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Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice, A: The Bad Beginning

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book #1

By: Lemony Snicket
Narrated by: Tim Curry
Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESLike a car alarm, bagpipe music, or a doorbell ringing in the middle of the night, hearing this audio edition of The Bad Beginning will only upset you. This unique multi-voice recording brings the first book in Lemony Snicket's alarming A Series of Unfortunate Events to such terrible life that no one should really... Read more

Sarah, Plain and Tall Collection

Sarah, Plain and Tall

By: Patricia MacLachlan
Narrated by: Glenn Close
Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

This audio collection, read by Glenn Close, includes the first three books in the classic series: the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall; Skylark; and Caleb's Story.Patricia MacLachlan's stories about Sarah, Papa, Anna, and the rest of the Witting family gently explore timeless themes of abandonment, loss, and love.This classic... 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

The Henry Huggins Audio Collection

Henry Huggins: Book #1

By: Beverly Cleary
Narrated by: Neil Patrick Harris & William Roberts
Length: 15 hours 26 minutes

This timeless classic now features a foreword written by New York Times bestselling author Judy Blume, as well as an exclusive interview with Beverly Cleary herself! In the first novel from Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary, boys and girls alike will be charmed instantly by an average boy whose life is turned upside down when he meets... Read more

The Ramona Quimby Audio Collection

Ramona

By: Beverly Cleary
Narrated by: Stockard Channing
Length: 18 hours 56 minutes

Join Ramona Quimby, one of Newbery Medal winner Beverly Cleary’s most beloved characters, on all her wacky adventures in this audio collection!Meet Ramona. She lives on Klickitat Street with her mother, father, and big sister, Beezus. She’s not afraid of anything and is always up to something. And that’s just the beginning….This audio collection... Read more

Winnie-the-Pooh

By: A.A. Milne
Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Geoffrey Palmer, Jane Horrocks, Steven Webb, Robert Daws & Finty Williams
Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

POOH GOES VISITING and other stories
Story 1 In which we are introduced

Story 2 In which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place

Story 3 In which Pooh and Piglet go hunting and nearly catch a Woozle

Story 4 In which Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one

Story 5 In which Piglet is entirely surrounded by water

Story 6 In which Christopher... Read more

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

By: Ingri d'Aulaire & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Narrated by: Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier & Kathleen Turner
Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Read by Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Kathleen Turner, and Matthew Broderick

Here are the immortals of Olympus—the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece—as freshly described as if they were alive today.

Mighty Zeus with his fistful of thunderbolts; mischievous little Hermes; grey-eyed Athena, godess of wisdom; Asclepius, the first physician; Orpheus... Read more

Chrysanthemum

By: Kevin Henkes
Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Length: 26 minutes

A little mouse thinks her name is absolutely perfect until she starts school and all the kids make fun of her. Read more

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

By: Christopher Paul Curtis
Narrated by: LeVar Burton
Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement.

When the Watson family—ten-year-old Kenny, Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, and brother Byron—sets out on a trip south to visit Grandma in Birmingham,... Read more

The Cat In the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites

By: Dr. Seuss
Narrated by: Kelsey Grammer, Dustin Hoffman, John Lithgow, Walter Matthau, John Cleese, Ted Danson, Mercedes McCambridge & Billy Crystal
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

11 complete stories at a great price!

Featuring:

The Cat in the Hat read by Kelsey Grammer
Horton Hears a Who read by Dustin Hoffman
How the Grinch Stole Christmas read by Walter Matthau
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? read by John Cleese
The Lorax read by Ted Danson
Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, and The Big Brag read by John... Read more

Matilda

By: Roald Dahl
Narrated by: Kate Winslet
Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Now a musical on broadway and streaming on Netflix!

Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable... Read more

The Princess Diaries, Volume I: The Princess Diaries

The Princess Diaries Series: Book #1

By: Meg Cabot
Narrated by: Anne Hathaway
Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

She's just a New York City girl living with her artist mom…

News flash: Dad is prince of Genovia. (So that's why a limo always meets her at the airport!)
Downer: Dad can't have any more kids. (So no heir to the throne.)
Shock of the century: Like it or not, Mia is prime princess material.
The worst part: Princess lessons from her dreaded grandmere,... Read more

The One and Only Shrek!

Plus 5 Other Stories

By: William Steig
Narrated by: Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

To mark the 100th birthday of William Steig and in anticipation of the next blockbuster movie Shrek the Third, Macmillan Audio presents The One and Only Shrek! the must-have collection of Steig classics featuring everyone's favorite ogre, read by Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci. Read more

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon: Book #1

By: Cressida Cowell
Narrated by: David Tennant
Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Read the New York Times bestselling book that inspired the hit movies!

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon. Can Hiccup do it without being torn limb from limb?

Join his adventures and... Read more

Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies

By: Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton
Narrated by: Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

A deluxe treasury of family favorites selected by the bestselling mother-daughter team.

Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton share a diverse mix of their most beloved poems, songs and lullabies in this timeless audio treasury. Brought to life with James McMullan's stunning watercolor paintings included in a bonus pdf, this anthology features... Read more

Charlotte's Web

By: E. B. White
Narrated by: Meryl Streep, January LaVoy, Kirby Heyborne, MacLeod Andrews, Emily Rankin, Kimberly Farr, Mark Deakins, Lincoln Hoppe, Tavia Gilbert, Robin Miles, Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell & Full Cast
Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

“This book is an extremely well kept secret, but it doesn't need to be because it's delightful! This wonderful cast brings this children's classic to life and even an adult who has read the book multiple times is engaged and captivated by the story. Meryl Streep's gentle narration provides such warmth that I found myself not wanting the book to end. Read more