Health & Family Audiobooks

The Timbertoes: Four Seasons

Seasons! The Timbertoes work hard at the end of the season. They decorate their house for spring. In autumn, they build a leaf pile. The Timbertoes get ready for winter. Stories by Rich Wallace and Marileta Robinson.

Highlights For Children (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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The Timbertoes: Understanding Wild Animals

Wild Animals! A bird uses the thread from Tommy's hat to build a nest. While on a family trip, the Timbertoes see a moose. The Timbertoes hear a mysterious noise, while camping. Summer is even making the animals hot. Stories by Rich Wallace and Marileta Robinson.

Highlights For Children (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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For Black Girls Like Me

I am a girl but most days I feel like a question mark. Makeda June Kirkland is eleven-years-old, adopted, and black. Her parents and big sister are white, and even though she loves her family very much, Makeda often feels left out. When Makeda's family moves from Maryland to New Mexico, she leaves behind her best friend, Lena- the only other adopted black girl she knows- for a new life. In New Mexico, everything is different. At home, Makeda's sister is too cool to hang out with her anymore and at school, she can't seem to find one real friend. Through it all, Makeda can't help but wonder: What would it feel like to grow up with a family that looks like me? Through singing, dreaming, and writing secret messages back and forth with Lena, Makeda might just carve a small place for herself in the world. In this lyrical coming-of-age story about family, sisterhood, music, race, and identity, Mariama J. Lockington draws on some of the emotional truths from her own experiences growing up with an adoptive white family. For Black Girls Like Me is for anyone who has ever asked themselves: How do you figure out where you are going if you don't know where you came from?

Mariama Lockington (Author), Imani Parks (Narrator)

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Not If I Can Help It

From award-winning Carolyn Mackler, the story of Willa, who has been living with Sensory Processing Disorder but is thrown for a BIG loop when her dad announces he's dating Willa's best friend's mom. Willa likes certain things to be certain ways. Her socks have to be soft . . . and definitely can't have irritating tags on the inside. She loves the crunch of popcorn and nachos . . . but is grossed out by the crunch of a baby carrot. And slimy foods? Those are the worst. Willa can manage all these things -- but there are some things she can't deal with, like her father's big news. He's been keeping a big secret from her . . . that he's been dating the mom of Willa's best friend Ruby. Willa does NOT like the idea of them being together. And she does NOT like the idea of combining families. And she does NOT like the idea of her best friend becoming her sister overnight. Will she go along with all of these changes? NOT if she can help it!

Carolyn Mackler (Author), Taylor Meskimen (Narrator)

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The Day Grandpa Bunny Forgot Ben's Name: A children's book about dementia

Grandpa Bunny is behaving strangely. He forgets where he put the carrots. He sits in a flower pot and doesn't know why. And one day, he even forgets Ben's name. What is going on with Grandpa Bunny? The doctor says it's dementia, but what is that? And what can Ben do to help his grandfather? A book to help children understand dementia and gain ideas on how to interact with relatives who have dementia. 

Isla Wynter (Author), Dini Steyn (Narrator)

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Sasha's Secret

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Sasha's Secret by Cathy Cassidy, read by Sophie Shad. The must-have third book in the gorgeous Lost and Found series from Cathy Cassidy, bestselling author of the Chocolate Box Girls. Sasha seems to have it all. She's the lead singer of an amazing band, she's starting to get famous online and it seems like the coolest boy in school might have a crush on her. But the Lost and Found band hasn't noticed that her struggles with anxiety are overwhelming her. When a world-famous rock-star invites the band to record music at his country mansion, and when Sasha starts having blackouts, she has a feeling that she won't be able to keep it secret much longer... Will she be able to hide her problems, or will Sasha's secret be exposed?

Cathy Cassidy (Author), Sophie Shad (Narrator)

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All the Things We Never Said

A powerful YA debut exploring the life-saving power of friendship 16-year-old Mehreen Miah's anxiety and depression, or 'Chaos', as she calls it, has taken over her life, to the point where she can't bear it any more. So she joins MementoMori, a website that matches people with partners and allocates them a date and method of death, 'the pact'. Mehreen is paired with Cara Saunders and Olivia Castleton, two strangers dealing with their own serious issues. As they secretly meet over the coming days, Mehreen develops a strong bond with Cara and Olivia, the only people who seem to understand what she's going through. But ironically, the thing that brought them together to commit suicide has also created a mutually supportive friendship that makes them realise that, with the right help, life is worth living. It's not long before all three want out of the pact. But in a terrifying twist of fate, the website won't let them stop, and an increasingly sinister game begins, with MementoMori playing the girls off against each other. A pact is a pact, after all. In this powerful debut told from three points of view, Yasmin Rahman has created a moving, poignant novel celebrating life. ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER SAID is about friendship, strength and survival.

