Today I'll piggyback on the recent post in which Kitty
Griffin suggests two "musts" for selecting audiobooks.
The audiobooks on this list meet both of her criteria, and I found them all on my neighborhood library shelf.
I'd recommend any of them for a family car trip with middle graders as the youngest passengers. I chose novels I consider new classics—honored books that some kids might postpone reading on the page ("too serious; too long; too literary"). But for a read-aloud? They're the audio equivalent of page-turners. And that would go for most adult listeners, too.
I list them in order of original print edition publication date.
I'd recommend any of them for a family car trip with middle graders as the youngest passengers. I chose novels I consider new classics—honored books that some kids might postpone reading on the page ("too serious; too long; too literary"). But for a read-aloud? They're the audio equivalent of page-turners. And that would go for most adult listeners, too.
I list them in order of original print edition publication date.
The versions I recommend are performed by narrators on my personal 5-star list.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred Taylor; Random House/Listening Library edition narrated by Lynne Thigpen)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred Taylor; Random House/Listening Library edition narrated by Lynne Thigpen)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 (Christopher Paul Curtis; Random House/Listening Library edition narrated by LeVar Burton)
When You Reach Me (Rebecca Stead; Random House/Listening Library edition narrated by Cynthia Holloway)
When You Reach Me (Rebecca Stead; Random House/Listening Library edition narrated by Cynthia Holloway)
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