Kids Contemporary Audiobooks
By: Donna Barba Higuera / Narrated By: Frankie Corzo / Cover Illustration By: Raxenne Maniquiz
Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
What a surprise! What a delight! Intricate, thoughtful… heartrending and heartwarming!!!
By: Jennifer Richard Jacobson / Narrated By: William Dufris
Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
Uhm… well… sometimes I just canNOT help the way m’ brain works… good for youngsters in tough tough tough situations, tho’
Series: Wonder, Book 1
By: R. J. Palacio / Narrated By: Kate Rudd, Nick Podehl, Diana Steele
Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
One itsy bitsy teeny tiny caveat but, dude! what’s not to love?!
Written and Narrated By: Pablo Cartaya
Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
Compelling Concept and Successful Execution… There, I’ve managed to take the oh sooo large heart outta a truly beautiful story that’s wonderful for all ages…!!!
By: Katherine Marsh / Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
Packs a wallop, like, almost imMEDiately…!
By: Susanna Bailey / Narrated By: Kristin Atherton
Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
Oh gosh… P’raps middle-grade kids will find their own lives in here, but will it make them wanna go to bed and never get up???
By: Annabel Pitcher / Narrated By: David Tennant
Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
Okay, finished this, like, ages ago… When can I stop crying…?!
By: Onjali Q. Raúf / Narrated By: Jennifer Jill Araya
Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
Simplistic yet necessary. Wait! Please remember that this is a 55-year old woman listening to a Kids audiobook, so booooo to me for being so heavy-handed…
Series: One Crazy Summer, Book 3
By: Rita Williams-Garcia / Narrated By: Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
Oh gosh how I’ve LOVED this Trilogy!!!
Series: One Crazy Summer, Book 2
By: Rita Williams-Garcia / Narrated By: Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
Two audiobooks in the series down, and only ONE to go?!? Oh nooooooo!!! C’mon, Rita: Write a few more for this series!!!
By: Cindy Baldwin / Narrated By: Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
Danged near wrecked me with a roller-coaster ride of emotions
Series: One Crazy Summer, Book 1
By: Rita Williams-Garcia / Narrated By: Sisi Aisha Johnson
Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
The first gem in a truly wonderful series
Growing Up in Cuba
By: Alma Flor Ada, Antonio Martorell / Narrated By: Trini Alvarado
Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
Oh what a delight!
By: Meg Medina / Narrated By: Frankie Maria Corzo
Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
A truly likable heroine who has a lot of curveballs thrown at her
By: Alan Gratz / Narrated By: Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia, Assaf Cohen
Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
Definitely a MUST if you wanna raise awareness in kids… Or, heck, in adults
By: Patricia MacLachlan / Narrated By: Jesse Vilinsky
Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
Hmmm… Who might be the audience for this one? Maaaaybe really young kids?
By: Gillian McDunn / Narrated By: Cassandra Lee Morris
Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
As it was my pick for our little audiobook club, I held my breath… until I let out gasps of surprise and delight!
Series: Clementine (Pennypacker), Book 6
By: Sara Pennypacker / Narrated By: Jessica Almasy
Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
Yes, kinda pricey for such a little book—but your kids (And you!) will love it!
By: Terry Lynn Johnson / Narrated By: Dara Rosenberg
Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
Nifty for little kids who like adventures; younger teens might take to it also. Animals, however? The Ice Dogs are baaaaarely in there…
By: Bobbie Pyron / Narrated By: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
>Sigh<… Turns out I can’t stand obnoxious children even if they have four legs and a tail…
By: Forrest Carter / Narrated By: Johnny Heller
Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
Dude! You’re kidding me: Written by a White Supremacist?!? OUCH!
By: Pam Munoz Ryan / Narrated By: Trini Alvarado
Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
First listen? Not so much. Second listen? Holy Cow, I almost missed a great story!
Written and Narrated By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
Because shouldn’t we be a much bigger, more unified community? Let Deja tell the tale…
By: Julie T. Lamana / Narrated By: Robin Miles
Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
For middle-grade fiction, Armani’s story is pretty hard-hitting... Sooo good!
A Story of Katrina
By: Rodman Philbrick / Narrated By: Jerry Dixon
Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
History, horror, racism, friendship—all handled deftly: Perfect for kids and a treat for adults!
By: Hans Bauer, Catherine Masciola / Narrated By: Adam Verner
Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
Too drawn out for kids; too boring for adults
By: Sharon Creech / Narrated By: Hope Davis
Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
Maybe not the most lyrical writing, but I liked how many threads came together
By: Steffan Piper / Narrated By: Nick Podehl
Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
Cowards & Men. Nick Podehl makes this one of my favorites!
By: Shelia P. Moses / Narrated By: Cherise Booth
Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
Captivating without being heartbreaking… Oh thank goodness!