Children's audiobooks

Elsie’s Holidays at Roselands

By: Martha Finley

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Eight-year-old Elsie Dinsmore is enjoying a blissful Christmas holiday season with her family when a crisis arises that threatens to change her life as she knows it. Her father has made a request of her that she believes would violate her conscience, and Elsie feels she must refuse him. But he fails to see her refusal as a matter of her deep... Read more

Under Drake’s Flag

By: G. A. Henty

Narrated by: Fred Williams

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In the days when England and Spain struggled for the supremacy of the sea, a young lad sails with Sir Francis Drake, the daring sixteenth-century privateer, in this action-packed story based on true historical events. Drake’s superb navigational skill enabled him to outrun or outmaneuver his incessant pursuers. He escaped so often and so... Read more

Fifty Famous Fairy Tales

By: Rosemary Kingston

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This wonderful collection incorporates the most timeless tales from the best sources of fairy tales: Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Antoine Galland, translator of The Thousand and One Nights. They are sure to delight audiences of all ages.Tales in this collection include Puss in Boots, Rumpelstiltskin, The... Read more

Elsie Dinsmore

By: Martha Finley

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Elsie Dinsmore is an endearing eight-year-old girl with several bewildering problems. She has never known her mother, who died when Elsie was a baby, and she longs for a close, loving relationship with her father. He, however, has sent her off to be raised at Roselands, his brothers’ Southern plantation, where her teacher, Miss Day, harshly... Read more

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

By: Hugh Lofting

Narrated by: William Sutherland

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The good Doctor Dolittle, accompanied by his devoted animal friends, sets sail once again. This time it is a voyage of discovery to learn the secret of the Shellfish language—and to teach Tommy Stubbins, the doctor’s young protégé, all there is to know about animals and their languages. The jolly party meets with more adventures than they had... Read more

A Garland for Girls

By: Louisa May Alcott

Narrated by: C. M. Hébert

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Louisa May Alcott’s lively and heartwarming stories are favorites with young readers everywhere. A Garland for Girls will be especially welcomed by those who read and treasure all of the famous books by this great American author.Using real life boys and girls as the characters in her fascinating chronicles, Miss Alcott has written a series of... Read more

The Children’s Homer

By: Padraic Colum

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Padraic Colum's classic retelling combines the immortal stories from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into one glorious saga of heroism and magical adventure. Come voyage to ancient Greece with Achilles who, guided by the gods, seeks vengeance on the Trojans. And follow Odysseus on his perilous journey on the sea—through the land of the Cyclopes, past... Read more

Anne of Avonlea

By: L. M. Montgomery

Narrated by: Susan O’Malley

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

At sixteen, Anne Shirley is almost grown up. Her gray eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables as a freckle-faced orphan, she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea—and a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job as the new... Read more

Anne’s House of Dreams

By: L. M. Montgomery

Narrated by: Susan O’Malley

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In this continuation of the Anne of Green Gables series, Anne’s true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor. In the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together in their house of dreams, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds... Read more

The Story Girl

By: L. M. Montgomery

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Sara Stanley is only fourteen, but she can weave tales that are impossible to resist. In the picturesque town of Carlisle, children and grown-ups alike flock from miles around to hear her spellbinding tales.When Bev and Felix, two city boys, are sent to Carlisle for the summer, they are captivated by this very different rural island and by Sara... Read more

Pollyanna

By: Eleanor H. Porter

Narrated by: S. Patricia Bailey

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"Oh, Aunt Polly, I don't know how to be glad enough that you let me come to live with you!"As soon as the orphaned Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her strict and dutiful maiden aunt, she begins to brighten up everybody's life. The sick, the lonely, and the just plain miserable all fall under her spell and are transformed—until... Read more

Diary of a Spider

By: Doreen Cronin

Narrated by: Harry Bliss

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The team that delivered the best-selling Diary Of A Worm spins another witty tale of an unusual protagonist and his unique view of the world. This time the hero is a spider, whose best friend is a fly, and though his world is experienced mostly from upside-down, and includes sticky webs and gigantic shoes, his musings will delight and reassure... Read more

