The Autumn Tales
By: C F Crawford / Narrated By: L H Crawford
Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
Tho’ I’d deeeeearly love to trash this, I’m NOT—I’ll just say it’s charming… for younger listeners… MUCH younger listeners… reeeeally MUCH younger listeners…
The Magician's Elephant
By: Kate DiCamillo / Narrated By: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
More and more lovely with each passing Listen
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
Series: Zamonia, Book 1
By: Walter Moers / Narrated By: Bronson Pinchot
Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
I can see where this might be tedious in print—but in audio? Pinchot knocks this outta the park!
Coraline
Written and Narrated By: Neil Gaiman
Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
For adults? Not Gaiman’s best. But for kids? Oh my! Creepy horror!
The Nothing Within
The Great Contagion
Series: The Merliss Tales, Book 1
By: Jeff Chapman / Narrated By: Jannie Meisberger
Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
A cat’s eye view into a fantastical world—Enchanting and filled with grit and humor!
The Tale of Despereaux
Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread
By: Kate DiCamillo / Narrated By: Graeme Malcolm
Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
What can be more charming than a mouse with a sword… er… a needle…?!?
When the Sea Turned to Silver
Nightbird
By: Alice Hoffman / Narrated By: Jenna Lamia
Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
I’m giving this particular pat Happily Ever After a pass cuz it is, after all, supposed to be for Kids and not for meeeeee in particular!
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Series: Discworld, Book 28 / Discworld: For Kids, Book 1
By: Terry Pratchett / Narrated By: Stephen Briggs
Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
First off: Is this not The BEST book cover you’ve ever seen…?!!
The Bear and the Nightingale
Trail of Lightning
Series: The Sixth World, Book 1
By: Rebecca Roanhorse / Narrated By: Tanis Parenteau
Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
What a reFRESHing and fun jaunt, jam-packed with action, mythology, and characters to root for!
Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye
The Insides
By: Jeremy P. Bushnell / Narrated By: RC Bray
Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
Either a genre mashup, or a story that tries tooo many things, sticks tooo much in there
Stuff and Nonsense
Series: Threadbare, Volume 1
By: Andrew Seiple / Narrated By: Tim Gerard Reynolds
Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
Loved, loved, loved it!
Malcolm at Midnight
We Set the Dark on Fire
Series: We Set the Dark on Fire, Book 1
By: Tehlor Kay Mejia / Narrated By: Kyla Garcia
Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
Kinda on the fence about this one—has its pluses, has its minuses…
Night's Gift
Series: Of Cats and Dragons, Book 1
By: Carol E. Leever, Camilla Ochlan / Narrated By: P. J. Ochlan
Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
Tormy the 30-lb. kitten saves the day; tho’ the main characters are quite likable too!
The Beast's Heart
A Novel of Beauty and the Beast
By: Leife Shallcross / Narrated By: Jim Dale
Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
Magnificent narration of this enchanting and humanizing tale
