.S. is at war, and Jill hears rumors that German submarines-U-boats-are just off shore. Trying to ignore her... Read more

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

By: Marguerite Henry

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A trainer’s support makes all the difference in this extraordinary tale of a horse who became a legend from Newbery Award–winning author Marguerite Henry.

In 1791, a Vermont schoolmaster by the name of Justin Morgan comes home with a two-year-old colt named Little Bub. Taken as payment for an outstanding debt, the little colt doesn’t seem like... Read more

Mr. Putter & Tabby Feed the Fish

By: Cynthia Rylant

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

One day at the fish store, Mr. Putter decides to buy some fish. Tabby is happy. Fish make his tail twitch. At home, Mr. Putter and Tabby watch the fish swim around in their glass bowl. Then Tabby starts to bat the bowl. Bat. Bat. Tabby can't stop batting the bowl, even when Mr. Putter covers it up. Soon, Tabby is so twitchy and batty, Mr. Putter... Read more

Mr. Putter & Tabby Make a Wish

By: Cynthia Rylant

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Newbery Medal winner Cynthia Rylant pens the humorous tales of Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby. In their 14th adventure, Mr. Putter and Tabby spend a lovely morning eating apple jam and raisin crumpets when suddenly Mr. Putter remembers it's his birthday. He decides to celebrate by inviting Mrs. Teaberry over for tea, but Mrs. Teaberry keeps... Read more

Mr. Putter & Tabby Paint the Porch

By: Cynthia Rylant

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

It's springtime, and Mr. Putter wants to paint his porch. He gets a bucket of pink paint and a big brush. Tabby keeps the paint rags from blowing away. All goes well until a squirrel jumps onto the porch railing. Creations of Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Rylant, Mr. Putter and Tabby are both funny and endearing. Young readers will want... Read more

Mr. Putter & Tabby Catch the Cold

By: Cynthia Rylant

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Newbery medal-winner and recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, Cynthia Rylant instills gentle humor into this cozy read. When Mr. Putter goes outside without a hat on, he catches a cold. Tabby tries to make Mr. Putter feel better, but "colds aren't so much fun when you're old." Yet his neighbor Mrs. Teaberry and her dog Zeke know just the... Read more

Mr. Putter & Tabby Fly the Plane

By: Cynthia Rylant

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever since he was a boy, Mr. Putter has always loved planes. And he still loves playing with toys--even though he is pretty old. While visiting the toy store with his fine cat, Tabby, he decides to buy a brand new, red and white, remote-controlled biplane! Remembering when he was young, how he stayed awake at night wishing for such a toy, Mr.... Read more