Classics Audiobooks

Different as Night and Day

In this Grandpa Tyler story, For Sale: One Little Brother, you will hear about how Justin played a trick on his little brother Jake because he was annoyed. The trick backfired when Jake believed what his older brother told him…and then he ran away from home.

Smart Kidz (Author), Smart Kidz (Narrator)

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A Different Way of Learning

In this Grandpa Tyler story titled A Different Way of Learning, you will hear about Melinda and how her curiosity lead her to think and learn new things. Then an unexpected event at school gave her confidence to use what she learned to save the day.

Smart Kidz (Author), Smart Kidz (Narrator)

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The Winning Disagreement

In this Grandpa Tyler story, The Winning Disagreement, you will hear about the difficult decision Donny’s had to make about going on a campout with his friends or attending another of his friend’s birthday party that was taking place on the same day. How can Donny solve this disagreement?

Smart Kidz (Author), Smart Kidz (Narrator)

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Aladdin & His Magic Lamp

This is the story of an improvised boy named Aladdin that lived in a small town in China. He is recruited by a sorcerer who claims that he is Aladdin’s uncle. The sorcerer convinces Aladdin to go with him to the mountains where they will be able to retrieve a magic lamp inside a cave. Aladdin finds the magical lamp but the sorcerer attempts to double-cross Aladdin by trapping him in the cave. Aladdin inadvertently rubs the lamp and a genie appears who releases him from the cave. Still carrying the lamp, Aladdin returns to his mother.

Smart Kidz (Author), Smart Kidz (Narrator)

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Hansel & Gretel

This story begins when Hansel and Gretel overhear their parent's concerns that they don't have enough money to buy food to eat. When they go to bed that night, Hansel tells Gretel that he knows where they can go in the forest to gather strawberries for the family to eat. In the morning, without telling their parents, they decide sneak out of their little cottage and go deep into the forest to gather strawberries to bring back home. They find the strawberry patch and fill their baskets with fresh strawberries. As they head back home, however, they get lost and can't find the pathway home. As they wander around the forest, they discover a little house made of candy and other sweet things. The house is inhabited by a witch—what happens next? And what are the consequences of Hansel and Gretel's decision to go hunting for food?

Smart Kidz (Author), Smart Kidz (Narrator)

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Jack & the Beanstalk

This is a story about a young, poor boy named Jack that lives with his widowed mother and a dairy cow, on a cottage farm. The cow's milk is their only source of income. When the cow stops giving milk, Jack's mother tells him to take her to the market to be sold. On the way, Jack meets a bean dealer who offers magic beans in exchange for the cow--and Jack makes the trade. There are consequences to Jack’s decision…

Smart Kidz (Author), Smart Kidz (Narrator)

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Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle is set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War in a village at the foot of New York's Catskill Mountains where Rip Van Winkle, a Dutch-American villager, lives. One autumn day, Van Winkle wanders into the mountains with his dog Wolf to escape his wife's nagging.

Smart Kidz (Author), Smart Kidz (Narrator)

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Paddington at St Paul's: Brand new children's book, perfect for fans of Paddington Bear

Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Paddington Bear with this hilarious brand new classic picture book. Paddington is now a major movie star! For six decades, stories of Paddington Bear have delighted children all over the world. When Mr Gruber takes Paddington on a special outing to St Paul's Cathedral, there is one surprise after another. But the biggest of all comes when Paddington is mistaken for a choir bear and suddenly finds himself joining the choir for a most unusual rehearsal!

Michael Bond (Author), Stephen Fry (Narrator)

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A Wind in the Door Archival Edition: Read by the Author

In honor of Madeleine L'Engle's 100th Birthday, fans are invited to enjoy this archival audiobook, originally recorded in 1994 and newly restored! Listen to the voice of the author, as Madeleine L'Engle reads A Wind in the Door. Meg Murry can't help but be worried when her six-year-old brother announces there are dragons in the vegetable garden. He's so bright, and so different from other kids, he's getting bullied at school, and he is also strangely, seriously ill. But Charles Wallace is right about the dragons--actually a friendly entity who has come to help Charles Wallace fight his sickness, and to take Meg and her friend Calvin O'Keefe on a terrifying, wonderful journey into galactic space--where they must battle the force of evil to save Charles Wallace, and themselves. A Wind in the Door is the second book in The Time Quintet, which consists of A Wrinkle in Time (a Newbery Medal winner), A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time.

Madeleine L'engle (Author), Madeleine L'engle (Narrator)

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A Swiftly Tilting Planet Archival Edition: Read by the Author

In honor of Madeleine L'Engle's 100th Birthday, fans are invited to enjoy this archival audiobook, originally recorded in 1996 and newly restored! Listen to the voice of the author, as Madeleine L'Engle reads A Swiftly Tilting Planet. Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace and the unicorn Gaudior undertake a perilous journey through time in a desperate attempt to stop the destruction of the world by the mad dictator Madog Branzillo. They are not alone in their quest. Charles Wallace's sister, Meg--grown and expecting her first child, but still able to enter her brother's thoughts and emotions by 'kything'--goes with him in spirit. But in overcoming the challenges, Charles Wallace must face the ultimate test of his faith and will, as he is sent within four people from another time, there to search for a way to avert the tragedy threatening them all. A Swiftly Tilting Planet is the third book in The Time Quintet, which consists of A Wrinkle in Time (a Newbery Medal winner), A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time.

Madeleine L'engle (Author), Madeleine L'engle (Narrator)

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A Wrinkle in Time Archival Edition: Read by the Author

In honor of Madeleine L'Engle's 100th Birthday, fans are invited to enjoy this archival audiobook, originally recorded in 1993 and newly restored! Listen to the voice of the author, as Madeleine L'Engle reads her Newbery Medal-winning novel, A Wrinkle in Time. Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a 'tesseract,' which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time. Meg's father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father? Bridging science and fantasy, darkness and light, fear and friendship, the story has become a classic of children's literature and is beloved around the world. A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in The Time Quintet, which consists of A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time.

Madeleine L'engle (Author), Madeleine L'engle (Narrator)

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My Father's Dragon

Armed with two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, young Elmer runs away with an alley cat to a faraway island. There, he must overcome fierce beasts in order to rescue a baby dragon. The first of a three-part series, which includes Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland, this Newbery Honor Book and ALA Notable Book has been in print continuously for more than forty years.

Ruth Stiles Gannett (Author), Chris Andrew Ciulla (Narrator)

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