Bestsellers
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Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s....
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Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
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Boy
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny....
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Listened and Read This a Few Times!
- By Dylan on 05-25-16
By: Roald Dahl
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Storybook Life
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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From the big woods of Wisconsin to the Indian country of the Great Plains, new adventures and landscapes filled the rich childhood of Laura Ingalls Wilder. On a frontier steeped in both danger and great possibility, Laura would grow up to witness firsthand the rapid transformation of the West....
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A must have for any little house fan.
- By YHWHsHesed on 05-08-15
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Going Solo
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures! Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide travels, the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a plane accident....
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Live of a master, read beautifully
- By Bel on 06-04-16
By: Roald Dahl
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Gone to the Woods
- Surviving a Lost Childhood
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving listeners a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories....
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loving it...
- By LAF on 04-26-21
By: Gary Paulsen
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Who Was Dr. Seuss?
- Who Was...?
- By: Janet Pascal
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books-like his classic The Cat in the Hat....
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awesome listening!
- By Blue Stanley on 12-18-22
By: Janet Pascal
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Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s....
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Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
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Boy
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny....
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Listened and Read This a Few Times!
- By Dylan on 05-25-16
By: Roald Dahl
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Storybook Life
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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From the big woods of Wisconsin to the Indian country of the Great Plains, new adventures and landscapes filled the rich childhood of Laura Ingalls Wilder. On a frontier steeped in both danger and great possibility, Laura would grow up to witness firsthand the rapid transformation of the West....
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A must have for any little house fan.
- By YHWHsHesed on 05-08-15
By: Janet Benge, and others
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Going Solo
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Superb stories, daring deeds, fantastic adventures! Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide travels, the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a plane accident....
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Live of a master, read beautifully
- By Bel on 06-04-16
By: Roald Dahl
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Gone to the Woods
- Surviving a Lost Childhood
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving listeners a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories....
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loving it...
- By LAF on 04-26-21
By: Gary Paulsen
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Who Was Dr. Seuss?
- Who Was...?
- By: Janet Pascal
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books-like his classic The Cat in the Hat....
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awesome listening!
- By Blue Stanley on 12-18-22
By: Janet Pascal
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Who Was William Shakespeare?
- By: Celeste Mannis
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world's most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in London, where his work eventually thrived and made him a famous and wealthy man....
By: Celeste Mannis
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Who Was Maurice Sendak?
- By: Janet Pascal
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first made his cartoon debut - June 10, 1928....
By: Janet Pascal
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Guys Write for Guys Read
- Boys' Favorite Authors Write About Being Boys
- By: Jon Scieszka
- Narrated by: Greg Abbey
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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This fast-paced, high-energy collection of short works features today's most popular writers and illustrators on what it means to be a guy. Contributors include Chris Crutcher, Stephen King, Matt Groening, Daniel Pinkwater, Neil Gaiman, and many more....
By: Jon Scieszka
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Jump Back, Paul
- The Life and Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
- By: Sally Derby
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Dion Graham
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Did you know that Paul Laurence Dunbar originated such famous lines as "I know why the caged bird sings" and "We wear the mask that grins and lies"? Listen to find out more....
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love it
- By natalie on 07-04-22
By: Sally Derby
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Writing Radar
- Using Your Journal to Snoop Out and Craft Great Stories
- By: Jack Gantos
- Narrated by: Jack Gantos
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Newbery Award-winning author Jack Gantos shares advice for how to be the best brilliant writer in this funny and practical writing guide....
By: Jack Gantos
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Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
- Who Was...?
- By: Dana Meachen Rau
- Narrated by: Susan Hanfield
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves head north towards freedom....
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sueb
- By mike on 07-19-21
By: Dana Meachen Rau
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
- By: Kirsten Anderson, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Walt Whitman was a printer, journalist, editor, and schoolteacher. But today, he's recognized as one of America's founding poets, a man who changed American literature forever....
By: Kirsten Anderson, and others
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26 Fairmount Avenue: Books 5-8
- Things Will Never Be the Same; I'm Still Scared; Why?: The War Years; For the Duration
- By: Tomie dePaola
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Well-loved author Tomie dePaola brings his childhood memories to audio in this collection of books 5-8 from his 26 FAIRMOUNT AVENUE series.
By: Tomie dePaola
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Knucklehead
- Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka
- By: Jon Scieszka
- Narrated by: Jon Scieszka
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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How did Jon Scieszka get so funny, anyway? Growing up as one of six brothers was a good start, but that was just the beginning. Throw in Catholic school, lazy summers at the lake, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, jokes told at family dinner, and the result is Knucklehead....
