Favorite Children's Chapter Books

Dork Diaries

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

Dork Diaries: Book #1

By: Rachel Renée Russell
Narrated by: Lana Quintal
Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Nikki Maxwell is starting eighth grade at a new school—and her very first diary is packed with hilarious stories and art in this SUPER SQUEE first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

Nikki confesses all in her first diary ever: her epic battle with her mom for an iPhone, meeting her new soon-to-be BFFs Chloe and Zoey,... Read more

Dork Diaries 2

Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl

Dork Diaries: Book #2

By: Rachel Renée Russell
Narrated by: Lana Quintal
Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Nikki Maxwell is torn between two incredible parties in this second installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

Recipe for disaster:
4 parties.
Add 2 friends and 1 crush.
Divide by 1 mean girl out to RUIN Nikki.
Mix well, put fingers over eyes, and CRINGE!

Settled in at her new school and flanked by awesome friends Chloe... Read more

Dork Diaries 4

Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess

Dork Diaries: Book #4

By: Rachel Renée Russell
Narrated by: Jenni Barber
Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Nikki Maxwell raises money for a local animal shelter in this fourth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

Nikki Maxwell isn’t at all surprised to find out that her crush Brandon volunteers at a local animal shelter—of course he wants to help those adorable puppies! And she’ll do whatever it takes to keep the... Read more

Dork Diaries 5

Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All

Dork Diaries: Book #5

By: Rachel Renée Russell
Narrated by: Jenni Barber
Length: 3 hours 36 minutes

Nikki Maxwell authors an advice column for the school newspaper in this fifth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely does) have to do with the fact that mean girl MacKenzie has started writing a gossip column. So... Read more

Dork Diaries 9

Dork Diaries: Book #8

By: Rachel Renée Russell
Narrated by: Jenni Barber
Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Nikki Maxwell’s worst nightmare comes true in this ninth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

A certain member of the CCP girls Dork fans know all about has gotten her hands on Nikki’s diary and has decided to share some thoughts of her own…Find out what happens when Nikki’s worst nightmare becomes a reality.... Read more

Dork Diaries 8

Dork Diaries: Book #8

By: Rachel Renée Russell
Narrated by: Jenni Barber
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Nikki Maxwell’s favorite fairy tales get dork-tastic twists in this eighth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

After a bump on the head in gym class on April Fool’s Day, Nikki has a wild dream in which she, her BFFs Chloe and Zoey, her crush Brandon, and mean girl MacKenzie all end up playing the roles of some... Read more

Al Capone Throws Me a Curve

Tales from Alcatraz: Book #4

By: Gennifer Choldenko
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne & Gennifer Choldenko
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Return to Al Capone's Alcatraz with Newbery Honor-winning author Gennifer Choldenko in this charming addition to the beloved series about the son of a prison guard.

Moose Flanagan lives on a famous island in California: Alcatraz, home to some of the most dangerous prisoners in the United States in the 1930s. It's the summer before he starts high... Read more

Al Capone Shines My Shoes

Tales from Alcatraz: Book #2

By: Gennifer Choldenko
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

When I first moved here, I thought all the bad guys were on one side of the bars and all the good guys were on the other. But lately, I’ve begun to wonder . . .

Moose’s family moved to Alcatraz so his father could work as a guard and his sister could attend a special school in San Francisco. Living on an island with a few hundred no-name hit... Read more

Al Capone Does My Homework

Tales from Alcatraz: Book #3

By: Gennifer Choldenko
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Alcatraz Island in the 1930s isn't the most normal place to grow up, but it's home for Moose Flanagan, his autistic sister, Natalie, and all the families of the guards. When Moose's dad gets promoted to Associate Warden, despite being an unlikely candidate, it's a big deal. But the cons have a point system for targeting prison employees, and his... Read more

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Tales from Alcatraz: Book #1

By: Gennifer Choldenko
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

1935
I want to be on Alcatraz like I want poison oak on my private parts. But apparently nobody cares, because now I’m Moose Flanagan, Alcatraz Island Boy–all so my sister can go to the Esther P. Marinoff School, where kids wear their clothes inside out and there isn’t a book in sight. Obedient Moose. I always do what I’m supposed to do.

When... Read more

The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire #12)

Wings of Fire

By: Tui T. Sutherland
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues with a thrilling revelation -- three brand-new tribes of dragons!Growing up in the hives, Cricket has always had a million questions. Why are trees forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? And the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: why is Cricket immune... Read more

Wings of Fire, Book #12: The Hive Queen

By: Tui T. Sutherland
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues with a thrilling revelation -- three brand-new tribes of dragons!

Growing up in the hives, Cricket has always had a million questions. Why are trees forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? And the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: why is Cricket immune to... Read more

The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire #11)

Wings of Fire

By: Tui T. Sutherland
Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues with a thrilling revelation -- brand-new tribes of dragons!Run time: 8 hours and 23 minutesNarrated by: Shannon McManusBlue the SilkWing is content. Life in his Hive is safe; he loves his family; he has enough to eat. And Pantala has been at peace for as long as he can remember --... Read more

Winter Turning (Wings of Fire #7)

Wings of Fire

By: Tui T. Sutherland
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Daring mission... or deadly mistake?

Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her.

Winter’s... Read more

Darkstalker (Wings of Fire: Legends)

Wings of Fire

By: Tui T. Sutherland
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Three dragons. One unavoidable, unpredictable destiny. This is the beginning... of the end.

In the SeaWing kingdom, a young prince learns he is an animus -- capable of wonderful magic that comes with a terrible price.

In the mind of a NightWing dragonet, a thousand futures unfold -- and almost all of them, she knows, lead to disaster and... Read more

Moon Rising (Wings of Fire #6)

Wings of Fire

By: Tui T. Sutherland
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Peace has come to Pyrrhia . . . for now.

The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends.

Moonwatcher isn’t sure how she feels about school,... Read more

The Brightest Night (Wings of Fire #5)

Wings of Fire

By: Tui T. Sutherland
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

One will have the power of wings of fire . . .

Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously. If Pyrrhia's dragons need her, Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Starflight to end the war, she's ready to try. She even has some good ideas how to do it, if anyone would listen to her.

But shattering news from Morrowseer has shaken Sunny's faith in... Read more

The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire #4)

Wings of Fire

By: Tui T. Sutherland
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

In the shadows, trouble is brewing. . .

The mysterious NightWings keep everything hidden, from their home and their queen to their allegiance in the war. Now they've kidnapped their own dragonet of destiny, and Starflight is finally meeting the rest of his tribe -- whether he wants to or not.

The NightWings have also kidnapped several innocent... Read more

The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire #3)

Wings of Fire

By: Tui T. Sutherland
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Deep in the rain forest, danger awaits...

Glory knows the dragon world is wrong about her tribe. After all, she isn't "as lazy as a RainWing" -- she isn't lazy at all! Maybe she wasn't meant to be one of the dragonets of destiny, as the older dragons constantly remind her, but Glory is sharp and her venom is deadly... except, of course, no one... Read more

The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire #2)

Wings of Fire

By: Tui T. Sutherland
Narrated by: Shannon McManus
Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

The Wings of Fire saga continues with a thrilling underwater adventure - and a mystery that will change everything!

Tsunami the SeaWing is overjoyed to be reunited with her fellow ocean-dwelling dragons. For the first time in her life, she actually fits in. But not everything is as perfect as it seems underwater. Tsunami and the other "dragonets... Read more