Health & Family Audiobooks

Summer With Aunt Ting

Sophie and her friends are amateur filmmakers. They decide to use their passion and abilities to create a documentary about Sophie's Aunt Ting, an immigrant from Taiwan, who is learning to read and write in English.

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

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Did You Hear About Rosa?

Rosa is envious of her older sister, Susana. As Susana's Quinceañera approaches, Rosa begins to act out as a result of her jealousy. But when she is accused of several bad acts that she didn't commit, Rosa relies on an old friend to help her restore her innocent name and abandon her envious feelings.

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

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Family History Isn't Ancient History

Eleven-year-old Alex Yamada has just gotten the most challenging school assignment of her life. Her social studies teacher, Mrs. Evigan, has asked Alex to present an oral report on her family history. But Alex doesn't know a single thing about her family's Japanese-American background.

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

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This Friend Can: Voices Leveled Library Readers

Highlights presents This Friend Can written by Elsie Smith. People can teach each other new things.

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

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Jacob and the Baby-Sitter

A clever baby-sitter finds imaginative ways for Jacob to pass the time until his parents come home.

Kristin M. Lord (Author), Highlights For Children (Narrator)

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A Birthday Surprise for Mama: Read with Highlights

Highlights presents A Birthday Surprise for Mama written by Mehani Gunnell. What can Aleeya do when it's Mama's birthday and there's no cake?

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

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No More Noises

It's bedtime and Penny's room is dark. What is that scritch-scratch sound?

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

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The Railway Children

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Railway Children by E. Nesbit, read by Jenny Agutter. When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. The children seek solace in the nearby railway station, and make friends with Perks the Porter and the Station Master himself. Each day, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis run down the field to the railway track and wave at the passing London train, sending their love to Father. Little do they know that the kindly old gentleman passenger who waves back holds the key to their father's disappearance.

E. Nesbit, Edith Nesbit (Author), Jenny Agutter (Narrator)

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Denis Ever After

Written by award-winning author Tony Abbott and perfect for fans of The Ethan I Was Before and The Thing About Jellyfish, this bittersweet middle grade novel follows the ghost of Denis Egan as he teams up with his living twin brother to solve the mystery of his death. Denis Egan is dead.  He’s okay with that. It’s been five years since he died, and the place where souls go is actually pretty nice. Sure, there are some things about his life and how it ended he can’t quite recall, but that’s how it’s supposed to be. Remembering could prevent Denis from moving on to whatever’s next.  However, something is standing in his way. His twin brother Matt can’t let go of him, and as long as the living are holding on to his memory, Denis can’t rest in peace. To uncover the truth about what happened that day five years before, Denis returns to his hometown and teams up with Matt. But visiting for too long has painful consequences for Denis, and Matt’s renewed interest in his brother’s passing is driving a wedge between his still-grieving parents. Can the two boys solve the mystery of Denis’s death without breaking apart the family he’s left behind? 

Tony Abbott (Author), Kirby Heyborne (Narrator)

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The Land of Yesterday

A tender and fantastical adventure story perfect for fans of Coraline. After Cecelia Dahl’s little brother, Celadon, dies tragically, his soul goes where all souls go: the Land of Yesterday—and Cecelia is left behind in a fractured world without him. Her beloved house’s spirit is crumbling beyond repair, her father is imprisoned by sorrow, and worst of all, her grief-stricken mother abandons the land of the living to follow Celadon into Yesterday. It’s up to Cecelia to put her family back together, even if that means venturing into the dark and forbidden Land of Yesterday on her own. But as Cecilia braves a hot-air balloon commanded by two gnomes, a sea of daisies, and the Planet of Nightmares, it’s clear that even if she finds her family, she might not be able to save them. And if she’s not careful, she might just become a lost soul herself, trapped forever in Yesterday.

K. A. Reynolds (Author), Brittany Pressley (Narrator)

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Nixe & Hibbel - Einfach kuhle Freunde (Ungekürzte Lesung)

Wahre Freundschaft geht durch alle vier Mägen! Als Nixe eines Tages auf der Kuhweide auftaucht, ist die Aufregung groß! Denn obwohl sie selbst glaubt, sie wäre eine Kuh, rätselt die Herde herum: Was ist sie bloß für ein Tier? Doch alle schließen Nixe so schnell in ihr Herz, dass sie bleiben darf. Sofort werden Nixe und Kalb Hibbel unzertrennliche Freunde, die auf der Weide täglich Abenteuer erleben. Den beiden droht jedoch große Gefahr, als Nixe dem gut gehüteten Geheimnis der alten Riesin auf die Spur kommt. Und plötzlich steht nicht nur Nixes Platz in der Herde auf dem Spiel, sondern auch ihre Freundschaft mit Hibbel ...

Kirsten John (Author), Catherine Stoyan (Narrator)

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Viele Grüße vom Kap der Wale (Hörspiel)

Der Walprofessor treibt einsam in der Walsee und gibt sich seinen Träumen hin. Da erreicht ihn ein Brief des kleinen Wal-Jungen Waldo, der ihn besuchen kommen will. Und auch drei Sportsfreunde aus Jugendtagen tauchen auf. Gemeinsam fassen die Wale einen Plan gegen die Langeweile: Olympische Spiele am Kap der Wale! Alle kommen, um teilzunehmen: Robbe, Pinguin mit seiner Familie und natürlich Freundin Giraffe aus dem fernen Afrika. Und mit einem Mal ist Siegen gar nicht mehr so wichtig, wenn man einfach nur zusammen sein kann ... Megumi Iwasas liebenswerte Hymne an das Füreinander-Dasein wurde als lustiges Hörspiel mit Musik von Ulrich Steier inszeniert. Es spielen Christian Steyer, Otto Mellies, Jens Wawrczeck, Katharina Thalbach, Marian Funk, Jakob Roden, Mechthild Großmann, Christian Brückner, Uve Teschner, Ilka Teichmüller und andere.

Megumi Iwasa (Author), Christian Brückner, Christian Steyer, Dirk Kauffels, Ilka Teichmüller, Jakob Rode, Jens Wawrczeck, Katharina Thalbach, Marian Funk, Mechthild Großmann, Otto Mellies, Uve Teschner (Narrator)

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