Chronicles of Avonlea

By: L. M. Montgomery

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Listeners will be thrilled to know that Anne Shirley does appear in these wonderful stories of Avonlea and Spencervale. In fact, page one starts off with Anne curled up on the window seat of Theodora Dix's sitting-room, where Anne spent a fortnight of her vacation.However, most of the people who appear in this book are new to listeners of the... Read more

Good Wives

By: Louisa May Alcott

Narrated by: C. M. Hébert

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Three years after the close ofLittle Women, the March girls, four of the most beloved young women in American literature, are young adults carving out their futures. John Brooke is home and planning a life with Meg, despite his modest financial situation. The other girls see promises of fulfillment ahead as well, as they grow and develop a... Read more

Kilmeny of the Orchard

By: L. M. Montgomery

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

When twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute schoolmaster, he has a bright future in his wealthy family’s business. Eric has taken the two-month teaching post only as a favor to a friend—but fate throws in his path a beautiful, mysterious girl named Kilmeny Gordon. With jet black hair and sea... Read more

Little Men

By: Louisa May Alcott

Narrated by: C. M. Hébert

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Little Men, written by legendary author Louisa May Alcott, is widely considered to be one of the greatest books of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new generation of readers.The lovable Jo March, introduced to us in Little Women, is now married, with two sons of her own and an adopted family of twelve boys. And she... Read more

Rainbow Valley

By: L. M. Montgomery

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The winsome Anne Shirley is grown, has been married to her beloved Gilbert Blythe for fifteen years, and is the mother of six spirited children. When a strange family moves into a nearby mansion,Anne and her family are drawn into a host of trials, schemes and triumphs. The Meredith family is comprised of two boys and two girls, a minister father... Read more

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

By: Hugh Lofting

Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Doctor Dolittle, a little, lovable old doctor, had so many animal pets spread throughout his house and garden that patients would not come to him anymore. As a result, he became poorer and poorer.But Doctor Dolittle occupied nearly all of his time tending to his pets, and his fame as an animal doctor spread all over the world. When the monkeys... Read more

The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

By: Margaret Sidney

Narrated by: Grace Conlin

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The five little Peppers are an adorable family of children growing up in a small town and cared for by their widowed mother. She is so poor that the pittance she earns as the town seamstress fails to support or even sustain the family.The children are happy despite privation, and the smallest pleasures cause delight and merriment in the little... Read more

Heidi

By: Johanna Spyri

Narrated by: Johanna Ward

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

High in the Swiss Alps, Heidi, a five-year-old orphan, comes to live with her grandfather. His neighbors say he is a fierce old hermit of whom they are all afraid.Heidi, however, proves to be a remarkable, unaffected child, who quickly charms her grandfather. In fact, for Heidi, nothing could be better than living with him. She has a genuine... Read more

Around the World in Eighty Days

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The eccentric Phileas Fogg, a distinguished but sedentary member of London’s Reform Club, takes up a wager that he can circle the globe in just eighty days—an amazing feat in the 1870s. What follows is a lively narrative recounting the journey by Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, as they overcome obstacle after obstacle to win the wager with... Read more

The Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame

Narrated by: Mary Woods

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The Wind in the Willows is a book for those “who keep the spirit of youth alive in them; of life, sunshine, running water, woodlands, dusty roads, winter firesides.” So wrote Kenneth Grahame of his timeless tale of Rat, Mole, Badger, and Toad, in their lyrical world of gurgling rivers and whispering reeds, a world which is both beautiful and... Read more

Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Perhaps Stevenson’s best-known work, this adventure novel set in the eighteenth century is inspired by the actual exploits of pirate Captain Kidd and the search for his buried treasure. For pure imaginative delight, Treasure Island is unsurpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins meets the blind pirate Pew at the Admiral Benbow inn, to the... Read more

The Princess and the Goblin

By: George MacDonald

Narrated by: Frederick Davidson

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Admired by J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis and considered by W. H. Auden to be “the only English children’s book in the same class as the Alice books,” The Princess and the Goblin is a classic example of nineteenth-century children’s literary fairy tales. This is an ageless tale of courage and loyalty, beauty and mystery, and above all, good... Read more