Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells like cookies. She was even married to a pirate once. Most of all, she knows everything about children. She can cure them of any ailment. Patsy hates baths. Hubert never puts anything away. Allen eats v-e-r-y slowly. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has a treatment for all of them.
Anne says:
"My children love it!"
Mr. Popper's Penguins
UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 14 mins)
By Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater
Narrated By Nick Sullivan
Whispersync for Voice-ready
Overall
(72)
Performance
(46)
Story
(45)
The 1938 classic tells the story of Mr. Popper, the small-town housepainter who dreamed of exploring Antarctic regions, and Captain Cook, the redoubtable penguin who turned Mr. Popper's world upside down.
Melissa says:
"A children's classic"
The Complete Just So Stories
UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 7 mins)
By Rudyard Kipling
Narrated By Johnny Morris
Overall
(73)
Performance
(32)
Story
(33)
Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations.
Ann says:
"Fun & sweet, & great narration"
Elmer and the Dragon: My Father's Dragon 2
UNABRIDGED (46 mins)
By Ruth Stiles Gannett
Narrated By Robert Sevra
Overall
(8)
Performance
(4)
Story
(4)
A stand-alone sequel to My Father's Dragon, in which Elmer Elevator and the flying baby dragon help the king of the canaries find treasure.
Strawberry Girl
UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 35 mins)
By Lois Lenski
Narrated By Natalie Ross
Overall
(3)
Performance
(2)
Story
(3)
The land was theirs, but so were its hardships. Strawberries - big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. "Don't count your biddies 'fore they're hatched, gal young un!" her father tells her. Making the new farm prosper is not easy.
Emy says:
"Fantastic story! Kids loved it!"
The Twenty-One Balloons
UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 20 mins)
By William Pene du Bois
Narrated By Hal Hollings
Whispersync for Voice-ready
Overall
(39)
Performance
(15)
Story
(14)
Professor William Waterman Sherman just wants to be alone. So he decides to take a year off and spend it crossing the Pacific Ocean in a hot-air balloon the likes of which no one has ever seen. But when he is found after just three weeks floating in the Atlantic among the wreckage of twenty hot-air balloons, naturally, the world is eager to know what happened. How did he end up with so many balloons . . . and in the wrong ocean?
Christian Barreto says:
"It is an never ending adventure"
Publisher's Summary
In this adventure that has delighted children for years, Elmer Elevator sets out to free a baby dragon who has been captured by the animals of Wild Island.
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