lovinglife Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Hey there! We are road tripping soon with a crew of six kids ranging in age from nearly 3 to nearly twelve. In the last we've enjoyed audio books like The Guardians, 101 Dalmatians, Tales from the Odyssey etc. Any stellar recommendations for a read that would entertain a wide age range. So e expensive are good, and some cheap would be even better (: Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Almost anything by Jim Weiss. He has age appropriate material on his website/ catalog so you can select for the little one and the older one. My ds is past 20 and still remembers "The Purloined Letter" read by Jim Weiss. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Kara Shallenberg's reading of The Railway Children on Librivox. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
***** Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sigh, my kids are no longer little, but I do remember listening to many, many great stories on tape. Some of my (well, yes, our) favorites included: The BFG (I can still hear the queen now drinking her bubbly!) by Roald Dahl Cricket in Times Square (I still think of this book when I hear crickets singing, I loved it!) and my kids are now in high school and beyond! Pictures of Hollis Woods (for the 10-12 yr. old, not sure about the youngers, but this was a great story) Mr. Popper's Penguins The Mouse and the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary series, especially Ribsy, read by Neil Patrick Harris The Family Under the Bridge Ginger Pye Because of Winn Dixie (for the olders?) Heard this on tape first, then saw the movie, great story! And a second on anything by Jim Weiss! Check your local library for these. Happy trails! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellen Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Trumpet of the Swan read by the author Paddington Those would be my top two choices. Others that we have enjoyed a lot include Anything by Roald Dahl - The BFG, Witches, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Geroge's Marvelous Medicine are favorites Odd and the Frost Giants Tuesdays at the Castle Wizard of Oz Homer Price The Light Princess 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinglife Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 These suggestions are fantastic! I think I will enjoy them as much as the children 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I am watching this thread with interest, as when we travel we have six children -- ages 4-14. However, I have a couple of "scaredies" who would not do well with many of the choices mentioned so far. Jay-Jay the Jet Plane is about it as far as tolerating "drama"; however, my olders do not tolerate Jay-Jay well. We have found a few Adventures in Odyssey episodes that work, but we're pretty tired of the ones we have. Are there any audios that are not scary, do not have bad words or inappropriate material, that are still interesting? I have about given up hope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelica Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 My 8 year old has been listening to the 39 clues series. You don't necessarily have to go in order either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyH in NC Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Hank the Cowdog books were always fun for our girls at those ages. While not classic literature by any means, they were amusing and lighthearted. The main character, Hank, reminds me of Barney Fife - he is always threatened and needing to save the ranch. I believe the author reads them and he even adds silly songs occasionally. Even grandparents enjoyed them on long car trips. Of course ymmv but most are not scary, of the ones we had my girls said to maybe avoid the Halloween one and the one with the bull in the title because that has one of the main characters getting injured and the dog needing to get help - of course everything works out in the end. :-) Hope this helps, Cindy Edited to add that we used to purchase these through Rainbow Resource but our library had a few as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Hank the Cowdog books were always fun for our girls at those ages. While not classic literature by any means, they were amusing and lighthearted. The main character, Hank, reminds me of Barney Fife - he is always threatened and needing to save the ranch. I believe the author reads them and he even adds silly songs occasionally. Even grandparents enjoyed them on long car trips. Of course ymmv but most are not scary, of the ones we had my girls said to maybe avoid the Halloween one and the one with the bull in the title because that has one of the main characters getting injured and the dog needing to get help - of course everything works out in the end. :-) Hope this helps, Cindy Edited to add that we used to purchase these through Rainbow Resource but our library had a few as well. Hank also warns the kids that a scary part is coming up--which usually turns out to be not so scary after all--because he cares about the kids. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 One that my boys loved when they were young--but which is, unfortunately, OOP--is The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks. Maybe your library has it. It's just goofy fun. Other favorites include: The BFG Socks and other Beverly Cleary stories Homer Price dramatized version of Winnie the Pooh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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