Fun audiobook for boy/girl 9 yr olds?

[madteaparty]

One is particularly advanced but it doesn’t matter. Looong drives once a week. We finished Bud not Buddy last (I’m cycling through the audiobooks I had with DS ❤️), she thought it too sad, he loved it.

i might give A series of Unfortunate Events another whirl, though she will protest. Any other suggestions? 

Edited March 5, 2020 by madteaparty

[maize]

Gregor the Overlander?

I haven't listened to the sequels yet but the first book was good!

[desertflower]

My kids, 7, 9, amd 11 are enjoying keeper of the lost cities series, treasure Hunters series and the wings of fire series.

Last year they enjoyed the land of stories series and the author's latest A tale of magic.

Hope this helps.

[madteaparty]

9 hours ago, maize said:

Gregor the Overlander?

I haven't listened to the sequels yet but the first book was good!

Love them, but one of them has read all 😉

[Emily ZL]

I thought Nim's Island was good for both boys and girls - girl heroine but desert island type survival?

The Artemis Fowl books are read by a man with an Irish accent so they really enhance the books. Not sure if you mind the fart jokes and the anti-hero/villain idea, though he fairly quickly becomes a hero.

And even though your kids are a little old for them, I found the Paddington audiobooks narrated by Stephen Fry to be excellent even for my enjoyment, and the Jim Broadbent Winnie the Pooh books (which are really very clever). Broadbent is my favorite though I know not many people agree.

Likewise I prefer the Stephen Fry Harry Potter by leaps and bounds (and it's about 30% longer too, since he enunciates and acts so well). Those would keep you busy for a while!

[Meriwether]

My kids' favorite was Artemis Fowl. It does have potty humor.

[maize]

Here's a few my family have enjoyed;

The False Prince and sequels

Tuesdays at the Castle and sequels

Dealing with Dragons and sequels

[LMD]

Escape from Mr Lemoncello's library and it's sequels were well enjoyed here. Not classics or necessarily great literature, but definitely fun!

[ScoutTN]

Freddy goes to Florida

James Herriot's Treasury for Children

The Chronicles of Narnia (We prefer the non-dramatised, single reader versions.) 

The Hobbit (unabridged with Rob Inglis reading)

Winnie the Pooh

Beatrix Potter's stories

Treasure Island read by Alfred Molina

The Tale of Despereaux 

The Trumpet of the Swan and/or Charlotte's Web, read by E. B. White himself!

D'Aulaire's Greek Myths

The Railway Children (or other E Nesbit books)

Swallows and Amazons

[alisoncooks]

Mine have always loved Mrs.Piggle-Wiggle (they still do!), Igraine the Brave, Mr.Popper's Penguins, and Dragon Rider. 

[Tawlas]

Some my whole family has enjoyed over the years (they're 7, 10 and 12 right now)

-Ramona series, Henry Higgins series, Ralph and the Motorcycle series, Wingfeather Saga, Hank the Cow Dog series, Harry Potter series (the first few are appropriate for the under 10 set), The Hobbit and The Penderwicks series.  We own them on Audible and they have been listened to REPEATEDLY, literally for years and years, for all three kids (two boys and a girl).

ETA Also, books by Roald Dahl.  Mine especially love Matilda.

 

Edited March 8, 2020 by Tawlas