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70 Favorite Audio Books For Kids

August 27, 2017 by Erin Vincent 23 Comments

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Do your kids like audio books? Did you know that audio books offer many educational benefits and make a wonderful learning tool?
70 Favorite Audio Books For Kids

Our family is hooked on audio books. This has been a love affair that has spanned across many years. Ever since my oldest child, now 10, listened to The Hobbit when he was 4 years old he has loved audio books. What followed was The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, White Fang, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

He would listen to books in the car, while waiting in lines, during quiet time, and after bedtime.

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Why I Love Audio Books

Here are a few reasons why I love audio books:

  • Just like read alouds, we can enjoy audio books as a family. What follows are always big juicy conversations about characters and plots.
  • Children get to put their listening skills into practice when enjoying an audio book.
  • Audio books are proven to help kids with learning disabilities and to become better readers. The narrators embellish their storytelling with dramatic voices which emphasize reading as a source of pleasure and enjoyment.
  • Reading books that are above your child’s reading level can be difficult and frustrating, but with audio books, children can listen to books that they wouldn’t normally be able to read on their own. They are able to comprehend and enjoy a more complex book and vocabulary.
  • Vocabulary. The vocabulary that my kids have picked up from listening to audio books is astounding. Many times they’ll pause an audio to ask what a particular word means. The more they listen, the more vocabulary they learn!
  • Audio books are perfect for traveling with kids. They also help to pass the time.
  • A good audio book like The Bark of the Bog Owl can hook you and your kids into an entire series that you never knew existed! True. Story.
I’ve created a list of our family’s favorite selection of audio books from classics to new modern favorites. It was difficult to categorize the audio books by age because so much depends on each individual child. Many of these books work across the ages and overlap.
You know your child best; therefore use your best judgment when it comes to what you think they are ready for.
I recommend listening to books that your kids will find endearing and magical. My goal is to instill a love of books in all their forms.

Audio books are available on tape and CDs. Most public libraries offer a rich selection of children’s audio books too.

*Our favorite form of audio books is from Audible as our kids prefer to keep beloved books to re-listen over, and over again.  

 No Subscription is needed to take advantage of these audible books.*

Did you also know that you can try Audible AND receive two FREE Audiobooks?

Favorite Audio Books For Younger Kids

  1. The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter 
  2. The Collected Stories of Winnie-the-Pooh
  3. A Bear Called Paddington
  4. Charlotte’s Web
  5. Stuart Little
  6. The Moffats
  7. Peter Nimble
  8. The Wind in the Willows (BBC Children’s Classic)
  9. Five Children and It
  10. Magic Tree House Collection
  11. Little House in the Big Woods
  12. The Cricket in Times Square

70 Favorite Audio Books For Kids

Favorite Audio Books For The Whole Family

  1. The Enchanted Castle
  2. A Little Princess
  3. My Father’s Dragon
  4. Mary Poppins
  5. The One and Only Ivan
  6. Farmer Boy
  7. On the Banks of Plum Creek
  8. On the Shores of Silver Lake
  9. The Long Winter
  10. Little Town on the Praire
  11. Pollyanna
  12. A Series of Unfortunate Events
  13. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  14. James and the Giant Peach
  15. Matilda
  16. Ella Enchanted
  17. The Jungle Book
  18. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  19. Fablehaven Series

70 Favorite Audio Books For Kids

 

Favorite Audio Books For Grade Schoolers

  1. Peter Pan
  2. The Hobbit
  3. The Princess and the Goblin
  4. Pippi Longstocking
  5. Tuesdays at the Castle
  6. The Penderwicks
  7. The Boxcar Children
  8. The Ramona Quimby Audio Series
  9. The Henry Huggins Audio Collection
  10. The Beverley Cleary Audio Collection
  11. From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
  12. Hank the Cowdog Collection
  13. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Series
  14. The Land of Stories Series
  15. The Green Ember Series
  16. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
  17. Pax
  18. The BFG
  19. How to Train Your Dragon Series
  20. Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy

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Favorite Audio Books For Grade School and Middle School Kids

  1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  2. Anne of Green Gables
  3. The Railway Children
  4. Peter and the Starcatcher Series
  5. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  6. Journey to the Center of the Earth
  7. The Lost World
  8. Wonder
  9. The Mysterious Benedict Society
  10. The Wilderking Trilogy
  11. 100 Cupboards Series
  12. The Kane Chronicles
  13. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
  14. Little Women
  15. White Fang
  16. The Call of the Wild
  17. The Wingfeather Saga
  18. Redwall Series
  19. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

70 Favorite Audio Books For Kids

 Do you have any great audio book recommendations?


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About Erin Vincent

Erin is a writer, blogger, and homeschooler to two intense kids. She loves nature, farm life, good books, knitting, new pens, and hot coffee. Erin is a contributing writer for Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers. Her work has also been featured on Simple Homeschool and Book Shark.

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  1. Amanda says

    August 30, 2017 at 9:10 pm

    We also loved “What the Moon Said” by Gayle Rosengren and “Appleblossom the Possum” by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Thank you for these great lists. Looking forward to more family listening.

    Reply
    • Erin Vincent says

      August 31, 2017 at 6:59 am

      Wonderful! I’ll be sure to check those titles out!

      Reply
  2. Mother of 3 says

    August 28, 2017 at 4:15 pm

    Great suggestions! We found quite a few new ones to check out. We LOVED Science Fair by Dave Barry, When Life Gives You OJ by Erica Perl and The Fast and the Furriest by Andy Behrens. All three made us laugh out loud.

    Reply
    • Grace says

      November 21, 2019 at 11:11 am

      You might also like The Vanderbeakers of 141st Street.

      Reply

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