praisefor3 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I had no idea how much he would enjoy listening to Chronicles of Narnia on CD. He has about worn them out. Do you have any suggestions for other good CDs? I'd love to expand his listening options! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Central TX Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 We have The Hobbit and many of the Jim Weiss stories on CD. http://www.greathall.com/onlinebro.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 We enjoyed these last summer. One character uses a bit of bad language, the D word to be exact. The book didn't need it to be great, but it is there nonetheless. This should be coming out in the movies this spring. Lynn Redgrave reads one of them and she is wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianne Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 are Uncle Remus Tales, The Wind the Willows, Battle for the Castle, Castle Corona, Adventures in Odyssey radio series, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and The Indian in the Cubboard (sp?). The Runaway Mouse and Ms. Piggle Wiggle are sort of for the younger crowd but my ds9 enjoyed them. We listen to a lot of books on tape. Our library has a good collection so we just go and my ds9 picks out what looks good to him. If you are a Christian, the Adventures in Odyssey series is awesome! Adrianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 My son liked "A Wrinkle in Time". We all loved Jim Weiss CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 We enjoyed these last summer. One character uses a bit of bad language, the D word to be exact. The book didn't need it to be great, but it is there nonetheless. This should be coming out in the movies this spring. Lynn Redgrave reads one of them and she is wonderful. I really wish she had not used this language. I came upon my 10yodd, who LOVED Inkheart crying because she was feeling guilty about reading a book with bad words in it. She felt convicted to not finish Inkspell. I wanted to tell her to go ahead and finish the book but I also didn't want to interfere with the Holy Spirit in her heart. I was just bummed that she had to make that choice. The language really does nothing to further the characters and could have easily been changed. I was also proud of her because she really wanted to finish the book. So, I read it and told her what happened. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat in GA Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 We enjoyed these last summer. One character uses a bit of bad language, the D word to be exact. The book didn't need it to be great, but it is there nonetheless. This should be coming out in the movies this spring. Lynn Redgrave reads one of them and she is wonderful. I will second these! Brendan Fraser reads the second one (he is the actor that Cornelia Funke actually pictured in the role of Mo - and he'll be playing him in the movie) Another one that I would suggest is "Sea of Trolls" by Nancy Farmer - great story to read or listen to (we did both!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 The Cay The Bagthorpes: Ordinary Jack Gideon the Cutpurse The Indian in the Cupboard The Thieves of Ostia The Thief Lord Because of Winn Dixie A Single Shard Ghost Canoe A Series of Unfortunate Events Island of the Blue Dolphins My Side of the Mountain A Wrinkle in Time Hatchet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 we loved "The tale of Desparaux" audio, the narrator was killing with all the accents...my kids were spellbound, from ages 12 down to 5. we also liked "Boston Jane", the narrator was really good. we're kind of low-brow here and love the "Hank the cowdog" stuff, the author is hilarious. Hank talks real mean to his sidekick, we don't usually listen or watch stuff with alot of that, but Hank is kind of an exception, the kids know he is not being nice...it's a hoot. Pollyanna was very good, even my husband got into this one, Secret Garden was good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat in GA Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 The CayThe Bagthorpes: Ordinary Jack Gideon the Cutpurse The Indian in the Cupboard The Thieves of Ostia The Thief Lord Because of Winn Dixie A Single Shard Ghost Canoe A Series of Unfortunate Events Island of the Blue Dolphins My Side of the Mountain A Wrinkle in Time Hatchet From this list...we have listened to Because of Winn Dixie (great, great reader - fabulous Southern accent!) and the entire Series of Unfortunate Events - Tim Curry reads them and he is wonderful - the author reads the third one, I believe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Our son (10) really surprised us by loving Sherlock Holmes (the Naxos freebie which you can get on cd). He has now started on reading his sister's collection. He also loved 'Swiss Family Robinson' which was Libravox. The Harry Potter cds are terrific too (our favourites are the Stephen Fry recordings) but not for everyone I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I think a young man would love Garth Nix's Keys to the Kingdom. There are five out so far, so it would take a little while to finish. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean, read by Tim Curry. It is excellent! Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeblossom Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I second this!! My ds who always hated to read, listened to the first of these books on tape, got hooked and ACTUALLY READ the rest of the series!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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