100+ Audiobooks for Young Listeners Ages 4-8

Otis and the Tornado

Otis: Book #0

By: Loren Long
Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
Length: 9 minutes

A recipient of two Golden Kite Awards for excellence in children's literature, Loren Long is the New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of the delightful Otis series. Otis the faithful farm tractor is frolicking in the meadow with his animal friends when an approaching tornado darkens the sky and threatens the farm. Rousing the... Read more

The Book with No Pictures

By: B. J. Novak
Narrated by: B. J. Novak & Busy Phillips
Length: 9 minutes

This innovative and wildly funny read-aloud by award-winning humorist/actor B.J. Novak will turn any reader into a comedian.
You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except . . . here’s how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say . . .
 
BLORK. Or... Read more

Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey
Narrated by: Mike Ferreri
Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; where houses are built in a day; and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits using nothing but his wits and pet skunk. The comic genius of Robert McCloskey and his wry look at small-town America has kept readers in stitches for... Read more

Time of Wonder

By: Robert McCloskey
Narrated by: Melba Sibrel
Length: 21 minutes

Winner of the Caldecott Medal! For fans of Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Make way for Ducklings.

"Out on the islands that poke their rocky shores above the waters of Penobscot Bay, you can watch the time of the world go by, from minute to minute, hour to hour, from day to day . . ." So begins this classic story of one summer on a... Read more

Make Way for Ducklings

By: Robert McCloskey
Narrated by: Melba Sibrel
Length: 10 minutes

Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for her and her eight ducklings to live.  The problem was how to get them there through the busy streets of Boston.  But with a little help from the Boston police, Mrs. Mallard and Jack, Kack, Lack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, and Quack arive safely at their new... Read more

Chicken Sunday

By: Patricia Polacco
Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
Length: 10 minutes

The heartwarming story of a group of kids just looking to do the right thing who bring their community together along the way, from master storyteller Patricia Polacco, author of Thank You, Mr. Falker.

More than anything in the world, the children want to buy that special Easter bonnet in Mr. Kodinski's shop window for their Miss Eula. She is... Read more

She Persisted

13 American Women Who Changed the World

She Persisted

By: Chelsea Clinton
Narrated by: Chelsea Clinton
Length: 10 minutes

Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted.
 
Throughout United States history, there have always been women who have spoken out for what's right, even when they... Read more

She Persisted Around the World

13 Women Who Changed History

She Persisted

By: Chelsea Clinton
Narrated by: Chelsea Clinton
Length: 16 minutes

The companion to Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger's #1 New York Times bestseller, She Persisted. Perfect for tiny activists, mini feminists and little kids who are ready to take on the world.

Women around the world have long dreamed big, even when they've been told their dreams didn't matter. They've spoken out, risen up and fought for... Read more

Brown Bear & Friends

All Four Brown Bear Books; Includes Bonus Spanish Language Versions

Brown Bear and Friends

By: Bill Martin, Jr. & Eric Carle
Narrated by: Gwyneth Paltrow
Length: 39 minutes

Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle's classic Bear books have been a hit with children for many generations, and have sold more than eleven million copies. This wonderful compilation CD brings together the beloved first three Bear books—Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?; and Panda Bear, Panda Bear,... Read more

Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel

By: Virginia Lee Burton
Narrated by: Rod Ross
Length: 13 minutes

Big diesel machines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his little old steam shovel, Mary Anne, out of business until Mike agrees to tackle a big job. Read more

Kitten's First Full Moon

By: Kevin Henkes
Narrated by: Joan Allen
Length: 5 minutes

What a night! The moon is full. Kitten is hungry, and inquisitive, and brave, and fast, and persistant, and unlucky....then lucky! What a night! Read more

The Little House

By: Virginia Lee Burton
Narrated by: Frances Kelley
Length: 13 minutes

A little country house finds out what it's like to live in the city. Read more

Napping House

By: Audrey Wood
Narrated by: Melissa Leebaert
Length: 4 minutes

Included in the napping house menagerie is a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, a slumbering mouse, and a wakeful flea who ends up toppling the whole sleep heap with one chomp! Don Wood’s delightfully detailed comical illustrations are bathed in moonlight blues until the sun comes up, then all is color and rainbows and a very awake household Read more

Llama Llama Red Pajama and 19 Other Favorites

Llama Llama Mad at Mama; Llama Llama Misses Mama; Llama Llama Holiday Drama; and More

Llama Llama

By: Anna Dewdney
Narrated by: Anna Dewdney & Cassandra Campbell
Length: 47 minutes

Nineteen favorites from Anna Dewdney's bestselling Llama Llama series, many narrated by the author herself, plus Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too. Look for the animated Llama Llama series on Netflix!

Llama Llama Red Pajama
Llama Llama Mad at Mama
Llama Llama Misses Mama
Llama Llama Holiday Drama
Llama Llama Home With Mama
Llama Llama Time to Share
Llama Llama... Read more

A Bear Called Paddington

Paddington

By: Michael Bond
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

The classic novel about Paddington—who's now a major movie star!Paddington Bear had traveled all the way from Peru when the Browns first met him in Paddington Station. Since then, their lives have never been quite the same . . . for ordinary things become extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is involved.First published in 1958, A Bear... Read more

James Marshall's Cinderella

By: Barbara Karlin
Narrated by: Stephanie J. Block
Length: 10 minutes

The classic children's story of triumph over adversity. Read more

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

By: John Steptoe
Narrated by: Terry Alexander
Length: 13 minutes

Mufaro's daughters are tested unknowingly to reveal which one is worthy enough to marry the king in this award-winning production, lush with Steptoe's magnificent paintings and a rich musical score. Read more

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

Dyamonde Daniel: Book #1

By: Nikki Grimes
Narrated by: Nikki Grimes
Length: 32 minutes

Dyamonde has just moved to a new school, and she’s impatient for a best friend. Then Free shows up, and there’s an even newer kid in class. Unfortunately, Free doesn’t want to be friends. In fact, he’s downright grouchy. Dyamonde is determined to find out what’s bothering him. And when Dyamonde Daniel decides to do something, it usually gets done! Read more

Where The Wild Things Are

By: Maurice Sendak
Narrated by: Peter Schickele
Length: 5 minutes

Max is the hero of this beloved children's classic in which he makes mischief, sails away, tames the wild things and returns home for supper. Read more

In The Night Kitchen

By: Maurice Sendak
Narrated by: Peter Schickele
Length: 5 minutes

Sendak';s classic comic fantasy of Mickey's adventures in the night kitchen tells us how we get our morning cake. Read more