Health & Family Audiobooks

Finding Langston

When eleven-year-old Langston's mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago's brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It's lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and Langston is bullied at school. But his new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local public library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston, a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.

Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author), Dion Graham (Narrator)

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Lulu Is Getting a Sister: (Who WANTS Her? Who NEEDS Her?)

Lulu is getting the sister she never asked for in this hilarious illustrated chapter book filled with hilarious hijinks and fiesty twists from Judith Viorst. Lulu has received the worst. News. EVER. She's getting.a baby sister. No one ever asked HER opinion on this debacle. But she'll tell you anyway, because she no how, no way, no thank you wants a sibling. Undeterred, and to prepare Lulu for big sisterhood, her parents bribe-AHEM, ask-Lulu to attend Camp Sisterhood, a.k.a. big sister training camp. As a Sister-in-Training (SIT), Lulu is assigned a variety of temporary little "siblings" who are supposed to be so much fun Lulu will become excited to have a permanent sibling of her own. Well, no one ever said Camp Sisterhood was supposed to teach Lulu how to be a good big sister, so Lulu resolves to be a bad big sister. She insults her little siblings. She taunts them with secrets. She even tricks one of them into carrying both of their backpacks up a mountain! But no matter what Lulu does, she can't shake the little terrors. Then some BITs (brothers-in-training) from the neighboring Camp Brotherhood start picking on Lulu's siblings, and Lulu responds by doing her red-faced, steam-coming-out-of-her-ears thing and showing those BITs who's boss! After all, Lulu's siblings may be duds, but they're her duds, and sisters have to stick together. Besides, in the end, Lulu figures that having a little sister probably won't be as bad as a getting a tooth pulled. Probably.

Judith Viorst (Author), Michele O. Medlin (Narrator)

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Unbelievably Boring Bart

There's more than meets the eye in James Patterson's newest illustrated middle grade novel--a book so fun kids will actually put down their games to read it! Invisible creatures are attacking the school, and 12-year-old Bartholomew Bean is the only one who can stop them! Okay, so maybe Bart is only a hero in the video game app he created. But if he reveals his identity as the genius behind the game, he'll become the most popular kid in school! Or he could secretly use the game to get back at his bullies... Press Button A: RevealPress Button B: Revenge Which would you choose?

Duane Swierczynski, James Patterson (Author), Adam McArthur (Narrator)

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Vivere La Vita

Narrazione autobiografica.Il racconto in modo essenziale e leggero, di una straordinaria storia di vita realmente accaduta. Realmente vissuta. In un modo molto semplice e che prende, accattivante, elettrizzante, in alcuni tratti scoppiettante, mai noioso ed a portata di tutti, indipendentemente dall'età, estrazione sociale, istruzione, oppure nazionalità, l'autore racconta la straordinaria storia di vita per quello che è stata. Per quello che è realmente. Un affascinante e meraviglioso cammino trasversale in tempo e spazio. Cammino fatto di piccole scoperte e grandi crescite, di grosse fatiche e dolci momenti tranquilli, sconfitte e vittorie, dolori e gioie, di forti terremoti ed interessanti viaggi, importanti rivoluzioni e profondi cambiamenti. Una vita vera, vissuta a viso scoperto. Raccontata con un linguaggio adatto per ogni sua fase, in ogni suo momento. Per ogni suo periodo. Un libro che si lascia, si fa leggere molto volentieri in qualsiasi situazione, in qualsiasi contesto, con qualsiasi disponibilità di tempo. Un continuo crescendo mai stancante. Al suo interno, si trova l'autobiografia ben narrata, di una vita vissuta con convinzione, determinazione, coraggio e voglia di vivere, in un modo molto intenso, passionale, complesso, completo, con tanto amore e rispetto per la vita stessa. Si incontra il diario molto colorito e variegato di un grande viaggio. Il reportage ricco e completo di tutto. Le inflessioni del giallo, che tengono non poche volte, con il fiato sospeso. Un libro che non finisce lasciando indifferenti, non finisce senza lasciare un qualcosa di importante. Senza arricchire al meno un po'. Da assorbire in un solo fiato, oppure a piccoli sorsi. Qualsiasi scelta e giusta, senza deformare in nessun modo il suo contenuto. La sua natura. Un libro che si trova al suo aggio nella camera da letto, prima di addormentarsi. Sui mezzi di trasporto, andando a scuola, al lavoro, oppure tornando a casa. Nelle piccole o grandi pause della giornata, al parco, nelle vacanze. In spiaggia sotto l'ombrellone. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Lionel C (Author), Antonello Macchiaroli (Narrator)

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Dreamers

In 1994, twenty-five-year-old Yuyi Morales traveled from her home in Yelapa, Mexico, to the San Francisco Bay Area with her two-month-old son, Kelly, in order to secure permanent residency in this country. Her passage was not easy, and she spoke no English whatsoever. But due in large measure to help and guidance provided by area children's librarians, she learned English the same way her young son learned to read: through the picture books they shared together. In spare, lyrical verse, Yuyi has created a lasting testament to the journeys, both physical and metaphorical, that she and Kelly have taken together in the intervening years. Beautiful and powerful at any time-but given particular urgency as the status of our own Dreamers becomes uncertain-this is a story that is both topical and timeless.

