Want the best, most addictive audiobooks for teens? Check out this list of the most popular YA titles that teens (and adults like me) can't stop reading. They're soooo good. In 2017, public libraries lent a record number of audiobooks. Why? Because it's so easy to download books to your smartphones. You'll get in more reading by listening to your books! Use the one-tap reading app, Libby to … [Read more...]
Get Kids Off Screen Time: 27 Favorite Audiobooks for Kids
Want to get your kids off of screen time and reading more? Try audiobooks! This list gives you ideas of favorite books perfect for families with kids of different ages and genders. These titles appeal to both boys and girls with different interests. Try audiobooks on family road trips, at home, while carpooling, or any time. If only one child wants to listen, use headphones. What we … [Read more...]
Take a Road Trip Out West with Travel Guides and Audiobooks
Take a road trip out west this summer but don't forget your Fodor’s Travel books and Penguin Random House Listening Library audiobooks! Fodor's Travel Website & Books Fodor's has been around for 80 years -- have you used their guide books before? I certainly have -- and never travel without one of their guidebooks, from Europe to Disney to San Francisco. Although now I could always … [Read more...]
My Favorite Audio Books for Kids from Greathall
You know how great audio books are for kids, especially reluctant readers. Now I want to tell you the absolute best audio book stories that my kids, actually the whole family, enjoys both in the car and at home. My Favorite Audio Books for Kids from Jim Weiss Jim Weiss' storytelling is so engaging. He's gifted, and so brilliant with voices. Throughout the narration, he uses a multitude of … [Read more...]
Read Audiobooks, Kids!
Believe it or not, audiobooks for kids count as reading and are a great way to get kids to read and into good books. Benefits of Audiobooks for Kids Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks are quiet. Audiobooks are motivating for reluctant readers. Audiobooks build reading skills such as these: vocabulary background knowledge visualization listening skills Audiobook … [Read more...]
Sparkle Stories Remind Me Of Old-Time Radio Shows
Storytellers, David and Lisabeth Sewell McCann, captivated me immediately with their original, audio-only, Sparkle Stories. I love listening to stories. In fact, I grew up listening to old-time radio shows on public radio -- have you ever heard one? My family and I would gather around the radio and listen to The Shadow or Fibber McGee and Molly, my favorite. (Remember Fibber's closet?) It's … [Read more...]