In our post about Audible, I mentioned that my family listens to over 1,000 hours of audiobooks per year. Frankly, that is a conservative number. We listen to audiobooks religiously. It is no wonder then that I am routinely asked to recommend some favorites when friends are looking for books for car trips, quiet time for littles and lunch time books which tickle the brain while giving mom’s voice a rest. Over our years of membership at Audible we have amassed a substantial library of children’s classics and I wanted to share some of the treasures that we have loved. Affiliate link to a free trial for Audible here with a helpful promotion for you.
Many of the books listed below are the first of a series. In almost all cases, we love the whole series.
100 Cupboards (we have a book review)
All of A Kind Family: More All of A Kind Family
All of A Kind Family: All of A Kind Family Downton
Between the Forest and the Hills
Black Star of Kingston (we have a book review)
The Collected Stories of Winnie The Pooh
Come On Seabiscuit! (we have a review)
Children of the Noisy Village (WARNING: Santa Claus Spoiler!)(we have a book review)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (we have a review)
D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
Daddy Long Legs (we have a review – this is for older children)
Enemy Brothers (we have a review)
Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers (we have a review)
Little Britches: Man of the Family (we have a review)
Little Britches: The Home Ranch (we have a review)
Little Britches: Mary Emma and Company (we have a review)
Ember Falls (we have a review)
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Frog and Toad Collection (we have a review)
Grasshopper on the Road (we have a review)
The Green Ember (we have a book review here)
Happy Little Family (we have a review)
The Hedge School (we have a book review here)
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston
Jim Herriot’s Treasury for Children
Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Mysterious Benedict Society (we have a book review)
Nurse Matilda (we have a book review)
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (we have a book reivew)
Once On A Time (we have a review)
Outlaws of Time (we have a book review)
Owl At Home (we have a review)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (we have a review)
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
The Story of the Bible: Old Testament
The Story of the Bible: New Testament
Twenty One Balloons – (we have a book review)
Uncle Elephant (we have a review)
The Year of the Black Pony (we have a review)
The Winged Watchman (we have a book review here)
The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection
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