Yasmin Rahman (Author), Aysha Kala, Imogen Wilde, Saffron Coomber (Narrator)

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La primera regla del punk

Un libro de honor del premio Pura Belpré, 2018 La primera regla del punk es una conmovedora exploracion de la amistad, la busqueda de uno mismo, y el aprender a 'rockear' como si nadie te esta mirando.  No hay atajos para navegar el primer día de clases en una nueva escuela - no se arregla con cinta gafer como lo harías con tu par de tenis Chuck Taylor. La adolecente Malú, (María Luisa, si quieres irritarla), logra molestar a la chica mandamás de Posada Middle School, romper el código de vestimenta con su vestido punk rock, y decepcionar a su madre, quien es profesora universitaria. Y todo esto en su primer día de escuela intermedia. Su padre, quien ahora vive a miles de millas de distancia, le dice que las cosas mejorarán siempre y cuando nunca olvide la primera regla del punk: ser tú mismo. La auténtica Malú ama el rock and roll, las patinetas, las revistas de manualidades y el Soyrizo (sin cilantro, por favor). Cuando empieza a encontrar otros estudiantes inadaptados con intereses parecidos, y forma su propio grupo musical, Malú empieza a sentirse feliz. Para resguardar esa nueva felicidad, ella haría cualquier cosa, incluyendo el enfrentarse con los administradores "anti-punk" de su escuela, ¡y luchar por su derecho a expresarse!

Celia C. Pérez (Author), Carolina Ayala (Narrator)

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Der kleine Vampir zieht um - Der kleine Vampir, Band 2 (Ungekürzte Lesung mit Musik)

Anton hat einen höchst merkwürdigen Freund. Das meinen jedenfalls seine Eltern, die zum Glück keine Ahnung haben, wer dieser Freund in Wahrheit ist: ein kleiner Vampir! Rüdiger ist sogar ein ungewöhnlich netter Vampir, der Anton (fast) nie Angst macht. Trotzdem - so ein Vampirfreund kann einen schon in Verlegenheit bringen. Zum Beispiel, wenn er daheim 'Gruftverbot' hat und deshalb umziehen muss. Aber ausgerechnet in Antons Keller? Den 'kleinen Vampir' lesen zu dürfen, war Katharina Thalbach eine Herzensangelegenheit!

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (Author), Katharina Thalbach (Narrator)

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Viele Grüße von der Seehundinsel (Hörspiel)

Gute Freunde schicken viele Grüße! Seehundchen auf der Seehundinsel vermisst seinen kleinen Freund Waldo, der mittlerweile am Kap der Wale lebt. Da hat Postbotin Robbe eine Idee: Wie wäre es, wenn die beiden sich schreiben würden? Gesagt, getan - Seehundchen und Waldo beginnen, sich Briefe zu schreiben. Doch eines Tages soll Robbie, der Lehrling von Postbotin Robbe, die Zustellung übernehmen und verirrt sich im weiten Meer. Dabei lernt Robbie viele neue Freunde kennen, wie den Seeotter Puck und das Delfinmädchen Finchen.

Megumi Iwasa (Author), Andreas Fröhlich, Christian Steyer, Felix Von Manteuffel, Inka Löwendorf, Jakob Roden, Jens Wawrczek, Katharina Thalbach, Mechthild Grpßmann, Nina Petri, Otto Mellies (Narrator)

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Das kleine Waldhotel - Ein Sommergast für Mona Maus (Ungekürzte Lesung mit Musik)

Es ist Sommer, und die Tiere im kleinen Waldhotel bereiten sich eifrig auf die Hochzeit der Stachelschweine Petunia Prickel und Stefan Stachlig vor. Auch gibt es mit der Maus Emma Erdbeere einen neuen Hotelgast, der Mona sehr ähnlich sieht. Könnte es sich um eine nahe Verwandte handeln, nach der Mona so lange gesucht hat? Doch Mona hat kaum Zeit, sich Gedanken über all das zu machen, denn im Farnholzwald bricht ein Feuer aus und nähert sich unaufhaltsam dem kleinen Waldhotel ...

Kallie George (Author), Andreas Fröhlich (Narrator)

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Der kleine Vampir - Der kleine Vampir, Band 1 (Ungekürzte Lesung mit Musik)

Der beliebteste Vampir aller Zeiten feiert seinen 40. Geburtstag! Anton liest für sein Leben gern Gruselgeschichten - vor allem über Vampire. Von einem Vampir wie Rüdiger aber hat Anton noch nie gehört. Ein richtig netter Vampir ist das, der da eines Nachts zu ihm durchs Fenster schlüpft. Wenn bloß Antons Eltern nicht so neugierig wären. Wie soll er ihnen erklären, warum sein neuer Freund nie den schäbigen schwarzen Umhang ablegt, immerzu eine Hand vor den Mund hält und dazu noch so merkwürdig riecht? Eine ungewöhnliche Freundschaft entsteht, die für absurde Abenteuer sorgt ... Den 'kleinen Vampir' lesen zu dürfen, war Katharina Thalbach eine Herzensangelegenheit!

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (Author), Katharina Thalbach (Narrator)

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