Yuyi Morales (Author), Adriana Sananes (Narrator)

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First Command: A Tides Novella

Born to privilege, called to service, trained for command, Lieutenant Nile Greysik finally gets the chance to prove herself a leader. As she takes command of a captured enemy ship, her orders will take her through hostile waters and stormy seas with a hold full of prisoners, a skeptical crew, and a handsome first mate hell-bent on undermining her confidence.To navigate to safe harbor, Nile must earn the crew's trust...but first she must dare to trust herself.For fans of Sarah J Maas, Tamora Pierce and Naomi Novik, comes TIDES - a seafaring adventure of duty, love, magic, and a princess's quest to protect her kingdom on her own terms.

Alex Lidell (Author), Kaitlin Bellamy (Narrator)

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Fiona the Hippo

Fiona the Hippo, by New York Times bestselling artist Richard Cowdrey of Bad Dog, Marley fame, tells the story of Fiona, the adorable internet sensation from the Cincinnati Zoo who captured hearts around the world with her inspiring story and plucky personality

Richard Cowdrey, Zondervan (Author), Simona Chitescu-Weik (Narrator)

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Ghoulia

Ghoulia lives in Crumbling Manor with her Auntie Departed and spends most of her time playing with Tragedy, her beloved albino greyhound. But things aren't as easy as they seem for this little zombie girl-all she wants is a real friend. She tries to venture past the manor's walls, but she can't hide her pale green skin or the deep purple circles under her eyes. The other children will be afraid of her, and no one will want to be her friend. But when Halloween rolls around, Ghoulia hatches a brilliant plan. All the other ordinary children will be dressed up like monsters, so Ghoulia can go out into the town and be entirely herself. In the end, all the kids realize that Ghoulia is (almost) just like them and learn that friendship can come in many forms.

Barbara Cantini (Author), Jordan Killam (Narrator)

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Orphaned

Snub is a young gorilla, living in the heart of what will eventually be known as Africa. She is jealous of her mother's new baby and restless in her need to explore. When a natural disaster shakes up her family, Snub finds herself as the guardian of her young sibling...and lost in a reshaped world. Snub may feel orphaned, but she's not alone. There are other creatures stalking through the woods-a new form of predator, walking on two legs. One of their kind is also orphaned and is taken in by Snub. But the intersection of the human world and the gorilla world will bring both new connections and new battles. In his boldest work yet, two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer shows us a riveting, heartbreaking early encounter between ape and man-told from the ape's point of view. It is a journey unlike any other in recent literature.

Eliot Schrefer (Author), Lauren Ezzo (Narrator)

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After Zero

Elise carries a notebook full of tallies, each page marking a day spent at her new public school, each stroke of her pencil marking a word spoken. A word that can't be taken back. Five tally marks isn't so bad. Two is pretty good. But zero? Zero is perfect. Zero means no wrong answers called out in class, no secrets accidentally spilled, and no conversations to agonize over at night when sleep is far away. But now months have passed, and Elise isn't sure she could speak even if she wanted to-not to keep her only friend, Mel, from drifting further away-and not to ask if anyone else has seen her English teacher's stuffed raven come to life. Then, the discovery of a shocking family secret helps Elise realize that her silence might just be the key to unlocking everything she's ever hoped for...

Christina Collins (Author), Jesse Vilinsky (Narrator)

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Understood Betsy

Elizabeth Ann was orphaned at an early age and raised by her maiden aunts in the busy city. Sudden illness forces the aunts to send Betsy to other relatives, the Putnams, who live in the country on a farm. Betsy learns all about the farm and making butter and applesauce and dearly loves her new life. Then one of the aunts comes back and wants to take Betsy back to the city ... such a dilemma! Children can readily relate to Betsy, a real girl in a real world where fortune seems to direct her life. She so loves being on the farm and doing all the things a farm girl does, including going to school. When fate again intervenes and tries to take her away from the life she loves, Betsy, though torn, bounds into another day of farm life, full of love for all she comes in contact with, and grows into a beautiful young lady.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher (Author), Bobbie Frohman (Narrator)

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Visiting Day

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature In this moving picture book from multi-award winning author Jacqueline Woodson, a young girl and her grandmother prepare for a very special day--the one day a month they get to visit the girl's father in prison. 'Only on visiting day is there chicken frying in the kitchen at 6 a.m, and Grandma in her Sunday dress, humming soft and low.' As the little girl and her grandmother get ready, her father, who adores her, is getting ready, too, and readers get to join the community of families who make the trip together, as well as the triumphant reunion between father and child, all told in Woodson's trademark lyrical style, and beautifully illusrtrated by James Ransome.

Jacqueline Woodson (Author), Jacqueline Woodson (Narrator)

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