OBOB 3rd-5th Grade Division

Before the Ever After

By: Jacqueline Woodson
Narrated by: Guy Lockard
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

“"Before the Ever After" is yet another beautifully poignant and heart breaking story by Jacqueline Woodson. The audio version of this books is well paced, the narrator is amazing, and this book breaks your heart while simultaneously filling it with love and compassion. Son ZJ must navigate his dad's struggle with and diagnosis of CTE before... Read more

Circus Mirandus

By: Cassie Beasley
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Fans of Big Fish, Peter Pan, and Roald Dahl will fall in love with Circus Mirandus, which celebrates the power of seeing magic in the world.

Do you believe in magic?
Micah Tuttle does.

Even though his awful Great-Aunt Gertrudis doesn’t approve, Micah believes in the stories his dying Grandpa Ephraim tells him of the magical Circus Mirandus: the... Read more

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

By: Caela Carter
Narrated by: Hope Newhouse
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

From the critically acclaimed author of the ALA Notable and Charlotte Huck Honor Book Forever, or a Long, Long Time comes a moving own-voices story that shines a light on how one girl’s learning differences are neither right nor wrong…just perfectly individual. For fans of Alyson Gerber, Cammie McGovern, and Kathryn Erskine.No one can figure out... Read more

J.D. and the Great Barber Battle

J.D. the Kid Barber: Book #1

By: J. Dillard
Narrated by: Tivia Lynnell
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new chapter book series

J.D. has a big problem--it's the night before the start of third grade and his mom has just given him his first and worst home haircut. When the steady stream of insults from the entire student body of Douglass Elementary... Read more

Just Jerry

How Drawing Shaped My Life

By: Jerry Pinkney
Narrated by: Scott Pinkney & Gloria Pinkney
Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

An inspiring memoir of one of the most acclaimed children’s book illustrators of all time, sharing the story of a young artist who finds the courage to follow his passion against all odds.

Jerry’s vivid recollections and lively sketchbook drawings of his youth in postwar America tell an inspiring story of how a hardworking boy pursued his... Read more

Leonard (My Life as a Cat)

By: Carlie Sorosiak
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

He's not a stray house cat, he's an immortal being. And now he must choose whether to return to his planet or remain with his new human friend in a humorous, heart-tugging story from the author of I, Cosmo.

The cat that Olive rescues from a flood has a secret: he's not really a cat at all, but an alien who crashed to Earth on a beam of light.... Read more

The House on Sunrise Lagoon: Sam Makes a Splash

By: Nicole Melleby
Narrated by: Taylor Meskimen
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

From an acclaimed author comes a cheerful, uplifting story of family and belonging, the first in a series perfect for fans of the Vanderbeekers and the Penderwicks.

If you want to get to know eleven-year-old Samantha Ali-O’Connor, you need to know three things:

One, she isn’t the only one of her siblings who is adopted, but she is the only one... Read more

Solimar

the Sword of Monarchs

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Narrated by: Franchesca Agramonte
Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Middle-grade fans of Pam Muñoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising, will find a new Mexican heroine to love in Solimar and a fresh, magical story! On the brink of her Quinceañera, and her official coronation, Solimar visits the oyamel forest to sit among the monarch butterflies. There, the sun pierces through a sword-shaped crevice in a boulder, which... Read more

Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj
Narrated by: Reena Dutt
Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

A New York Times Bestseller

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone.

Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited to a few hours a day and the communal taps have long lines. Lately, though, even that access is threatened by severe water shortages and thieves who... Read more

Twins: A Graphic Novel (Twins #1)

By: Varian Johnson
Narrated by: Ahnya O'Riordan, Grace Capeless, Mashari Bain, Malcolm Bowen, Antoinette Comer, Andre Blake & Armand Rufen-Blanchette
Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Coretta Scott King Honor author Varian Johnson teams up with rising cartoonist Shannon Wright for a delightful middle-grade graphic novel!Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade,... Read more

The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot: Book #1

By: Peter Brown
Narrated by: Kate Atwater
Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

“Lovely read for middle graders - soon to be a film! Read more