Children's audiobooks

The False Prince (The Ascendance Series, Book 1)

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

Narrated by: Charlie McWade

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestseller The False Prince thrills with wild twists and turns, danger and deceit, and the revelation of hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.In a discontented kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an... Read more

Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King

By: William Joyce & Laura Geringer

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Forget naughty or nice—this is a battle of good vs. evil.

Discover the origins of St. Nick and follow along as the Guardians start their quest to rid the world of nightmares in the first Guardians chapter book from Academy Award winner William Joyce that inspired the beloved film, The Rise of the Guardians.

Before SANTA was SANTA, he was North,... Read more

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Richard Thomas

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The thrilling young mystery series from internationally bestselling author John Grisham!

In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he’s only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he’s one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk—and a lot about the law. He dreams of being a great trial lawyer, of a life... Read more

Peter Pan

By: J. M. Barrie

Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Barrie works an indisputable magic on listeners of all ages in this classic tale of the boy who wouldn’t grow up. As a baby, Peter Pan fell out of his carriage and was taken by fairies to Neverland. There, he can fly and is the champion of the Lost Boys and a friend to the fairy Tinker Bell. Revisiting England, Peter becomes involved with Wendy... Read more

When You Reach Me

By: Rebecca Stead

Narrated by: Cynthia Holloway

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post
 
This Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The New York Times) and "superb" (The Wall... Read more

Wait Till Helen Comes

By: Mary Downing Hahn

Narrated by: Ellen Grafton

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their younger stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country to live in a house that used to be a church, with a cemetery in the backyard.If that's not bad... Read more

The Wanderer

By: Sharon Creech

Narrated by: Dana Lubotsky

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.

Thirteen-year-old Sophie is the only girl amongst the crew of The Wanderer, made up of her three uncles and two cousins. They sail across the Atlantic toward England, the land of Bompie, her grandfather. The personal journey she takes brings her deeper... Read more

Framed

By: Frank Cottrell Boyce

Narrated by: Jason Hughes

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A few things to know about DylanHe is the only boy in his entire town—so forget about playing games of football.His best friends are two pet chickens, Michaelangelo and Donatello—named after (who else?) the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.His family owns the town's only gas station/copy shop/coffee house—their Picasso Pies are to die for, but... Read more

The Tiger Rising

By: Kate DiCamillo

Narrated by: Dylan Baker

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling author of Because of Winn-Dixie comes the moving story of an eleven-year-old-boy, Rob Horton, who finds a caged tiger in the woods behind the hotel where he lives with his father. With the help of his new friend, Sistine Bailey, Rob must decide what to do with his discovery and at the same time come to terms with his past. Read more

Let It Glow

By: Marissa Meyer & Joanne Levy

Narrated by: Gabi Epstein & Rebecca Soler

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"Soler knows just when to accentuate certain words to pull on one's heartstrings. This audiobook demands to be binged, so listeners should block out some time once they hit play." —AudioFile on Gilded

When Aviva Davis and Holly Martin meet at the holiday pageant tryouts for their local senior’s center, they think they must be seeing double. While... Read more

Not Another Banned Book

By: Dana Alison Levy

Narrated by: Keylor Leigh & Dana Alison Levy

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A ripped from the headlines middle grade novel about a group of students who must fight book banning at their school to save their club...and their world as they know it.

No matter what was going on in Molly's life at home, she always had book club at school. Whether she's dealing with a death in the family or her parent's breaking the news they... Read more

Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

Narrated by: Christopher Gebauer & Simon Vance

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer, Olivetti has been forgotten by the Brindles—the family he’s lived with for years. The Brindles are busy humans, apart from twelve-year-old Ernest, who would rather be left alone with his collection of Oxford English... Read more

Alebrijes

By: Donna Barba Higuera

Narrated by: Cisco Fernandez & Frankie Corzo

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The next stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning The Last CuentistaThis is the story as it was told to me by Leandro the MightyFor over 400 years, the world has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel—or go it alone in the... Read more

Hamlet is Not OK

By: R.A. Spratt

Narrated by: R.A. Spratt

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Selby hates homework.