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It was goated because of the characters
- By Grace Lottich on 10-18-23
By: Jon Scieszka
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Volando solo [Going Solo]
- Colección Alfaguara Clásicos
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Beto Castillo
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Roald Dahl, el gran autor de literatura infantil, narra los acontecimientos más fascinantes de su vida: las experiencias como piloto de combate en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el placer de volar, la camaradería en tiempos difíciles y la exótica belleza de sus viajes por África....
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La narración es extraordinaria!
- By Ilse on 01-29-24
By: Roald Dahl
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26 Fairmount Avenue
- Book 1: Fairmount Avenue
- By: Tomie dePaola
- Narrated by: Tomie dePaola
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In a heartwarming first-person account, dePaola retells his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy....
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Narrated by author
- By Shopbymail on 12-29-20
By: Tomie dePaola
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Rise!
- From Caged Birds to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
- By: Bethany Hegedus, Colin Johnson
- Narrated by: Cherise Booth
- Length: 31 mins
- Unabridged
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This glorious biography of Maya Angelou’s life - from her traumatic childhood through her work as a freedom fighter and her triumphant rise as a poet - is a powerful tribute to a phenomenal woman....
By: Bethany Hegedus, and others
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Who Is J. K. Rowling?
- By: Pamela D. Pollack, Meg Belviso
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J. K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter....
By: Pamela D. Pollack, and others
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26 Fairmount Avenue, Books 1 and 2
- 26 Fairmount Avenue; Here We All Are
- By: Tomie Depaola
- Narrated by: Tomie Depaola
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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In a heartwarming first-person account, dePaola retells his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy....
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Bruh.
- By m o r r i s 0 5 on 02-19-23
By: Tomie Depaola
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26 Fairmount Avenue
- What a Year!
- By: Tomie Depaola
- Narrated by: Tomie Depaola
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Tomie celebrates his sixth birthday in style, dresses up as Snow White for his first Halloween....
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Excellent audio entertainment ages 6 and up
- By Anonymous on 01-02-09
By: Tomie Depaola
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Memories and Life Lessons from the Magic Tree House
- Magic Tree House (R)
- By: Mary Pope Osborne
- Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Look for heroes, far and near. Give your gifts to the world. Have compassion for all creatures. These are just a few of the lessons that Magic Tree House fans will learn on their magical journey through this book....
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Who Is Jeff Kinney?
- By: Patrick Kinney, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Ramón de Ocampo
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Even when he was a kid, everyone thought Jeff Kinney was talented. People loved his drawings, and when he went to college his comic strip, Igdoof, was so popular it spread to other universities....
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loved it
- By Anonymous User on 01-04-23
By: Patrick Kinney, and others
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Who Was Ernest Hemingway?
- By: Jim Gigliotti, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Find out how a journalist and sportsman became one of the most famous American novelists of the 20th century....
By: Jim Gigliotti, and others
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Knots in My Yo-Yo String
- By: Jerry Spinelli
- Narrated by: Matt Weisgerber
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli has penned his early autobiography with all the warmth, humor, and drama of his bestselling fiction....
By: Jerry Spinelli
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How Angel Peterson Got His Name
- And Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Wacky, daring, just plain nuts - extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new stories from Gary’s boyhood....
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YES YES YES
- By Paul or Teresa Jackson on 06-04-23
By: Gary Paulsen
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Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History
- By: Vashti Harrison, Kwesi Johnson
- Narrated by: Cary Hite, J. D. Jackson, Vashti Harrison
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Vashti Harrison shines a bold, joyous light on black men through history....
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Black History Moment
- By Regina Davis on 02-19-20
By: Vashti Harrison, and others
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What Is the Story of Ebenezer Scrooge?
- What Is the Story Of?
- By: Sheila Keenan, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843, he likely had no idea that the story and its main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, would remain so popular nearly two centuries later....
By: Sheila Keenan, and others
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Becoming Madeleine
- A Biography of the Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Her Granddaughters
- By: Léna Roy, Charlotte Jones Voiklis
- Narrated by: Léna Roy, Charlotte Jones Voiklis
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) is the beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time, its sequels, and numerous other works for children and adults. Now, her granddaughters have written her biography....
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Becoming Madeleine is a beautiful
- By CanFol on 03-09-19
By: Léna Roy, and others
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Who Was E. B. White?
- Who Was?
- By: Gail Herman, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Today, most people remember E. B. White as the beloved children's book author who gave us Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little....
By: Gail Herman, and others