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Stories To Go:
Audiobooks for Family Fun!
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Families with younger children will find kits with picture books and tapes or discs in Youth Services.
Ask Youth Services staff for help in finding these or other good Stories To Go!

Check the downloadable audiobooks site for books to download to your computer or MP3 player.

 

For families with kids ages 7 and up:

For more ideas, see this printer-friendly list

 
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks
Meet the Penderwick sisters: mother-figure Rosalind, fierce and hot-tempered Skye, budding mystery writer Jane, and endearingly shy four-year-old Batty.
Book on Disc
Book on Tape

 
Cleary, Beverly. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Ralph the mouse lets curiosity overcome caution and borrows his friend Keith’s toy motorcycle to go for a ride.
Book on Tape

 
Hoeye, Michael. Time Stops for No Mouse
When jaunty mouse Linka Perfinger brings a watch in to be repaired and then disappears, mild-mannered watchmaker Hermux Tantamoq is caught up in a danger-ous search for eternal youth while trying to find out what happened.
Book on Tape

 
MacDonald, Betty. Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
With her magical powders and pills, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle will cure children’s ailments of bullying, daydreaming
and crying.

Book on Disc
Book on Tape

 
Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic Tree House series
Jack and his little sister Annie stumble across a tree house full of books which becomes their pathway to great adventures as they travel through time and space.
Books on Disc and Books on Tape

 
Snicket, Lemony. A Series of Unfortunate Events
After the sudden death of thier parents, the Baudelaire children must rely on each other and their wits when their new guardian appears to stop at nothing to get their fortune.
Books on Disc and Books on Tape

Stilton, Geronimo. Geronimo Stilton
Geronimo is a mouse who runs the newspaper on Mouse Island but his
true passion is writing tales of adventure!
Books on Tape

 
Streatfeild, Noel. Dancing Shoes
After her mother’s death, Rachel and her adopted sister Hilary are taken in by Aunt Cora, who runs a dancing school where Rachel’s spoiled cousin Dulcie is the star pupil.
Book on Disc

 

For families with kids ages 12 and up:

For more ideas, see this printer-friendly list

 
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
Arnold Spirit, a young boy born with water on the brain, tells about his life on the reservation where he’s always been bullied for being different.  
Book on Disc
Sound Media Player

 
Colfer, Eoin. Airman
Conor Broekhart is raised in kind King Nick’s court until he’s framed for the murder of the king and sent to a terrible island prison. After two years he tries a daring escape using a homemade glider.
Book on Disc

 
Hale, Marian. Dark Water Rising
When a terrible storm hits Galveston, TX in 1900, 17-year-old Seth struggles to reach safety, works for his own survival and that of others, and comes to terms with change and loss.
Book on Disc

 
Hale, Shannon. Goose Girl
When Princess Isi is betrayed by the jealous Selia, she takes refuge as a goose girl who has the ability to speak to animals, in order to regain her place as the bride of Prince of Bayern.
Book on Disc

 
Meyer, L.A. Bloody Jack
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a 13-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high-sea adventure in search of pirates.
Book on Disc

 
Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth’s surface.
Book on Disc
 

 
Patterson, James. Maximum Ride series
A group of genetically-enhanced kids who can fly and have other unique talents are on the run from part-human, part-wolf predators called Erasers.
Books on Disc and Sound Media Player

 
Pratchett, Terry. Wee Free Men
When 9-year-old Tiffany’s brother is stolen by the fairy queen, she goes to fairyland to retrieve him - encountering the wee free men along the way.

Book on Disc
Book on Tape


6/29/09
Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802

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