blondeviolin Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 We're going on vacation next week, which involves a 12 hour road trip. I need some goodies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma23peas Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Brendan Fraser narrated Dragon Rider! Did an awesome job! Penderwicks was good, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Are these mainly for your dc? Hank the Cowdog The BFG George's Marvelous Medicine the dramatized version of Winnie-the-Pooh Little House series Because of Winn Dixie For adults, I've been really enjoying Alexander McCall Smith's books about Professor Doctor von Igelfeld. Clean but younger kids wouldn't get the humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldilocks Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Our whole family loves Hank the Cowdog. We just listened to Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker. My 7 and 4 yo loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I second (or third) Hank the Cowdog. Great for audio and even somewhat entertaining for adults. We also liked The Cricket in Times Square. It had the cricket song woven into the story. James and the Giant Peach perhaps? Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfamilygal Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 We liked: Inkheart The 39 Clues The Percy Jackson books The Kingdom Series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfamilygal Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Okay, scratch that. Just saw your kids' ages. We liked My Father's Dragon a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I second the Percy Jackson books. We've also enjoyed Junie B Jones (Lana Quintal's narration makes what I find unreadable hysterical), A Series of Unfortunate Events (read by Tim Curry), and Roald Dahl books (BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, various actors reading). Lit2Go (via iTunes) has some well read classics, free to download. Our favorites are read by Lorraine Montgomery: A Little Princess, Alice in Wonderland, Little Women. I just burned the 10+ hours of Anne of Green Gables to disk for a trip this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 My favorite for children the ages of yours are the Paddington books read by Stephen Fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Anna Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 We love the Harper Audio vesions of the Narnia Series - so very well-read! Mama Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 My kids probably will do some audiobooks, but I am mostly looking for adult books. I have no shame in admitting that they will probably watch 4 hours of DVDs on the day we drive that 12 hour stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 My kids loved the Lynn Reid Bank's audio books -- she reads them herself. Their all time, hands down, much loved favorite was I, Houdini about an escape artist mouse. My boys sometimes want to listen to that book when they are sick -- it like an old comfortable blankie! The E. Nesbit books are good on audio as are Dick King Smith's, such as Babe. And, if you haven't discovered him yet, Jim Weiss has lovely cds of all kinds of stories. Check him out at his website http://www.greathall.com/ The whole family enjoyed his cds, and we listened to many of them. Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology, the retellings of Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes, the non fiction Galileo and the Stargazers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deniseibase Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Another vote for Hank the Cowdog! :D Also, Geronimo Stilton is a huge hit at our house. Odds Bodkin's Little Proto stories are superb. His other stories are mostly for older kids, although my son does enjoy The Hidden Grail, but he is VERY into knights and such. I have to confess, Stephen Fry's Paddington didn't work for us, which was a shame because I REALLY wanted it to work! But my son couldn't understand the British accent very well...might be a problem for your littles is why I mention it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deniseibase Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 My kids probably will do some audiobooks, but I am mostly looking for adult books. I have no shame in admitting that they will probably watch 4 hours of DVDs on the day we drive that 12 hour stretch. Oh, then disregard my post :) Try the Mrs. Pollifax series if you like light adventure. They are done by Recorded Books, the narrator is Barbara Rosenblat, who is excellent. I also love the old Jeeves and Wooster stories by Recorded Books that are narrated by Alexander Spencer. I think everyone else just gets Bertie COMPLETELY wrong! :D But they are out of print and getting pretty hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 My kids probably will do some audiobooks, but I am mostly looking for adult books. Then I second my own recommendation for the von Igelfeld books. There is an Amazon summary that describes him as a cross between Frasier and Inspector Clousseau and the narrator does a great job portraying that personality. I also like listening to the Artemis Fowl books. It's YA but the stories are good and Nathaniel Parker is excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 JOhn Grisham's audiobooks are good. Anne of Green Gables series, Little Women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SewLittleTime Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 The Trumpet of the Swan read by the author is excellent. We have also recently liked: The Moffats Matilda Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Tale of Despereaux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 My kids probably will do some audiobooks, but I am mostly looking for adult books. I have no shame in admitting that they will probably watch 4 hours of DVDs on the day we drive that 12 hour stretch. For the kids Winnie the Pooh would be great. For adults Harry Potter by Jim Dale is awesome! Anything read by Jim Dale. Really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Anything by Jim Weiss. His audio stories are amazing. I recently took a road trip with my young children and his CDs were a must!! Also, I posted about a few other things that were hits in the car. You can see them here. One of the ones I forgot to post about was a mini-etch a sketch we picked up at Cracker Barrell. My oldest is still obsessed with hers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 On our cross-country trip last month we listed to one of the Artemis Fowl books....it was well-done. We've also enjoyed Frindle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) Not surprisingly, books written in the Victorian age, which were often serialized and intended to be read out loud, work great as audio books (and are long enough to fill a 12 hour car ride). Dickens is a favorite for these here. Edited June 29, 2012 by GGardner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trishhoward Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 i am actually in search of a series of audio books for my daughter. We are almost finished with a series of unfortunate events. She is almost 8 and she loves the dynamics of the children. i love that there is a constant vocabulary lesson entwined with good wit to the story. the children in the story are all smart in their own ways with a hunger for books. she wants something similar. i want something that continues to encourage her brain to explore new things. Any suggestions. we have also listened to the magic tree house, tale of despereaux , to name a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 The LionBoy series has a great reader. I'd listen to just about anything read by that man. He has a fabulous voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Freddie the Pig by Walter Brooks; there is a whole series! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somo_chickenlady Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 We love to have audio books for road trips! We prefer Dean Koontz, if we can find one that we haven't heard before. The Odd Thomas series is WONDERFUL!! DS has been listening to them along with us from the time he was very young, and I never had a problem with him hearing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three4me Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I haven't read all the responses, but the Focus on the Family audio dramas of the Chronicles of Narnia are absolutely AMAZING!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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