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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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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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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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....
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Memoirs
- By Mark on 04-25-25
By: Jerry Spinelli
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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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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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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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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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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....
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Memoirs
- By Mark on 04-25-25
By: Jerry Spinelli
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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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What Is the Story of Romeo and Juliet?
- What Is the Story Of?
- By: Max Bisantz, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Ella Lynch
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the origins of one of literature's most famous couples, Romeo and Juliet, and their creator, William Shakespeare, in this fun and informative addition to the What Is the Story Of? series....
By: Max Bisantz, 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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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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26 Fairmount Avenue: Books 1-4
- 26 Fairmount Avenue; Here We All Are; On My Way; What a Year!
- By: Tomie dePaola
- Narrated by: Tomie dePaola
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Well-loved author Tomie dePaola brings his childhood memories to audio in this collection of the first four books from his 26 FAIRMOUNT AVENUE series.
By: Tomie dePaola
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O Captain, My Captain
- Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War
- By: Robert Burleigh
- Narrated by: Chris Lutkin, David Bendena
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Dramatic, lyrical, and beautiful, O Captain, My Captain tells the story of one of America’s greatest poets and how he was inspired by one of America’s greatest presidents....
By: Robert Burleigh
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Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
- By: Patricia Brennan Demuth
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still beloved classics almost a century after she began writing them....
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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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glorious boy hood stories.
- By Rebecca Arnold on 04-18-25
By: Gary Paulsen
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers
- Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Gary Paulsen
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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An experienced Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen brings his love of the sport to readers on a personal level in this intimate essay about the life of a litter of pups born to pull sleds....
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I Love Gary Paulsen
- By Deziderata on 09-22-12
By: Gary Paulsen
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The Country Artist: A Story About Beatrix Potter
- Creative Minds Biographies
- By: David R. Collins
- Narrated by: Helen Langford
- Length: 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Tea with a hedgehog and supper with a rabbit? Beatrix Potter entertained guests that most people—certainly Beatrix Potter's proper Victorian parents—would have thought belonged in a meadow, not in a London nursery.
By: David R. Collins
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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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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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Great reading by author
- By Mrs.Ironarm on 03-22-25
By: Tomie dePaola
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Who Was Roald Dahl?
- By: True Kelley
- Narrated by: René Ruiz
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors ever. Now, in this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures....
By: True Kelley
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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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Star Child
- A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
- By: Ibi Zoboi
- Narrated by: Ibi Zoboi, Robin Miles
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space Race, the Red Scare, and the dawning Civil Rights Movement, Butler experienced an American childhood....
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Short and sweet
- By Etoile NEOhio on 09-24-23
By: Ibi Zoboi
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Who Was Mark Twain?
- By: April Jones Prince
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit....
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Very good
- By H Family on 06-01-23
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What Was the Harlem Renaissance?
- What Was?
- By: Sherri L. Smith, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Tashi Thomas
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In this book from the number one New York Times best-selling series, learn how this vibrant Black neighborhood in upper Manhattan became home to the leading Black writers, artists, and musicians of the 1920s and 1930s....
By: Sherri L. Smith, 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
- 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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Bruh.
- By m o r r i s 0 5 on 02-19-23
By: Tomie Depaola
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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 and 1 min
- 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