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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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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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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Beyond the Land of Narnia: The Story of C.S. Lewis
- Joyce McPherson Biographies
- By: Joyce McPherson
- Narrated by: Brad Snyder
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A biography of C.S. Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles, and one of the foremost apologists of the twentieth century. This book tells his story....
By: Joyce McPherson
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Who Is Jeff Kinney?
- By: Patrick Kinney
- 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
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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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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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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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Beyond the Land of Narnia: The Story of C.S. Lewis
- Joyce McPherson Biographies
- By: Joyce McPherson
- Narrated by: Brad Snyder
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A biography of C.S. Lewis, author of the Narnia Chronicles, and one of the foremost apologists of the twentieth century. This book tells his story....
By: Joyce McPherson
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Who Is Jeff Kinney?
- By: Patrick Kinney
- 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
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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 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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On My Way
- By: Tomie Depaola
- Narrated by: Tomie Depaola
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Tomie invites listeners to share in his childhood memories....
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The perfect story
- By Gretchen Barsch on 01-01-15
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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The Story of Dr. Seuss
- Theodore, Ted, Geisel Who? The Story of How Dr. Seuss Grew.
- By: Amba Brown
- Narrated by: James Voltz
- Length: 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The Story of Dr. Seuss explores the fascinating life behind one of our favorite authors through rhyme. We know and love his books, including The Cat in The Hat, The Grinch, and Green Eggs and Ham, and now we can get to really know the man himself....
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So Cute!
- By Jen84 on 06-24-19
By: Amba Brown
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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 Pjmorris on 02-19-23
By: Tomie Depaola
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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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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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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
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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....
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Entire book
- By DevoN Thornton on 04-29-24
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I, Too, Sing America
- Three Centuries of African American Poetry
- By: Catherine Clinton
- Narrated by: Ashley Bryan, Renee Joshua-Porter
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Starting in the early 18th century and finishing with poet laureate Rita Dove, this inspiring anthology captures the enormous talent and passion of black poets....
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Rolling over in their graves--
- By Faye on 12-23-17
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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 Amazon Customer on 10-18-23
By: Jon Scieszka
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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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Miguel's Brave Knight
- Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote
- By: Margarita Engle
- Narrated by: Thom Rivera
- Length: 21 mins
- Unabridged
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This fictionalized first-person biography-in-verse of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra follows the early years of the child who grew up to pen Don Quixote. Miguel looks to his own imagination for an escape from his family's troubles and finds comfort in his colorful daydreams....
By: Margarita Engle
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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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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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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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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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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