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9 Classics to Listen to During Children’s Book Week Submitted by Erin Murphy on May 1, 2018

From The Hundred Acre Wood to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, children’s books have been transporting us to incredible places for decades. Read more

Tagged: AA Milne, blueberries for sal, charlie and the chocolate factory, charlotte's web, children's book week, Classics, corduroy, don freeman, douglas hodge, dr.seuss, e.b. white, family travel, finola hughes, francess hodgson burnett, J.M. Barrie, jacqueline woodson, Jim Dale, judi dench, kelsey grammar, lynne thigpen, Melba Sibrel, Michael Williams, Mildred D. Taylor, Peter Pan, Roald Dahl, robert mcloskey, ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY, Stephen Fry, THE CAT IN THE HAT, the secret garden

Experience Your Childhood Favorites as Audiobooks Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on December 13, 2017

Many of our favorites from late elementary and middle school are delights to read again—by listening to these fantastic audio versions—even if you don’t have young listeners to share them with. Read more

Tagged: childhood favorites, Classics, Family Listening, family listens, family travel, lyddie, my side of the mountain, redwall, the westing game

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of THE OUTSIDERS Submitted by Kristen Luby on April 24, 2017

“Fortunately, ‘Nothing gold can stay’ doesn’t apply to great literature,” says Entertainment Weekly. We couldn’t agree more! April 24, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of THE OUTSIDERS’ first publication. Introduce a new generation of listeners to this classic story of friendship and belonging. Read more

Tagged: Anniversary, Classics, S.E. Hinton, THE OUTSIDERS

Grimm’s Fairy Tales read by an Award-Winning Cast – Audiobook Trailer Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on April 25, 2016

Once upon a time has never sounded quite like this…

Listening Library has assembled an award-winning cast to read the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. Read more

Tagged: Alfred Molina, Bahni Turpin, Brothers Grimm, Classics, Davina Porter, Dion Graham, Edoardo Ballerini, Fairy Tales, Family Listening, Graeme Malcolm, GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES, Grover Gardner, Janis Ian, January LaVoy, Jayne Entwistle, Jim Dale, Julia Whelan, Kate Rudd, Katherine Kellgren, Kirby Heyborne, Luke Daniels, Mark Bramhall, Robin Miles, Roy Dotrice, Scott Brick, Simon Vance