http://share.triangle.com/node/16996 Comments for "More Children's Audiobooks" en http://share.triangle.com/node/16996 <!-- BeginContext name="blog-teaser" q="(share|communities/*)" --> In the June 29 Read pages, Susie Wilde recommends audiobooks for traveling with children. Here are more selections. And please add your own recommendations! Preschool: Rhymes and rhythmsIf your child is ready for simple stories, Doreen&hellip;<!-- EndContext --> <!-- BeginContext name="blog-front" q="share/blog" --> <p>In the June 29 Read pages, Susie Wilde recommends audiobooks for traveling with children. Here are more selections. And please add your own recommendations!</p> <p>Preschool: Rhymes and rhythms<br />If your child is ready for simple stories, Doreen Cronin’s “Dooby Dooby Moo” (Scholastic, Weston Woods, 1 CD, $12.95) is a must-hear. The singy fourth book by the award-winning author has accompaniment, voice and soundscape that blend into a magnificent story symphony. Randy Travis narrates with a drawl that fits the wacky farm where Duck, always the star of the barn, does a rendition of “Born to be Wild” that wins the animals a “slightly used” trampoline. Travis speed-reads humorous asides, leaving room for snippets of Duck’s sarcastic comments and bizarre musical interpretations, which inspire singing along. <br />Ages 5-8: Learning readers, restless riders<br /> Willa Brigham, a Triangle storyteller, has recorded “Stinky Johnson and Eight Other Tales” (available on her Web site, www.willabrigham.com, $12). With all the vitality of live performance, Brigham relates original tales filled with humor and descriptions of wacky characters that will entertain younger elementary students. <br />Ages 9-11: Longer tales<br />.Is your child ready for a story with an issue to discuss? Choose something that will inspire a meaty conversation, like Jerry Spinelli’s newest book, “Smiles to Go” (HarperAudio, $22.95, unabridged, 4 CDs, 4 hours). Ninth-grader Will Tuppence is besieged by his preschool sister Tabby, brilliantly portrayed in all her squeaky-screechy self by Conor Donovan. How is a control freak-geek on the edge of adolescence supposed to survive? Aside from this small problem, he has life all figured out — but can anyone really control life when he learns life can change in an instant? A great family tape for a middle-schooler struggling with siblings. <br />Young adult: Mutual enjoyment<br />For a child who has come into his own with reading-listening, the world of audio is open. No longer do you have to satisfy young emotional needs, or listening levels.<br />Take on the intensity of a gripping novel like Gary D. Schmidt’s “Trouble,” read by Jason Culp (Scholastic Audiobooks, $34.95, unabridged, 8 CDs, 9 hours)<br />“If you build your house far enough away from trouble,” Henry’s father tells him, “Then trouble will never find you.” Except it does, when Henry’s arrogant older brother is run down and killed by Chay, a Cambodian classmate. Their safe Massachusetts town roils with anger and prejudice. Ironies and complexities build as Henry escapes to hike Maine’s Mount Katahdin, and becomes road buddies with the also fleeing Chay. Jason Culp slips easily between emotions and from Cambodian to New England accents. <br />Other recommendations:<br />“Once Upon a Time in the North” by Philip Pullman, who narrates along with 12 cast members (Listening Library, $25, unabridged). <br />“Mimus” by Lilli Thal, read by Maxwell Caufield (Listening Library, $30, unabridged) <br />“Airman” by Eoin Colfer, read by John Keating (Listening Library, $44, unabridged)<br />“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” read by the author Sherman Alexie (Recorded Books, unabridged)<br />“Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire” by Derek Landy, read by Rubert Degas (Harper Audio, $17.95, unabridged, 7 CDs, 7 hours)</p> <p>Contact Susie Wilde at <br />susiewilde@bellsouth.net.<br /> </p><!-- EndContext --> <!-- BeginContext name="blog-front" q="blog" --> <p>In the June 29 Read pages, Susie Wilde recommends audiobooks for traveling with children. Here are more selections. And please add your own recommendations!</p> <p>Preschool: Rhymes and rhythms<br />If your child is ready for simple stories, Doreen Cronin’s “Dooby Dooby Moo” (Scholastic, Weston Woods, 1 CD, $12.95) is a must-hear. The singy fourth book by the award-winning author has accompaniment, voice and soundscape that blend into a magnificent story symphony. Randy Travis narrates with a drawl that fits the wacky farm where Duck, always the star of the barn, does a rendition of “Born to be Wild” that wins the animals a “slightly used” trampoline. Travis speed-reads humorous asides, leaving room for snippets of Duck’s sarcastic comments and bizarre musical interpretations, which inspire singing along. <br />Ages 5-8: Learning readers, restless riders<br /> Willa Brigham, a Triangle storyteller, has recorded “Stinky Johnson and Eight Other Tales” (available on her Web site, www.willabrigham.com, $12). With all the vitality of live performance, Brigham relates original tales filled with humor and descriptions of wacky characters that will entertain younger elementary students. <br />Ages 9-11: Longer tales<br />.Is your child ready for a story with an issue to discuss? Choose something that will inspire a meaty conversation, like Jerry Spinelli’s newest book, “Smiles to Go” (HarperAudio, $22.95, unabridged, 4 CDs, 4 hours). Ninth-grader Will Tuppence is besieged by his preschool sister Tabby, brilliantly portrayed in all her squeaky-screechy self by Conor Donovan. How is a control freak-geek on the edge of adolescence supposed to survive? Aside from this small problem, he has life all figured out — but can anyone really control life when he learns life can change in an instant? A great family tape for a middle-schooler struggling with siblings. <br />Young adult: Mutual enjoyment<br />For a child who has come into his own with reading-listening, the world of audio is open. No longer do you have to satisfy young emotional needs, or listening levels.