She would rather watch TV - anything to escape the tedium of school, her parents' bookshop and small-town busybodies.

So Selby didn't plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him.

This novel transports Selby, and the reader, into the cold and crime-ridden play itself. Here she meets Hamlet: heavy with grief,... Read more

The Carrefour Curse

By: Dianne K. Salerni

Narrated by: Sandy Rustin

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Twelve-year-old Garnet doesn’t know her family. Her mother has done her best to keep it that way, living far from the rest of the magical Carrefour clan and their legendary mansion known as Crossroad House.But when Garnet finally gets summoned to the estate, it isn’t quite what she hoped for. Her relatives are strange and quarrelsome, each room... Read more

Aviva vs. the Dybbuk

By: Mari Lowe

Narrated by: Leah Horowitz

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A long ago “accident.” An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn’t know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief that everyone blames on her.That is the setting for this suspenseful novel of a girl who seems to have lost everything, including her best friend Kayla, and a... Read more

How Do You Live?

By: Genzaburo Yoshino

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The Japanese classic that has delighted millions of readers, in English for the first time.

Following the death of his father, Copper, fifteen, faces enormous changes, and he wonders about things he used to take for granted, including his place in the world, friendship and loyalty, and the role of luck and choice in his future.

Meanwhile,... Read more

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

By: Alda P. Dobbs

Narrated by: Ana Osorio

Length: 5 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting tale of one girl’s dangerous journey to cross the U.S. border, based on a true story.It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna’s mamá has died while the revolution rages in Mexico. Before her papá is dragged away by soldiers, Petra vows to him that she will care for the family she has left—her abuelita, her little sister, Amelia, and... Read more

The Great Bear

By: David A. Robertson

Narrated by: Brefny Caribou

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In this second book in the Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series, Eli and Morgan journey once more to Misewa, travelling back in time.

Back at home after their first adventure in the Barren Grounds, Eli and Morgan each struggle with personal issues: Eli is being bullied at school, and tries to hide it from Morgan, while Morgan... Read more

Amber and Clay

By: Laura Amy Schlitz

Narrated by: Tom Picasso & Rachel Botchan

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The Newbery Medal–winning author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! gives readers a virtuoso performance in verse in this profoundly original epic pitched just right for fans of poetry, history, mythology, and fantasy.

Welcome to ancient Greece as only genius storyteller Laura Amy Schlitz can conjure it. In a warlike land of wind and sunlight,... Read more

The Barren Grounds

By: David A. Robertson

Narrated by: Brefny Caribou

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson.

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their... Read more

Scary Stories for Young Foxes

By: Christian McKay Heidicker

Narrated by: Christian McKay Heidicker

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

THE HAUNTED SEASON HAS ARRIVED IN THE ANTLER WOOD. NO FOX KIT IS SAFE.Seven little foxes in the twisted Antler Wood, listening to stories much later than they should.THE FIRST flees the teacher with dark, gooey eyes.THE SECOND from six sisters whose tongues tell lies.THE THIRD escapes a woman who peels foxes’ skins.THE FOURTH slinks away from... Read more

Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus

By: Dusti Bowling

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The sequel to the critically acclaimed Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus follows Aven Green as she confronts yet another challenge: high school.



"High School. Two words that struck fear into the heart of every armless middle schooler I knew. Which was me. And like two people online."



Just as Aven starts to feel comfortable in... Read more

Dark Lord of Derkholm

By: Diana Wynne Jones

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Length: 13 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Mr. Chesney operates Pilgrim Parties, a tour group that takes paying participants into an outer realm where the inhabitants play frightening and foreboding roles. The time has come to end the staged madness . . . but can it really be stopped?



Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones serves up twists and turns, introduces Querida, Derk, Blade, and... Read more