Bestsellers
-
Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
-
Going Solo
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
Live of a master, read beautifully
- By Bel on 06-04-16
By: Roald Dahl
-
Boy
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
Listened and Read This a Few Times!
- By Dylan on 05-25-16
By: Roald Dahl
-
Gone to the Woods
- Surviving a Lost Childhood
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving listeners a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories....
-
-
loving it...
- By LAF on 04-26-21
By: Gary Paulsen
-
Hole in My Life
- By: Jack Gantos
- Narrated by: Jack Gantos
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job...
-
-
A great memoir from a great kids/YA author
- By Matt on 05-10-18
By: Jack Gantos
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In a heartwarming first-person account, dePaola retells his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy....
-
-
Bruh.
- By Pjmorris on 02-19-23
By: Tomie Depaola
-
Brown Girl Dreaming
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
Memoir of a childhood, in verse.
- By Adam Shields on 02-18-19
-
Going Solo
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
Live of a master, read beautifully
- By Bel on 06-04-16
By: Roald Dahl
-
Boy
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
Listened and Read This a Few Times!
- By Dylan on 05-25-16
By: Roald Dahl
-
Gone to the Woods
- Surviving a Lost Childhood
- By: Gary Paulsen
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving listeners a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories....
-
-
loving it...
- By LAF on 04-26-21
By: Gary Paulsen
-
Hole in My Life
- By: Jack Gantos
- Narrated by: Jack Gantos
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job...
-
-
A great memoir from a great kids/YA author
- By Matt on 05-10-18
By: Jack Gantos
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In a heartwarming first-person account, dePaola retells his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy....
-
-
Bruh.
- By Pjmorris on 02-19-23
By: Tomie Depaola
-
Who Was William Shakespeare?
- By: Celeste Mannis
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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
-
Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Storybook Life
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
A must have for any little house fan.
- By YHWHsHesed on 05-08-15
By: Janet Benge, and others
-
Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
- By: Patricia Brennan Demuth
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
I'm Still Scared
- A 26 Fairmount Avenue Book
- By: Tomie dePaola
- Narrated by: Danny Gerard
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
First-grader Tomie dePaola experiences uncertainty in the weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. What are the grown-ups talking quietly about at home and even at school? Find out....
-
-
Narration lacking
- By Shopbymail on 01-19-21
By: Tomie dePaola
-
Who Is J. K. Rowling?
- By: Pamela D. Pollack, Meg Belviso
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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
-
Who Was Dr. Seuss?
- Who Was...?
- By: Janet Pascal
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
awesome listening!
- By Blue Stanley on 12-18-22
By: Janet Pascal
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Wacky, daring, just plain nuts - extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new stories from Gary’s boyhood....
-
-
YES YES YES
- By Paul or Teresa Jackson on 06-04-23
By: Gary Paulsen
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
Short and sweet
- By Etoile NEOhio on 09-24-23
By: Ibi Zoboi
-
On My Way
- By: Tomie Depaola
- Narrated by: Tomie Depaola
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tomie invites listeners to share in his childhood memories....
-
-
The perfect story
- By Gretchen Barsch on 01-01-15
By: Tomie Depaola
-
Who Was Langston Hughes?
- Who Was?
- By: Billy Merrell, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Find out how a young boy from the Midwest became one of the most important writers and activists of the Harlem Renaissance in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series....
By: Billy Merrell, and others
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
Becoming Madeleine is a beautiful
- By CanFol on 03-09-19
By: Léna Roy, and others
-
Who Was Mark Twain?
- By: April Jones Prince
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
Very good
- By H Family on 06-01-23
-
Writers
- Their Lives and Works
- By: DK, James Naughtie
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Explore the fascinating lives and loves of the greatest novelists, poets, and playwrights. From William Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Gabriel García Márquez and Toni Morrison, Writers explores more than 100 biographies of the world’s greatest writers....
By: DK, and others
-
Who Was E. B. White?
- Who Was?
- By: Gail Herman, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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
-
Go Forth and Tell
- The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
- By: Breanna J. McDaniel
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From an award-winning author comes this biography about beloved librarian and storyteller Augusta Braxton Baker, the first Black coordinator of children’s services at all branches of the New York Public Library....
-
Who Is Jeff Kinney?
- By: Patrick Kinney
- Narrated by: Ramón de Ocampo
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
loved it
- By Anonymous User on 01-04-23
By: Patrick Kinney
-
The Poet Slave of Cuba
- A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
- By: Margarita Engle
- Narrated by: Yesenia Cabrero, Chris Nunez, Ozzie Rodriguez, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A lyrical biography of a Cuban slave who escaped to become a celebrated poet....
By: Margarita Engle
-
March Forward, Girl
- From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
- By: Melba Pattillo Beals PhD
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions....
-
-
Well articulated and powerful memoir
- By Anonymous User on 06-06-23
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
I Love Gary Paulsen
- By Deziderata on 09-22-12
By: Gary Paulsen
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Vashti Harrison shines a bold, joyous light on black men through history....
-
-
Black History Moment
- By Regina Davis on 02-19-20
By: Vashti Harrison, and others
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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
-
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
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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....
-
-
It was goated because of the characters
- By Amazon Customer on 10-18-23
By: Jon Scieszka