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Listening to Audiobooks: A Thanksgiving Activity Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on November 15, 2017

Thanksgiving means marathon days of cooking and preparation and time spent with family and friends. Whether you’re planning a family dinner or a friendsgiving, you have hours of busy work ahead of you. And once the big meal is ready and eaten, there’s that delightful post-meal daze, where everyone rests together around the house. All of these moments are perfect ones in which listening to an audiobook can be a group activity. Read more

Tagged: Circus Mirandus, denton little's deathdate, family, family travel, gardener-cook, GREETINGS FROM WITNESS PROTECTION!, i am not your perfect mexican daughter, john hodgman, seven days of us, snow & rose, thanksgiving, THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES, the wilding sisters, vactionland

This Is The Author | Emma Johnson Submitted by This Is the Author Podcast on October 17, 2017

“I had been working in the single-mom space through my blog and podcast, and speaking and media engagements, for more than five years. I was raised by a single mom, I became a single mom, and I had a lot of initial shame around being a single mom. And, you know what? It happens to suit me really well. And I found myself relaxing into this time that I’m in and finding all these women—there’s ten million single moms in our country, millions worldwide, and these women have nothing to be ashamed about. I’m meeting incredible women every day that are doing incredible things—in business, in their communities, with their families—and I wanted to reach out to them. And I wanted to inspire the women that aren’t quite there yet.”

Learn more about The Kickass Single Mom.

Tagged: family, family travel, Motherhood, Parenting, Podcast, Single Parent, the kickass single mom

Road-Trip Listening Suggestions for Family Fun Month Submitted by Emily Parliman on August 1, 2017

August is Family Fun Month. Many families use these precious last weeks before school starts to travel together. One way to make getting there and back a little more pleasant is by listening to an audiobook. Read more

Tagged: Abigail Revasch, adam mansbach, audiobook, Audiobooks, Author-Read, Cassandra Campbell, charlotte's web, childrens books, craig robinson, dean hale, doreen green, e.b. white, epic fail of arturo zamora, family, family travel, frogkisser, garth nix, jake the fake, kate klise, keith knight, kids, Kirby Heyborne, m. sarah klise, Marisa Calin, Pablo Cartaya, road trip, s.a. bodeen, shannon hale, shipwreck island, squirrel girl, sullivan jones, tara sands, the greatest star on earth, the show must go on, Three-Ring Rascals

Keep Your Kids Reading this Summer with Audiobooks! Submitted by Victoria Tomao on July 7, 2017

Did you know that 85% of what we learn, we learn by listening*? And that 45% of our day, on average, is spent listening*? That is how important audio is, so why not include audiobooks in your children’s daily routine? Audiobooks are a great way to enjoy a family road trip, listen to required reading for school, or both!

Tagged: A-Z Mysteries, Anne of Green Gables, Audiobooks, Brothers Grimm, D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, dr.seuss, family, family travel, Fish in a Tree, GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES, L.M. Montgomery, Magic Tree House, Mary Pope Osborne, Matilda, mr. men collection, One Fish Two Fish, Parenting, Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, rick riordan, road trip, Roald Dahl, Suess, summer reading, THE CAT IN THE HAT, Three-Ring Rascals, WHAT PET SHOULD I GET?

This Is The Author | Heather Haupt Submitted by This Is the Author Podcast on May 30, 2017

“This book is about celebrating everything that makes our boys uniquely boy, and using their strengths to inspire and prepare them to grow up into the men they long to become, by taking a step back into history and taking on knight training.”

Learn more about Knights in Training.

Tagged: family, family travel, heath haupt, knights in training, Parenting, Podcast

This Is The Author | Annabelle Gurwitch Submitted by This Is the Author Podcast on April 18, 2017

“I’m one of those people who has always felt this way about family. What am I doing with these people, there has to be a mistake! And as a kid I was always trying to join other families so the first family I ever wanted to join was Star Athlete Federation ‘cause I was a total trekkie and they had those very great, form fitting, very attractive outfits on you know, space was also cool and they were all so together, it was all so cool.”

Learn more about Wherever You Go, There They Are.

Tagged: annabelle gurwitch, essays, family, marriage, Podcast, Wherever You Go There They Are

Brothers and Sisters: 10 Books About Siblings You Should Listen To Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on April 7, 2017

Siblings. There’s no relationship quite like the one you share with them. They can be your best friends or your worst enemies. No matter what, though, life wouldn’t be the same without them. From lighthearted to deeply emotional, these books celebrate and explore that special sibling bond. Read more

Tagged: and the mountains echoed, brothers, cutting for stone, family, family travel, national sibling day, siblings, sisterland, sisters, the burgess boys, the kids are all right, the other half of my heart, the penderwicks, the sister, the things a brother knows, vanessa and her sister

Listen Across America with Dr. Seuss Submitted by Kristen Luby on February 26, 2016

Horton Hears a Who and you can, too! Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday the audiobook way with collections read by star narrators. Read more

Tagged: CAT IN THE HAT, dr.seuss, family, family travel, GREEN EGGS AND HAM, Listen Across America, Rainn Wilson, Read Across America, WHAT PET SHOULD I GET?

THE 5TH WAVE Thrills Viewers and Listeners Submitted by Brieana Garcia on February 24, 2016

Hear the story that inspired the blockbuster action movie of the season on audiobook. Rick Yancey’s The 5TH Wave series will have listeners on the edge of their seats. Read more

Tagged: family, family travel, rick yancey, scifi, THE FIFTH WAVE, THE INFINITE SEA, THE LAST STAR

This Is The Author | Lisa Damour Submitted by This Is the Author Podcast on February 23, 2016

Psychologist Lisa Damour talks about how important it was for her to record her audiobook in her own voice since it deals with how we talk to teenagers.

Tagged: family, family travel, Lisa Damour, Podcast, Teenager, Untangled