<br />Take on the intensity of a gripping novel like Gary D. Schmidt’s “Trouble,” read by Jason Culp (Scholastic Audiobooks, $34.95, unabridged, 8 CDs, 9 hours)<br />“If you build your house far enough away from trouble,” Henry’s father tells him, “Then trouble will never find you.” Except it does, when Henry’s arrogant older brother is run down and killed by Chay, a Cambodian classmate. Their safe Massachusetts town roils with anger and prejudice. Ironies and complexities build as Henry escapes to hike Maine’s Mount Katahdin, and becomes road buddies with the also fleeing Chay. Jason Culp slips easily between emotions and from Cambodian to New England accents. <br />Other recommendations:<br />“Once Upon a Time in the North” by Philip Pullman, who narrates along with 12 cast members (Listening Library, $25, unabridged). <br />“Mimus” by Lilli Thal, read by Maxwell Caufield (Listening Library, $30, unabridged) <br />“Airman” by Eoin Colfer, read by John Keating (Listening Library, $44, unabridged)<br />“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” read by the author Sherman Alexie (Recorded Books, unabridged)<br />“Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire” by Derek Landy, read by Rubert Degas (Harper Audio, $17.95, unabridged, 7 CDs, 7 hours)</p> <p>Contact Susie Wilde at <br />susiewilde@bellsouth.net.<br /> </p><!-- EndContext --> <!-- BeginContext name="blog-front" q="*" --> <p>In the June 29 Read pages, Susie Wilde recommends audiobooks for traveling with children. Here are more selections. And please add your own recommendations!</p> <p>Preschool: Rhymes and rhythms<br />If your child is ready for simple stories, Doreen Cronin’s “Dooby Dooby Moo” (Scholastic, Weston Woods, 1 CD, $12.95) is a must-hear. The singy fourth book by the award-winning author has accompaniment, voice and soundscape that blend into a magnificent story symphony. Randy Travis narrates with a drawl that fits the wacky farm where Duck, always the star of the barn, does a rendition of “Born to be Wild” that wins the animals a “slightly used” trampoline. Travis speed-reads humorous asides, leaving room for snippets of Duck’s sarcastic comments and bizarre musical interpretations, which inspire singing along. <br />Ages 5-8: Learning readers, restless riders<br /> Willa Brigham, a Triangle storyteller, has recorded “Stinky Johnson and Eight Other Tales” (available on her Web site, www.willabrigham.com, $12). With all the vitality of live performance, Brigham relates original tales filled with humor and descriptions of wacky characters that will entertain younger elementary students. <br />Ages 9-11: Longer tales<br />.Is your child ready for a story with an issue to discuss? Choose something that will inspire a meaty conversation, like Jerry Spinelli’s newest book, “Smiles to Go” (HarperAudio, $22.95, unabridged, 4 CDs, 4 hours). Ninth-grader Will Tuppence is besieged by his preschool sister Tabby, brilliantly portrayed in all her squeaky-screechy self by Conor Donovan. How is a control freak-geek on the edge of adolescence supposed to survive? Aside from this small problem, he has life all figured out — but can anyone really control life when he learns life can change in an instant? A great family tape for a middle-schooler struggling with siblings. <br />Young adult: Mutual enjoyment<br />For a child who has come into his own with reading-listening, the world of audio is open. No longer do you have to satisfy young emotional needs, or listening levels.<br />Take on the intensity of a gripping novel like Gary D. Schmidt’s “Trouble,” read by Jason Culp (Scholastic Audiobooks, $34.95, unabridged, 8 CDs, 9 hours)<br />“If you build your house far enough away from trouble,” Henry’s father tells him, “Then trouble will never find you.” Except it does, when Henry’s arrogant older brother is run down and killed by Chay, a Cambodian classmate. Their safe Massachusetts town roils with anger and prejudice. Ironies and complexities build as Henry escapes to hike Maine’s Mount Katahdin, and becomes road buddies with the also fleeing Chay. Jason Culp slips easily between emotions and from Cambodian to New England accents. <br />Other recommendations:<br />“Once Upon a Time in the North” by Philip Pullman, who narrates along with 12 cast members (Listening Library, $25, unabridged). <br />“Mimus” by Lilli Thal, read by Maxwell Caufield (Listening Library, $30, unabridged) <br />“Airman” by Eoin Colfer, read by John Keating (Listening Library, $44, unabridged)<br />“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” read by the author Sherman Alexie (Recorded Books, unabridged)<br />“Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire” by Derek Landy, read by Rubert Degas (Harper Audio, $17.95, unabridged, 7 CDs, 7 hours)</p> <p>Contact Susie Wilde at <br />susiewilde@bellsouth.net.<br /> </p><!-- EndContext --> http://share.triangle.com/node/16996#comment books children&#039;s books Entertainment read Susie Wilde Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:04:34 -0400 marcysmith 16996 at http://share.triangle.com